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A historic military plane crashes after colliding with another plane during an airshow at Dallas Executive Airport in Dallas on Saturday.

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Two historic military planes collide and crash during an air show in Dallas

10:44pm November 12, 2022

by The Associated Press

It was unclear how many people were on board the aircraft or if anyone on the ground was hurt. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are launching investigations.

Democrat Cisco Aguilar is seen on Election Day.

Politics & Government

Cisco Aguilar defeats an election denier to become Nevada's secretary of state

10:37pm November 12, 2022

by Miles Parks

The Democrat Aguilar defeated Trump-backed Republican Jim Marchant, who has long baselessly maintained the 2020 election was stolen.

Chris Magnus during a Senate confirmation hearing in October 2021.

Top U.S. border official Chris Magnus resigns after less than a year on the job

10:25pm November 12, 2022

by Joel Rose

The head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection has resigned as agents encounter record numbers of migrants entering the U.S. from Mexico.

U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto is seen Monday. The Democrat defeated Adam Laxalt, a Trump-backed Republican and former Nevada attorney general. The win means Democrats retain the U.S. Senate.

Politics & Government

Democrats retain control of the Senate after holding Nevada seat

10:03pm November 12, 2022

by Barbara Sprunt

The chamber was decided Saturday evening after Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto defeated Republican nominee Adam Laxalt. That gives Democrats 50 seats.

William Elliot III, 35, assistant head knight and former magician in Las Vegas, makes the grand entrance as the red knight, along with fellow knights during a show at Medieval Times in Buena Park Friday, June 28, 2013.

National

Medieval Times performers in California unionize following months of debate

8:06am November 12, 2022

by Ashley Ahn

The 27-18 vote follows the unionization of performers at the Medieval Times New Jersey location in July.

In this image from video released by the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office, Alec Baldwin stands in costume and speaks with investigators following a fatal shooting last year on a movie set in Santa Fe, N.M.

Alec Baldwin sues to 'clear his name' in movie set killing

5:53am November 12, 2022

by The Associated Press

Baldwin on Friday sued people involved in handling and supplying the loaded gun that he was using when it fired, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a 2021 filming accident in New Mexico.

New COVID variants that are highly immune evasive have overtaken BA.5 to dominate in the U.S. Experts warn this means more reinfections and a possible winter surge.

New omicron subvariants now dominant in the U.S., raising fears of a winter surge

5:20pm November 11, 2022

by Rob Stein

Step aside, BA.5. The new variants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1, appear to be among the most adept yet at evading immunity from previous infection and vaccination.

An art installation commemorates the novel Slaughterhouse-Five in the cellar of the former slaughterhouse where author Kurt Vonnegut, then an American prisoner of war, was held in Dresden, Germany.

Books
Arts

Kurt Vonnegut would have turned 100 today — his war novels are relevant as ever

4:21pm November 11, 2022

by Tom Vitale

The author — who died in 2007 at the age of 84 — wrote satirical novels that won him a cult-like following among young people in the 1960s. Vonnegut's novels communicated: "Hey, you're not alone."

People eat lunch separated by plexiglass to prevent the spread of COVID-19 at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on Oct. 20 in Beijing. China is beginning to ease its strict COVID policies to help the stifled economy.

World News

China eases its 'zero COVID' policy with shorter quarantines and fewer restrictions

3:55pm November 11, 2022

Authorities in Beijing ease — but don't end — COVID-19 control policies that have kept case counts low but hurt the Chinese economy.

A Ukrainian soldier sits on captured Russian mortar shells in the village of Blahodatne, retaken by the Ukrainian Armed Forces a day ago, in Kherson region on Friday. Ukraine's president said special units entered Kherson city and other troops were on the approach.

World News

Ukrainian troops enter Kherson city after Russia retreats

2:42pm November 11, 2022

by Charles Maynes

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his forces are taking back Kherson, following Russia's withdrawal from the strategic southern city.