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Alone at controls, co-pilot sought to ‘destroy’ the plane

PARIS – The co-pilot of the doomed Germanwings jet barricaded himself in the cockpit and “intentionally” sent the plane full speed into a mountain in the French Alps, ignoring the pilot’s fr...

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Gas blast eyed in NYC building collapse NEW YORK – An apparent gas explosion leveled an apartment building, largely destroyed another and launched rubble and shards of glass acros...

Nation & World Briefs

Bergdahl charged with desertion Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the U.S. soldier who slipped away from his patrol base in Afghanistan in 2009 and was held in captivity for five years, has bee...

GOP-controlled House passes budget to erase deficits

WASHINGTON – Normally quarrelsome House Republicans came together Wednesday night and passed a boldly conservative budget that relies on nearly $5 trillion in cuts to eliminate deficits over...

Distraction a factor in 6 in 10 teen driver crashes

WASHINGTON – Distractions – especially talking with passengers and using cellphones – play a far greater role in car crashes involving teen drivers than has been previously understood, accor...

Germanwings audio shows pilot locked out

He can be heard trying to ‘smash the door down’

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Baja farmworkers strike over concerns SAN QUINTIN, Mexico – Workers at large, export-oriented farms in the Mexican border state of Baja California have led a week of violent prote...

UN nuclear watchdog says Iran not providing needed information, access

© 2015, The Washington Post WASHINGTON – The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said that Iran has failed to provide the information or access needed to allay the agen...

150 dead in plane crash in French Alps

SEYNE-LES-ALPES, France – A black box recovered from the scene and pulverized pieces of debris strewn across Alpine mountainsides held clues to what caused a German jetliner to take an unexp...

Students have sound idea for firefighting

Engineering majors use bass waves to snuff flames

Scientists track life-giving stardust

Researchers get first glimpse of cosmic dust

Jet with 150 people crashes in French Alps; Europe in shock

SEYNE-LES-ALPES, France – A Germanwings passenger jet carrying 150 people crashed Tuesday in a snowy, remote section of the French Alps, sounding like an avalanche as it scattered pulverized...
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