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Step 1: Build a house. Step 2: Set it on fire

Step 1: Build a house. Step 2: Set it on fire

After back-to-back hurricanes and wildfires, insurers are looking for more-resilient construction materials. That means building model homes and then blowing off their roofs or setting them on fire.
by Rebecca Hersher and Ryan Kellman

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2 pilots killed in Marine helicopter crash in Arizona

U.S. Marine Corps officials are investigating after two pilots died in a helicopter crash during a training mission in southwestern Arizona.
by Associated Press

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Dealing with trauma after a mass shooting - over the long term

Dealing with trauma after a mass shooting - over the long term

After apparent suicides rocked the communities of Newtown, Conn., and Parkland, Fla., one survivor of a mass shooting speaks out about the lasting mental health repercussions of those traumatic experiences.

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Autopsy: Migrant child who died in U.S. custody had infection

Autopsy: Migrant child who died in U.S. custody had infection

Seven-year-old Jakelin Caal Maquin died Dec. 8, just over a day after she was apprehended by Border Patrol agents with her father after entering the U.S. illegally.
by Associated Press

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At least 19 killed by Bangladesh high-rise building blaze

At least 19 killed by Bangladesh high-rise building blaze

A fire swept through a high-rise office building in Bangladesh's capital on Thursday, killing at least 19 people and injuring about 70 others, officials said.
by Associated Press

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Why pedestrian deaths are at a 30-year high

Why pedestrian deaths are at a 30-year high

"It's great advice to tell people to use a crosswalk, but that's not very useful if the crosswalk doesn't exist," says Tom Ellington of the Pedestrian Safety Review Board in Macon, Ga.
by Sea Stachura

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Southwest 737 Max makes emergency landing in Orlando

Southwest 737 Max makes emergency landing in Orlando

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max made a safe emergency landing Tuesday in Orlando, Fla., after experiencing an engine problem, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
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Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota suffers 2 weeks of flooding

Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota suffers 2 weeks of flooding

"There are community and tribe members getting on horseback to reach people and get them supplies," a state lawmaker told NPR. Residents said the reservation was already strapped for resources.
by Dalia Mortada

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