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View in Browser | APNews January 30, 2025 AP Afternoon Wire Advancing the Power of Facts Live updates: Collision between helicopter and plane kills 67 in nation’s worst air disaster in a generation A midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight from Kansas killed all 67 people aboard the two aircraft, officials said Thursday, as they scrutinized the actions of the military pilot after the country’s worst aviation disaster in a generation. At least 28 bodies, including all three soldiers who were on the helicopter, have been pulled from the icy waters of the Potomac River as recovery operations continue. Read More. 14 from figure skating community killed in plane crash, six of them from Boston club Two teenage figure skaters, their mothers, and two former world champions who were coaching at a historic Boston club were among the 14 members of the skating community killed when an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday night. Read More. Trump blames diversity hiring as probe into deadly midair collision begins As the nation reeled from the deadliest American aviation disaster in more than two decades, President Donald Trump on Thursday blamed diversity initiatives for undermining air safety and questioned the actions of a U.S. Army helicopter pilot involved in the midair collision with a commercial airliner. Read More. Who are the Palestinian prisoners released in exchange for Israeli hostages? Israel released 110 Palestinian prisoners on Thursday in exchange for three Israeli hostages held in Gaza. Five Thai workers held captive in the enclave were also freed in a separate deal with Thailand. Thursday’s prisoner-for-hostage swap marked the third round of exchanges as a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas entered its second week. Read More. < Photo essays            |            APNews.com > Trump’s FBI chief pick, Kash Patel, insists he has no ‘enemies list’ and won’t seek retribution Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, insisted to deeply skeptical Democrats on Thursday that he did not have an “enemies list” and that the bureau under his leadership would not seek retribution against the president’s adversaries or launch investigations for political purposes. Read More. European Central bank cuts benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point to boost stagnant economy The European Central Bank cut its key interest rate on Thursday to boost an economy that’s struggling to grow as consumers burned by inflation warily eye price tags and businesses try to navigate political turmoil in leading economies France and Germany. Read More. France hands over last military base in Chad France handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities on Thursday, two months after the former French colony in central Africa broke off its defense cooperation agreement with Paris. Chad has been a key counterterrorism force in the region and was one of the last countries in which France maintained a large military presence. Read More. The oldest evidence for lead pollution comes from ancient Greece Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland Greece and the Aegean Sea have found the oldest known evidence of lead pollution in the environment dating to around 5,200 years ago. Read More. ADVERTISEMENT Trending Now Marianne Faithfull, singer and pop icon, dies at 78 Marianne Faithfull, the British pop star, muse, libertine and old soul who inspired and helped write some of the Rolling Stones’ greatest songs and endured as a torch singer and survivor of the lifestyle she once embodied, has died. She was 78. Read More. Nora Roberts is happily defying genres, 250 books in Nora Roberts is so prolific she had to take up a pen name so her publisher could release more books by her each year. “I’m a fast writer,” Roberts told The Associated Press in a rare interview. She typically releases four books a year. Read More.  < AP Fact Check            |            Politics >  SUPPORT THE AP. DONATE. Manage preferences | Privacy policy | Unsubscribe   *Advertisers have no control over editorial decisions or content. If you're interested in advertising, contact us here. ADVERTISEMENT

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