Military Plane Crash Kills 69

BOGOTA, Colombia — A Colombian military transport plane crashed shortly after takeoff in the Amazon province of Putumayo on Monday, killing 69 service members and police officers and injuring 57 others in one of the country’s deadliest military aviation disasters in years. The crash quickly became more than a local emergency in Puerto Leguizamo. It set off a rescue effort in a remote border town, sent wounded troops to hospitals in larger cities and opened …

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3 Victims Found Murdered in Camper

PEMBROKE, N.C. — Authorities in Robeson County have charged a 27-year-old Maxton man with murder after deputies found three people dead early Sunday in a camper parked outside a home on Melinda Road near Pembroke, investigators said. The case moved from a predawn death call to a late-night arrest in less than a day, drawing wide attention in southeastern North Carolina because three people were killed at one rural property and investigators quickly named a …

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Legendary Tag Team Wrestler Dead at 74

Dennis “Loverboy” Condrey, a founding member of the Midnight Express whose ring work helped define 1980s tag-team wrestling, has died at 74, according to tributes posted Friday by fellow wrestlers and promotions across the sport. Condrey’s death was announced by Dax Harwood, one half of AEW’s FTR, and then echoed by other wrestlers and promotions as word spread through the wrestling business. No cause of death was disclosed in the first public statements, and no …

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4-Year-Old Killed in Street Race

Two people, including a 4-year-old child, were killed and two others were hurt after cars involved in illegal street racing lost control on Krug Street late Saturday, police said, and two drivers now face homicide by vehicle charges. The crash drew sharper scrutiny Monday after Albany police said the dead were not inside the racing cars but were standing along the street when the vehicles spun out and collided. Investigators arrested Brandon King, 24, and …

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Quadruple-Amputee Athlete Charged in Deadly Shooting

Maryland authorities say professional cornhole player Dayton James Webber was arrested in Virginia after a 27-year-old man was shot to death in a car in La Plata, with investigators alleging the driver fled and the victim was later found in nearby Charlotte Hall. The case quickly drew attention beyond southern Maryland because Webber is a known competitor in cornhole and had previously been featured in national stories about surviving a severe infection as an infant …

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Sports Writer and Three Children Killed in Devastating Fire

A predawn house fire in White Bear Lake killed Minnesota hockey reporter Jessi Pierce, her three children and the family dog on Saturday, drawing grief across the Twin Cities and the NHL as fire investigators worked to determine how the blaze began. Pierce, 37, was a familiar figure around Minnesota Wild games and had covered the team for NHL.com for the past decade while also working across several other hockey outlets in the state. The …

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Teacher Arrested For Twisted Sexual Relationship With Student

A former Horizon Science Academy teacher has pleaded guilty to reduced sex-crime charges after investigators said she had sexual contact with a 15-year-old student, moving a Columbus school misconduct case toward sentencing more than 11 months after it began. Jamelah Daboubi, now 28, admitted guilt on Feb. 4 in Franklin County Common Pleas Court to gross sexual imposition and unlawful sexual conduct with a minor after prosecutors first pursued sexual battery charges. The plea matters …

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Body Found Hidden Beneath Flower Bed

A Cardiff man has been sentenced to life in prison after admitting he murdered his estranged wife, buried her body beneath a garden flower bed at their former home and tried to make it look as though she had vanished on her own. The sentence closed the first major chapter of a murder case that shook Cardiff because of both its planning and its concealment. Alireza Askari, 42, must serve at least 26 years for …

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OnlyFans Owner Dies at Age 43

Leonid Radvinsky, the reclusive billionaire owner of OnlyFans who turned the London-based site into one of the internet’s biggest adult-content businesses, died after a long battle with cancer, the company said Monday. He was 43. Radvinsky’s death comes at a delicate moment for the company. OnlyFans has grown from a niche subscription site into a huge global platform with hundreds of millions of users, billions in yearly transactions and an active effort to sell a …

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Jet Smashes Into Ground Vehicle After Landing

An Air Canada Express regional jet arriving from Montreal struck a Port Authority vehicle after landing at LaGuardia Airport late Sunday, forcing a ground stop, bringing emergency crews onto the runway and opening an investigation into a collision that badly damaged the plane’s front end. The crash disrupted one of the New York region’s busiest airports just before midnight and left several key facts unsettled into early Monday. Police and fire officials confirmed the collision, …

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