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Dick Button, Olympic great and voice of skating, dies at 95

Dick Button, Olympic great and voice of skating, dies at 95

NEW YORK (AP) — Olympic figure skating great and authoritative commentator Dick Button has died at 95. Button's son, Edward, said he died Thursday and did not provide a cause.
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14 from figure skating community killed in plane crash, six of them from Boston club

14 from figure skating community killed in plane crash, six of them from Boston club

NORWOOD, Mass.
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Plane crashes in sports have devastated pro teams and college programs

Plane crashes in sports have devastated pro teams and college programs

The crash of an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter was the latest to strike the sports world in the U.S. and globally. Among the passengers were several members of the Skating Club of Boston who were returning from the U.S.
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Hamas frees 8 more hostages and Israel releases 110 more Palestinian prisoners

Hamas frees 8 more hostages and Israel releases 110 more Palestinian prisoners

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Eight more hostages were freed by Hamas-led militants on Thursday in a sometimes chaotic process that briefly delayed the release of 110 Palestinian prisoners by Israel and underscored the fragility of a ceasefire in th
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Hospital nurse in Uganda dies in country's first Ebola outbreak in 2 years

Hospital nurse in Uganda dies in country's first Ebola outbreak in 2 years

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A nurse in Uganda has died of Ebola in the first recorded fatality since the country's last outbreak of the disease ended in early 2023, a health official said Thursday.
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Serbia's striking students set off on 2-day march north as their protest movement widens

Serbia's striking students set off on 2-day march north as their protest movement widens

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — They packed up food, water and extra clothes and set off.
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Figure skating community in shock after D.C. plane crash claims lives of coaches, athletes

Figure skating community in shock after D.C. plane crash claims lives of coaches, athletes

Two highly-regarded Russian figure skating coaches whose son recently finished fourth at the U.S.
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A nurse in Uganda has died from the Ebola virus, in the first outbreak since 2022

A nurse in Uganda has died from the Ebola virus, in the first outbreak since 2022

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A nurse in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, died after testing positive for Ebola, a health official said Thursday, in the first recorded fatality since the last outbreak ended in 2023.
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Passenger jet with 64 aboard collides with Army helicopter while landing at Reagan Airport near DC

Passenger jet with 64 aboard collides with Army helicopter while landing at Reagan Airport near DC

ARLINGTON, Va.
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Merkel criticizes German front-runner Merz over migration vote with far-right support

Merkel criticizes German front-runner Merz over migration vote with far-right support

BERLIN (AP) — Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country's center-right leader, the front-runner in Germany's election next month, for putting to parliament proposals for tough new
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