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7 dead, including 1 on ground, after a medevac jet with a child patient and her mother crashes in Philadelphia, mayor says
(CNN) — Seven people are dead, including one in a car on the ground, after a twin-engine medevac jet carrying a child patient and her mother crashed in a neighborhood in northeast Philadelphia ...
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Snow and rain tonight lead to gloomier but warmer Groundhog Day
A warm front is bringing an active night and a spring-like start to the first full week of February. Snow showers will be developing ahead of this front, spreading into northwestern Illinois as ...
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Pilots tried to pull passenger jet’s nose up within seconds of deadly DC helicopter collision, preliminary NTSB data shows
(CNN) — The American Airlines flight involved in the deadly collision with a Black Hawk helicopter over Washington, DC, seemed to increase its pitch just before the impact, preliminary data from ...
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Trump announces significant new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, sparking retaliatory actions
(CNN) — President Donald Trump announced extraordinary new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China — signing the long-promised economic policy at his Mar-a-Lago club on Saturday. The Trump ...
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This AI technology was supposed to detect guns in school. Here’s what happened outside Nashville
(CNN) — A Nashville school district invested about $1 million in AI gun identification software, the school district said, leaving some to wonder what went wrong in detecting a school shooter in ...
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Rockford Christian's Elijah Daugherty hits 2,000th career point
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Rohit Chopra is leaving his role as Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director
(CNN) — Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, announced he’s stepping down from his post on Saturday. “This letter confirms that my term as CFPB Director has ...
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Heavy rain at times through Friday morning
What was going to be the second-driest January in Rockford's history is coming to quite the soggy end as a round of rain, heavy at times, rolls in tonight. Scattered showers drift in from south to ...
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A ‘bright star’ helicopter pilot, a daughter of immigrants and figure skating champions are among DC air collision victims
(CNN) — All 67 people on board the American Airlines regional jet and US Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided midair Wednesday night are presumed dead in the deadliest aviation disaster in ...
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Louisiana issues arrest warrant for New York doctor indicted for prescribing abortion pill
BATON ROUGE (AP) — An arrest warrant has been issued for a New York doctor indicted on Friday by a Louisiana grand jury for allegedly prescribing abortion pills online to a pregnant minor in the ...
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Here’s what will get more expensive from Trump’s tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China
(CNN) — On Saturday, President Donald Trump made good on his promise to impose steep tariffs on America’s three largest trading partners — Canada, China and Mexico — citing a national ...
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Democrats set to pick new chair as party grapples with Trump’s flurry of actions
(CNN) — Democrats will choose their next national party chair and leadership team Saturday, closing out a monthslong debate over who is best suited to help the party rebrand and guide it through ...