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Candlelight vigil to mourn shooting victims in California

UC Santa Barbara students attend a candlelight vigil following Friday's series of drive-by shootings that left 7 people dead in the Isla Vista section of Santa Barbara May 24, 2014.

US ambassador denies Brazil's spying accusation

2013-07-09 09:20

The US Ambassador to Brazil, Thomas Shannon, Monday rejected Brazil's accusation that the US government has been spying on Brazilians citizens and companies over the past years.

Pilots faced challenges with landing

2013-07-09 08:23

San Francisco International Airport, with its tightly spaced runways that extend right up to the water, requires more skill for landing than most other big US airports, experienced airline pilots say.

Country singer Randy Travis in critical condition

2013-07-09 08:10

US country music legend Randy Travis is in critical condition in a Texas hospital because of complications from a virus, the singer's publicist said on Monday.

Quebec disaster death toll jumps to 13

2013-07-09 07:26

The death toll in Quebec's oil train disaster jumped to 13 people on Monday and police said about 37 more people were missing, a sign the derailment and explosion could be the worst accident in Canada since the Swissair crash of 1998.

New York Journal: Exchanges to continue

2013-07-09 01:17

The tragic loss of two young lives in the weekend crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 in San Francisco was felt acutely in the teenage victims’ home city in Zhejiang province.

Chinese victim of plane crash might have been run over

2013-07-09 01:08

A coroner said his office was conducting an autopsy to determine whether one of the two victims of the Asiana Airlines crash at San Francisco International Airport was run over and killed by an emergency vehicle.

Parents of plane crash victims leave for US

2013-07-08 20:04

Grieved parents of Chinese victims of a San Francisco plane crash left for the United States Monday afternoon.

Officials probe why crashed SF jet flew too slow

2013-07-08 16:58

Officials investigating a jetliner crash in San Francisco have determined that Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was traveling "significantly below" its target speed as it approached the airport and that the crew tried to abort the landing just before it smashed onto the runway. What they don't yet know is why, and whether the pilot's inexperience with this type of aircraft and this airport played a role.

Pilot of crashed Asiana plane was in 777 training

2013-07-08 16:55

The pilot of the crashed Asiana plane at San Francisco airport was still "in training" for the Boeing 777.

US school to hold vigil for Chinese victims

2013-07-08 15:37

A Southern California school supposed to host a group of Chinese students aboard the crashed Asiana airliner will hold a prayer vigil for the two killed.

Vehicle may have run over air crash victim

2013-07-08 09:53

An emergency vehicle rushing to the scene of the Asiana Airlines crash at San Francisco's int'l airport may have run over one of the two teenage Chinese girls killed in the incident.Parents leave for US
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Teenage crash victims were talented students
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70 Chinese students, teachers on plane

70 Chinese students, teachers on crashed plane

2013-07-08 07:38

A preliminary report said two students from East China's Zhejiang province died in a plane crash in San Francisco on Saturday local time.

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