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More details are emerging about four people killed when a private jet crashed in Virginia after causing a scare over Washington. The victims aboard the Cessna Citation included a caretaker from Jamaica known for her generous portions of plantain porridge. Another was a luxury real estate broker, returning from a family visit with her 2-year-old daughter. The man behind the controls of the plane was a skilled aviator with decades of experience. All four died Sunday after the jet lost contact with air traffic controllers on a planned flight to New York. Military jets scrambled to intercept the f...

KITTERY, Maine (AP) — Authorities in Maine said Monday they have identified a man who died in a hotel fire that remains under investigation. The May fire destroyed the Days Inn in Kittery, along the state's border with New Hampshire.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Freddie Freeman and J.D. Martinez powered the Los Angeles Dodgers — again. Freeman extended his hitting streak to 19 games, capping a four-hit game with an eighth-inning homer, and Martinez went deep for the third straight game as the Dodgers beat the Washington Nationals 9-3 on Tuesday night.

A federal judge is ruling that families of passengers who died in the second crash of a Boeing 737 Max can seek damages for the pain and terror suffered by their relatives before the plane crashed in Ethiopia. The ruling posted Tuesday night is a setback for Boeing, which had argued that evidence about the victims’ suffering is speculative and would have an unfair impact on jurors. A trial on compensation for victims' families is scheduled to start June 20 in Chicago. It's not a criminal trial. In 2021, Boeing reached a settlement with the Justice Department to avoid criminal prose...

The Washington Capitals have hired Spencer Carbery as their next coach. The team announced the move Tuesday. Carbery once was considered the heir apparent to veteran Capitals coach Peter Laviolette dating to his time with Washington’s top minor league affiliate. Carbery coached the American Hockey League’s Hershey Bears for three seasons from 2018-21 before getting an NHL job as an assistant with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Over two seasons on Sheldon Keefe’s staff, Carbery became one of the most intriguing head-coaching candidates in hockey. The Capitals got him back in the role they envis...