Jeff Smith was severely injured in the accident, which happened at night after a Black Hawk crew landed the camouflaged aircraft during training.
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National and world news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Betty Ford forever postage stamp is unveiled at the White House
The stamp will be available starting April 5.
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Minnesota Rep. Phillips ends Democratic primary challenge and endorses Biden
Phillips was the only elected Democrat to challenge Biden for the presidency.
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Trump lawyers want him back on witness stand, ask for redo in E. Jean Carroll case
His lawyers say he deserves a fresh chance to tell a jury why he berated the writer for her sex abuse claims against him. Two separate juries ordered him to pay a total of $83.3 million in the case.
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Charges are dropped midtrial in ‘Hotel California’ lyrics case
It was an abrupt end to the criminal case centered on roughly 100 legal-pad pages from the creation of a classic rock colossus. Don Henley plans to fight on.
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Pressure grows on Israel to open more aid routes into Gaza by land and sea as hunger spreads
Many of the estimated 300,000 people still living in the isolated north have been reduced to eating animal fodder to survive.
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Powell reiterates Fed needs more confidence on inflation to cut
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is on Capitol Hill for the first of 2 days of his semiannual monetary policy testimony and is scheduled to appear before the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday.
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SEC scales back new pollution-disclosure rules for companies
Companies will have to disclose climate risks that could harm their operations or financial conditions, such as those caused by rising sea levels, hurricanes, droughts, or wildfires.
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McConnell endorses Trump, who he once blamed for ‘disgraceful’ Jan. 6 attack
Trump now counts the Republican leaders in Congress, including Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Republicans vying to replace McConnell as Senate leader, as backing his bid.
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State of the Union: What to watch as Biden addresses the nation
The annual address will start at 9 p.m. Thursday.