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A Colombian army helicopter has crashed in a rural area of the country's north, killing 9 soldiers 04/29/2024 07:30pm • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) ��� An army helicopter carrying supplies to troops crashed in a rural area in northern Colombia on Monday, killing nine soldiers on board, the country���s armed forces said. In a statement, the Colombian military said the helicopter was taking the supplies to the municipality o US to require automatic emergency braking on new vehicles in 5 years and set performance standards 04/29/2024 06:10pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� In the not-too-distant future, automatic emergency braking will have to come standard on all new passenger vehicles in the United States, a requirement that the government says will save hundreds of lives and prevent thousands of injuries every year. The National Highway Traffic Saf Summer Movie Guide: Virtually all the movies coming to theaters and streaming from May to Labor Day 04/28/2024 01:45pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Are you ready for some movies this summer? There's action-adventure, romance, horror, franchises and anniversary re-releases of some of your favorites populating theaters and streaming services from May through Labor Day. You just have to know where to look. Things kick off in Dubai plans to move its busy international airport to a $35 billion new facility within 10 years 04/28/2024 05:22am • Dubai International Airport, the world's busiest for international travel, will move its operations to the city-state's second, sprawling airfield in its southern desert reaches ���within the next 10 years��� in a project worth nearly $35 billion, its ruler said Sunday. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid A Residents begin going through the rubble after tornadoes hammer parts of Nebraska and Iowa 04/28/2024 12:09am • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) ��� Residents began sifting through the rubble Saturday after a tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, demolishing homes and businesses as it moved for miles through farmland and into subdivisions, then slamming an Iowa town. Dozens of reported tornadoes wreaked havoc Frid Sentence for DC man convicted of 2023 murder astonishes Montgomery Co.'s top prosecutor 04/27/2024 03:23pm • A Southeast D.C. man was sentenced Friday to life in prison, with all but 15 years suspended and another five years of supervised probation upon release for the deadly stabbing of a Rockville, Maryland, man in 2023. Tyrone Curtis, 35, was convicted of first-degree murder in January for killing Am Freight train derailment, fire forces Interstate 40 closure near Arizona-New Mexico line 04/26/2024 11:23pm • LUPTON, Ariz. (AP) ��� A freight train carrying fuel derailed and caught fire Friday near the Arizona-New Mexico state line, forcing the closure of an interstate highway that serves as a key trucking route. Initial passersby posted video and photos on social media of crumpled train cars and billowin Midwest tornadoes flatten homes in Nebraska suburbs and leave trails of damage in Iowa 04/26/2024 10:33pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) ��� A tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, on Friday, damaging hundreds of homes and other structures as it tore for miles along farmland and into subdivisions. Some injuries were reported but there were no immediate reports that anyone was killed. Multiple tornadoes wer Temporary farmworkers get more protections against retaliation and other abuses under new rule 04/26/2024 07:59pm • SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) ��� Temporary farmworkers will have more legal protections against employer retaliation, unsafe working conditions, illegal recruitment practices and other abuses under a Labor Department rule announced Friday. Each year about 300,000 immigrants, mostly from Mexico, take seas An emergency slide falls off a Delta Air Lines plane, forcing pilots to return to JFK in New York 04/26/2024 07:31pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� An emergency slide fell off a Delta Air Lines jetliner shortly after takeoff Friday from New York, and pilots who felt a vibration in the plane circled back to land safely at JFK Airport. Delta said that after takeoff the pilots got an alert about the emergency slide on the plane's Southwest Airlines is considering changes to its quirky boarding and seating practices 04/26/2024 04:13pm • DALLAS (AP) ��� Southwest Airlines is studying changes to its quirky boarding and seating policies as it searches for ways to raise more revenue. Airline officials say they are studying possible changes but won't have anything to announce until September. That tease is leading to speculation about w Ex-Nebraska deputy is indicted in connection with fatal highway shooting 04/26/2024 02:18pm • SEWARD, Neb. (AP) ��� A former Nebraska deputy is jailed after a grand jury indicted him on suspicion of manslaughter in connection with the shooting death of a man in October, a prosecutor said Friday. Lancaster County Attorney Pat Condon announced the indictment of former Seward County Deputy Anth Congress just passed sweeping foreign aid legislation. Now what? 04/26/2024 02:15pm • For all the latest developments in Congress, follow WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller at��Today on the Hill. Lawmakers return this week after passing a historic $95 billion foreign aid package that was in doubt for months, even as many of its members worried that "the world is on fi New deep-water channel allows first ship to pass Key bridge wreckage in Baltimore 04/26/2024 11:41am • BALTIMORE (AP) ��� The first cargo ship passed through a newly opened deep-water channel in Baltimore on Thursday after being stuck in the harbor since the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed four weeks ago, halting most maritime traffic through the city���s port. The Balsa 94, a bulk carrier sail Brazilian authorities bury deceased migrants who drifted in African boat to the Amazon 04/25/2024 10:03pm • BELEM, Brazil (AP) ��� The bodies of nine migrants found on an African boat off the northern coast of Brazil���s Amazon region were buried Thursday with a solemn ceremony in the Para state capital of Belem. Fishermen off the coast of Para found the boat adrift April 13, carrying the bodies that wer