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Emergency units work in the Potomac River early Thursday morning.

A ‘bright star’ helicopter pilot, a daughter of immigrants and figure skating champions are among DC air collision victims

By Alaa Elassar, Samantha Waldenberg, Taylor Galgano, David Williams, Amanda Jackson, Jessica Coacci, Haley Britzky and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — All 67 people on board the American Airlines regional jet and US Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided midair Wednesday night are presumed dead in the deadliest aviation disaster in the US since 2001.

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Victim Samuel Lilley

Army identifies helicopter pilot Capt. Rebecca Lobach among 67 killed in DC plane collision. Here are some of their stories

CNN By Alaa Elassar, Samantha Waldenberg, Taylor Galgano, David Williams, Amanda Jackson, Jessica Coacci and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — All 67 people on board the American Airlines regional jet and US Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided midair Wednesday night are presumed dead – a grim tragedy that has left a heartbreaking trail of

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Pilots had reported near-misses with helicopters at Reagan National Airport in the years before the deadly crash

By Casey Tolan, Majlie de Puy Kamp, Curt Devine, Haley Britzky and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — In the three years before the deadly collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight near Reagan National Airport, at least two other pilots reported near-misses with helicopters while landing at the airport, a CNN review

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Migrant workers in Canada exposed to ‘shocking abuse and discrimination,’ Amnesty says

By Caitlin Danaher and Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Migrant workers in Canada have been exposed to “shocking abuse and discrimination” while working under the country’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP), according to a new report by Amnesty International. In the report published Thursday, Amnesty criticized the structure of Canada’s TFWP, which allows employers to

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DR Congo’s president says country won’t be humiliated after rebels claim takeover

By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has vowed “a vigorous and coordinated response” against a rebel alliance that has besieged swathes of the nation’s mineral-rich east and forced hundreds of local troops to surrender. In a defiant televised address on Wednesday, Tshisekedi declared that his country would not

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Philippe Lazzarini (center)

‘We rely on God, then on UNRWA’: Palestinians fear drastic effects as Israeli ban on UN agency comes into force

By Nadeen Ebrahim, Kareem Khadder, Abeer Salman and Mohammad Al Sawalihi, CNN (CNN) — Iman Helles, a displaced mother sheltering in a facility run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza, fears that she will now be “thrown out to the streets” with her three children. Israel’s ban on the United Nations Relief

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