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Salvage crews work on recovering wreckage near the site in the Potomac River of a mid-air collision between an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Trump begins firings of FAA staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash

By TARA COPP TARA COPP - Associated Press
Mon,02/17/25-7:27AM, 113 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, upending staff on a busy air travel weekend and just weeks after a January fatal midair collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
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Calvin Stevens, Air Force Reserve Veteran, poses outside his home in Decatur, Georgia on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Olivia Bowdoin)

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To these Black retirees, the federal civil service now under attack was a path to the middle class

By GARY FIELDS GARY FIELDS - Associated Press
Mon,02/17/25-7:05AM, 93 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Evelyn Seabrook was able to buy a home even though she had only a high school diploma. Glenn Flood worked his way up the career ladder to become a public affairs officer for former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. And Calvin Stevens had a dual military and federal service career that took him to high levels in both.
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Nuns sit next to a statue of Pope John Paul II in front of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025, where Pope Francis has been hospitalized to undergo some necessary diagnostic tests and to continue his ongoing treatment for bronchitis. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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Vatican says the pope has a 'polymicrobial respiratory tract infection.' What is that?

By MARIA CHENG MARIA CHENG - AP Medical Writer
Mon,02/17/25-11:12AM, 108 Reads
LONDON (AP) — Vatican authorities said Monday that Pope Francis has a complex infection in his respiratory system and will require more targeted drug treatment.
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In this photo provided by Ukraine's 24th Mechanised Brigade press service, Ukrainian servicemen fire an MRLS BM-21 'Grad' towards Russian army positions near Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (Oleg Petrasiuk/Ukraine's 24th Mechanised Brigade via AP)

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Many weary Ukrainians long for an end to the war but now fear it will come on unfavorable terms

By JUSTIN SPIKE JUSTIN SPIKE - Associated Press
Mon,02/17/25-11:54AM, 99 Reads
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — After nearly three years of living under constant threat of Russian airstrikes while their troops fight a grinding campaign against Russia's invasion, many Ukrainians long for an end to the war — but now fear it could come on unfavor
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