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Nation Maryland Ship engineer charged in bridge collapse BALTIMORE — Prosecutors have charged the chief engineer of the cargo ship Dali in connection with the 2024 collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge. They allege the engineer failed to notify the U.S. Coast Guard about hazardous conditions on the ship. The charge was filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Maryland. Texas Investigators seek clues in small jet crash Investigators are on the scene where business jet crashed on a Texas highway, killing one person on board. Local officials in Laredo said ...

Military identifies all 8 victims of fiery B-52 crash

LOS ANGELES — The eight men killed in this week’s fiery crash of a B-52 during a test flight at California’s Edwards Air Force Base included four active duty airmen, a reservist and three civilians who were on a team devoted to keeping the bomber flying for decades to come, military officials said Wednesday. The airfield where the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress crashed shortly after takeoff on Monday remained closed but other base operations have resumed, according to a base spokesperson. No cause has been determined. Officials said it could take six months to complete the ...

US officials detail ceasefire agreement

President Donald Trump said he signed an agreement with Iran Wednesday that U.S. officials say calls for Tehran to dilute its stockpile of highly enriched uranium and waive sanctions on the country, immediately allowing Iran to sell its oil freely in a major concession from Washington. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who helped mediate the initial deal to end the war, said it is taking ‘immediate effect’ after leaders from both countries signed it, but that there will still be a formal signing ceremony on Friday. The agreement would open the Strait of Hormuz toll-free ...

Flooding threatens Gulf Coast

COVINGTON, La. — Tropical Storm Arthur formed off the Texas coast on Wednesday as the first tropical storm of the season in the Atlantic basin, threatening a wide swath of the Gulf Coast with potentially dangerous flooding even as it was expected to quickly weaken. The center of the storm by Wednesday afternoon had appeared to move inland in southeast Texas, but Arthur’s impacts were set to be felt well beyond, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Maximum sustained winds were around 45 mph, and the storm was expected to lose strength as it moved further over ...

Gilgo Beach serial killer gets life in prison

After decades waiting for justice, relatives of women murdered by New York’s Gilgo Beach serial killer laid into him Wednesday before he was sentenced to life in prison. He told them: “I am responsible” for the crimes. “The words I would say would have no meaning,” added Rex Heuermann, the Long Island architect who lived a secret life of violence for years before admitting he killed eight women. The sentencing capped an extraordinary investigation that solved one of New York’s most perplexing mysteries. The seemingly unconnected and largely overlooked disappearances of ...

Georgia primary sees mixed result for Trump

JACKSON, Ga. — Georgia Republicans delivered a split decision for Donald Trump in Tuesday runoffs, opting for the president’s preferred U.S. Senate candidate but rejecting his choice for governor in favor of a billionaire first-time candidate who spent freely from his personal fortune to win the nomination. In the Senate race, Rep. Mike Collins, 58, topped former football coach Derek Dooley and advanced to face Sen. Jon Ossoff, the only Senate Democrat running for reelection in a state that Trump won two years ago. The outcome will help determine control of Capitol Hill for the ...