Ukrainian air attacks are chipping away at Russia's defenses in Crimea, leaving key occupied areas exposed, intel suggests

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In this image taken from a video released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Jan. 6, 2024, Su-25 ground attack jets fire rockets during a Russian air force mission in Ukraine.
In this image taken from a video released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Jan. 6, 2024, Su-25 ground attack jets fire rockets during a Russian air force mission in Ukraine.

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The last time an airplane's door broke off on a US flight, 9 passengers were sucked out of the plane

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Investigators inspect the United Airlines Flight 811 plane on February 26, 1989.

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Israel is hinting at a wider war in the Middle East — one that the US thinks it will lose: report

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with IDF soldiers in Gaza in November.

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It was pure luck that no one was sitting in 2 Alaska Airlines seats that feds say got 'torqued' when a door blew off mid-flight

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Investigator-in-charge John Lovell examines the area where the plane's door plug had been.

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China's back at it with its balloons

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The suspected Chinese spy balloon drifts to the ocean after being shot down off the coast in Surfside Beach, South Carolina, U.S. February 4, 2023.
A suspected Chinese spy balloon moments after being shot down over South Carolina in February 2023.

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Florida is about to get cheaper prescription drugs thanks to Canada

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Florida will soon implement a program the import prescription drugs from Canada at cheaper prices.

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The captain of a plane that collided with a Japan Airlines jet said he was cleared for takeoff, but air-traffic-control transcripts tell a different story

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An aerial view shows burnt Japan Airlines' (JAL) Airbus A350 plane after a collision with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft at Haneda International Airport in Tokyo, Japan January 3, 2024
The wreckage of the Japan Airlines A350.

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What the unsealed Jeffrey Epstein documents say — and don't say — about Stephen Hawking

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Stephen Hawking and Jeffrey Epstein.

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Until now, only AI could beat Nintendo's Tetris. Enter this 13-year-old kid.

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Trump's lawyers are using his social media posts to defend him while prosecutors are using them against him

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Former President Donald Trump.

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