It was not immediately clear whether the crash was deliberate.
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Supreme Court limits federal power over wetlands, boosts property rights over clean water
By a 5-4 vote, the justices boosted property rights over concerns about clean water, writing that wetlands can only be regulated if they have a ‘continuous surface connection’ to larger, regulated bodies of water.
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State lawmakers want children to fill labor shortages, even in bars and on school nights
Lawmakers proposed loosening child labor laws in at least 10 states over the past 2 years.
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Expect big crowds for the summer travel season – and big prices, too
Airfare and lodging rates are on the rise, while the national average price for a gallon of regular gas is down from this time last year, according to AAA.
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Day after Typhoon Mawar hit Guam, ‘what used to be a jungle looks like toothpicks’
The strongest typhoon to hit the territory of roughly 150,000 people since 2002, Typhoon Mawar briefly made landfall Wednesday night as a Category 4 storm at Andersen Air Force Base, officials said.
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Strong magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes in Caribbean
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was centered about 25 miles northeast of Puerto Obaldia, Panama.
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Capitol rioter photographed propping feet on Pelosi’s desk sentenced to over 4 years
It was established at trial that Richard ‘Bigo’ Barnett brought into the Capitol a stun gun with spikes, concealed within a collapsible walking stick.
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Officers describe chaos, fear on Jan. 6 as judge weighs prison time for Oath Keepers founder
A judge hears victim impact statements a day before he’s expected to deliver the first Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy sentences to Stewart Rhodes and an associate convicted of plotting to block the transfer of presidential power.
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As neo-Nazi presence grows in Massachusetts, report suggests tools to fight back
A local neo-Nazi group is growing rapidly from a Massachusetts-based infestation to a regional organization, the Anti-Defamation League says in its ‘Hate in the Bay State’ report.
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Head of Russian private army Wagner says more than 20,000 of his troops died in Bakhmut
Analysts believe many of those killed in the 9-month fight for Bakhmut were Russian convicts with little military training.