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A passenger took over controls and crash landed a small plane at Martha’s Vineyard Airport after the pilot suffered a medical condition, officials say

By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — A pilot of a small plane suffered a medical emergency in the air Saturday, prompting a passenger to take over controls and make a crash landing with no landing gear at Martha’s Vineyard Airport, authorities said. The pilot of the aircraft, a Piper Meridian Turboprop six-seater plane, suffered a

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Sinking tugboat releases thousands of gallons of diesel into the Tennessee River in Alabama, prompting calls for swimmers to get out of the water, police say

By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of gallons of diesel were released into the Tennessee River after a tugboat sank in northwest Alabama, prompting calls for swimmers to get out of the water after the fuel began washing up on nearby shores, authorities said Sunday. The tugboat sank near O’Neal Bridge and began to

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‘The day has finally come’: Years in the making, evidence leads investigators to Rex Heuermann

By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Rex Heuermann left his office near the Empire State Building and strolled down a still-bustling Fifth Avenue as the sun set on a hot Thursday evening in Manhattan. The 59-year-old architect, whose customers included Catholic Charities, American Airlines and other tenants at John F. Kennedy International Airport, is seen

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A Houston-area man has been federally charged in a social media sextortion scheme of minors

By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A Houston-area man was arrested Thursday and federally charged with the sexual exploitation of children for obtaining explicit images and videos of women throughout the United States, many of whom were minors, and using them for extortion, according to a criminal complaint. The man, identified as 23-year-old Andrew Venegas,

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A suspect was charged in the Gilgo Beach serial killings cold case. Here’s a timeline of the case and the investigation

By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — For more than a decade, a string of unsolved killings known as the Gilgo Beach murders terrorized residents and confounded authorities on Long Island’s South Shore after a woman’s 2010 disappearance led investigators to find 10 sets of human remains in addition to hers and launched the hunt for

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