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Officials say remains of 55 of 67 victims of midair collision have been recovered and identified

Story updated at 6:12 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Families of victims of the deadliest U.S. air disaster since 2001 visited the crash site on Sunday and divers scoured the submerged wreckage for more remains after authorities said they've recovered and identified 55 of ...

Dozens who died over Washington shared a flight, but each had their own story

The moments Grace Maxwell had shared with her grandfather over the years had been “his greatest joy.” And a trip home to Wichita, Kansas, had allowed the 20-year-old to be by his side one final time. Maxwell, a mechanical engineering major, was returning to college just a day after her ...

No survivors after jet out of Kansas collides with Army helicopter over icy Potomac River; crash is deadliest in U.S. since 2001

Updated at 11:25 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 30 ARLINGTON, Va. — All 64 people aboard an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter were feared dead in what was likely to be the worst U.S. aviation disaster in almost a quarter century, officials said Thursday. At least 28 bodies ...

Biden commutes sentence for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, convicted in killing of FBI agents

WASHINGTON — Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier will return home nearly half a century after he was imprisoned for the 1975 killings of two FBI agents. President Joe Biden commuted Peltier's sentence Monday following decades of community-led advocacy calling his imprisonment an example of ...

Trump returns to power after unprecedented comeback, emboldened to reshape American institutions

Updated at 6:10 p.m., Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. WASHINGTON — Donald Trump, emboldened by his unprecedented political comeback, set to work unraveling Joe Biden 's legacy Monday as soon as he was sworn in as the 47th president, claiming a mandate to reshape American institutions. He began ...