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Wrongful death lawsuit filed in Grand Canyon helicopter crash

The lawsuit, filed on behalf of crash victim Jonathan Udall’s parents, accuses Boulder City-headquartered Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters of neglecting to outfit its copters with crash-resistant fuel systems. Four other passengers also died.

Powerful storm pounds East Coast, at least 5 killed

An 11-year-old boy in New York state is the fifth person reported killed by downed trees in a fierce winter storm bringing high winds and heavy rain to the East Coast.

 
Discovery of California family living in desert shack stuns officials

The mounds of trash, old toys and furniture caught the attention of a Southern California sheriff’s deputy passing through the desert earlier this week. As he approached, he spotted a hovel cobbled together with plywood and plastic sheeting.

Georgia could face backlash after punishing Delta over NRA act

Georgia lawmakers’ decision to punish Delta Air Lines for publicly distancing itself from the National Rifle Association was an extraordinary act of political revenge.

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Billy Graham funeral full of music, his children’s words

The Rev. Billy Grahams children remembered Americas Pastor on Friday as a man devoted to spreading the Gospel, living his life at home as he preached it in stadiums, with a personable humility and an unwavering focus on the Bible. As his oldest son told the funeral congregation, There werent two Billy Grahams.

Guns taken from Georgia teacher after incident 2 years ago

A Georgia teacher accused of firing a handgun in his classroom had three rifles taken away after setting the family car ablaze two years ago, according to a sheriff’s report obtained Friday by The Associated Press.

 
Police say man gunned down parents at Central Michigan University

More than 100 police officers, some heavily armed in camouflage uniforms, searched neighborhoods near Central Michigan University on Friday for a 19-year-old student suspected of killing his parents at a dormitory and then running from campus.

Storms sweeping across California forcing evacuations

Deputies went door-to-door ordering residents to evacuate from coastal Southern California neighborhoods ahead of a powerful winter storm sweeping in Friday after bringing heavy snow and whiteout conditions to northern mountains and steady rain elsewhere.

California family lived in cramped desert shack, police say

A Southern California couple was arrested on suspicion of child cruelty after deputies found them living in a cramped and filthy desert shack with their three kids and dozens of cats, authorities said Thursday.

US ambassador to Mexico resigns ‘amid strained relations’

The U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Roberta Jacobson, is resigning from her post this spring amid strained relations between the two countries and on the heels of other notable departures from the State Department.