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US government admits role in causing helicopter-plane collision that killed 67 in Washington

The U.S. government admitted that the actions of an air traffic controller and Army helicopter pilot played a role in causing a collision last January between an airliner and a Black Hawk near the nation's capital, killing 67 people.
It was the deadliest plane crash on American soil in more than two decades.
The official res ... (full story)

Bit by bit, small US groups chip away at historic levels of social isolation

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Across the country, small groups are working to rebuild social connection amid rising loneliness in their own modest ways.
It sounds simple — building relationships. But they're up against powerful cultural forces.
By many measures, Americans are socially disconnected at historic levels.
They're joining civic group ... (full story)

4 months in, activists say President Trump's operation in Washington show one-third of all arrests are immigrant-related

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WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump launched a law enforcement operation in Washington, D.C., four months ago, he billed it as a mission to fight rampant crime.
But activists and local leaders say that description belies what has emerged as a simultaneous crackdown on immigrants, who have grown increasingly conce ... (full story)

Abrego Garcia is still hoping to find justice after his wrongful deportation, his lawyer says

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FAIRFAX, Virginia (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia wasn't an activist and he didn't choose to become locked in to what has become one of the most contentious immigration issues of the Trump administration, his lawyer told The Associated Press recently.
But as he experiences some of the few days he's had with his family since be ... (full story)

Former Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai convicted

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HONG KONG (AP) — Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, was convicted recentlyin a landmark national security trial, which could send him to prison for the rest of his life.
Three government-vetted judges found Lai, 78, guilty of conspiring with others to collude with for ... (full story)