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Driver Dies in Crash During Racing Event at Bonneville Salt Flats

Par :Claire Moses
Chris Raschke, 60, lost control of his vehicle while trying to set a speed record on Sunday, the event’s organizers said.

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Chris Raschke in 2024. He had a “passion for racing,” the president of the Southern California Timing Association said.
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Derk Sauer, Champion of Free Press in a New Russia, Dies at 72

Par :Anatoly Kurmanaev and Claire Moses
He earned a media fortune in the freewheeling but chaotic Russia of the 1990s and defended press freedoms after the industry became beleaguered and unprofitable.

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Derk Sauer in the Netherlands last year. After Russia invaded Ukraine, he became a champion of Russian journalists who had fled to escape repression.
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Ancient Gems Linked to Buddha Are Returned to India

Par :Claire Moses
Sotheby’s had canceled an auction of the Piprahwa Gems after pressure from the Indian government. India said the relics were back in their “rightful home.”

© Elizabeth Bick for The New York Times

Some of the Piprahwa Gems, seen on display in 2023 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Manhunt Underway in Arkansas After Couple Are Killed in State Park

Par :Claire Moses
The couple were hiking with their two daughters on Saturday when they were attacked, according to the police, who asked for help in searching for the killer.

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Devil’s Den State Park in northwestern Arkansas.
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Biting a Bat and 5 Other Wild Moments From Ozzy Osbourne’s Life

Par :Claire Moses and Victor Mather
Alcohol and drugs were often involved in funny, bizarre and terrible incidents in the heavy metal legend’s long career.

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Ozzy Osbourne’s excessive behavior sometimes overshadowed his long career.
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Louis Vuitton Netherlands Entangled in Money-Laundering Case

Par :Claire Moses and Ephrat Livni
A customer’s cash purchases of luxury goods totaling millions of euros in value caught the attention of prosecutors, who say the company should have noticed.
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Felix Baumgartner, Skydiver Who Jumped From the Edge of Space, Dies Paragliding at 56

Par :Jeré Longman and Claire Moses
Nicknamed “Fearless Felix,” he jumped from the edge of space in 2012.

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Mr. Baumgartner saluting before jumping toward Earth over Roswell, N.M., in 2012.
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