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Karen Read Acquitted in Murder Trial Over Boyfriend’s Death Outside Boston

A jury cleared Ms. Read of charges related to the 2022 death of John O’Keefe, a Boston police officer, and convicted her only of drunken driving, in a trial that attracted wide attention.

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Karen Read, center, gestured to her supporters on Tuesday outside Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass. A jury there acquitted her of murder on Wednesday.

Park Area Closed to Recover Body of Teen Who Fell Over 50-Foot Waterfall

Officials said that the body was spotted in Olympic National Park in Washington State on Monday, but that it was pinned behind a surge of water and was hard to reach.

Owner of Dominican Club Whose Roof Collapsed Is Charged With Involuntary Homicide

After the collapse killed 236 people, an employee came forward with evidence the owners had been warned the roof posed a danger.

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Rescue workers clearing debris from the Jet Set nightclub after the roof collapsed in April.

Hundreds Dead in Air India Plane Crash

The London-bound Boeing Dreamliner went down moments after takeoff in Ahmedabad, India, with 242 people aboard. Dozens more on the ground perished as the plane exploded on the campus of a medical college.

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The tail of an Air India plane after it crashed into a medical school shortly after takeoff near the airport in Ahmedabad, India, on Thursday.

Chaos at Site of Air India Plane Crash

“We didn’t know what to do — it was like our brains stopped working,” said one intern who escaped the building after an Air India jet crashed, killing at least 260 people.

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Cargo Ship Carrying Electric Vehicles Burns Off Alaska

The U.S. Coast Guard said it would allow the fire to burn because the cars’ lithium-ion batteries could explode. The ship’s crew escaped on a lifeboat.

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Smoke rising from the cargo vessel Morning Midas in the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday.
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