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A timeline of key moments leading to Japan planes colliding. Human error is seen as a possible cause
Jan 06, 2024 8:28 am - It only took 18 minutes to evacuate the 379 passengers of Japan Airlines Flight 516 after their plane burst into flames just after touchdown at Tokyo’s Haneda airport Tue...
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Death toll from western Japan earthquakes rises to 126 as rain and snow imperil already shaky ground
Jan 06, 2024 8:27 am - WAJIMA, Japan (AP) — Aftershocks threatened to bury more homes and block roads crucial for relief shipments, as the death toll from the earthquakes that rattled Japan’s w...
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Blinken opens latest urgent Mideast tour in Turkey as fears grow that Gaza war may engulf region
Jan 06, 2024 8:27 am - ISTANBUL (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken kicked off his latest urgent Middle East diplomatic mission in Turkey on Saturday, as fears mount that Israel’s war...
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The US northeast is preparing for a weekend storm that threatens to dump snow, rain, and iceJan 06, 2024 8:18 am - Millions of people across the eastern U.S. are preparing for a wintry mix of precipitation as a potent storm system looks to bring snow, freezing rain and ice to the regi...
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Mundelein targeting bus transports of asylum-seekersJan 06, 2024 5:15 am - Mundelein could be the next suburb to outlaw unscheduled bus transports of asylum-seekers from Texas — and the penalties could be steeper than those in other towns. The v...
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Lake County Audubon Society organizes winter bird watching seriesJan 06, 2024 5:15 am - Lake County Audubon Society’s new bird watching series, called Bird Lake County, kicks off today with a visit to North Point Marina and socializing over coffee afterward ...
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Colorful murals brighten the suburbs. Here’s where to see themJan 06, 2024 5:15 am - Painted on the walls of suburban buildings and underpasses, dozens of colorful public murals brighten an otherwise drab winter landscape. Mundelein alone boasts three of ...
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Open Door in Elgin to offer transgender support groupJan 05, 2024 7:59 pm - Open Door Health Center in Elgin will offer a monthly support group for transgender individuals beginning 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9. The free, peer-led group is limited...
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Mom whose son was killed by intoxicated boater advocates for other drunken driving victims in McHenry, Lake countiesJan 05, 2024 7:20 pm - It was supposed to be a fun summer day for the Borcia family boating and tubing on the Chain O’ Lakes, but it suddenly turned tragic when an intoxicated boater ran into a...
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Hundreds of convictions, but a major mystery is still unsolved 3 years after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot
Jan 05, 2024 3:24 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of far-right extremist groups. Former police officers. An Olympic gold medalist swimmer. And active duty U.S. Marines. They are among the hundr...