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By Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — Doug Lane had to make one of the most difficult decisions of his life last January. An Army Black Hawk helicopter on a training mission and an American Airlines flight landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport collided over the Potomac River, less than a mile from the runway.

By Karina Tsui, Sarah Dewberry, John Miller, Diego Mendoza, CNN (CNN) — A driver who repeatedly rammed his car into the Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters building in Brooklyn, New York, was charged with several hate crimes, police said Thursday, as synagogues and other houses of worship were on high alert throughout the city. Dan Sohail,

By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Before “American Idol” and “The Voice,” there was “Star Search,” where some of the biggest losers became megastars. Can the revival live up to its past? Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣ ‘Like a war zone’ Simple

By Shimon Prokupecz, Holmes Lybrand, Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Investigators tasked with running the internal Customs and Border Protection probe into the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti have had limited access to information and evidence obtained by the Department of Homeland Security’s investigative agency (HSI) and the FBI, a law enforcement official briefed on

By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — A Virginia man on trial for allegedly killing his wife and another man took the stand in his own defense to tell his side of the story. Prosecutors say Brendan Banfield concocted an elaborate scheme to kill his wife, Christine Banfield, and another man, Joseph Ryan, in their

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — June 1 began as an ordinary day for Habiba Soliman: Her mother was doing some work in a cafe, her brother Omar was on an afternoon hike with friends, and she was babysitting her 8-year-old sister and 4-year-old twin siblings at home. Then the teenager, 17 at the time,