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Medical jet carrying six crashes into Philadelphia neighbourhood  BBC.com Live Updates: Medical jet carrying 6, including girl, crashes in Northeast Philly  NBC Philadelphia Medical plane carrying six crashes into Philadelphia neighbourhood, as number of casualties unknown  BBC.com No survivors expected after air ambulance

The dominoes fell really fast. On Monday, Jan. 20, shortly after his inauguration, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order that called for a 90-day pause on new foreign-aid programs for efficiency and “consistency with U.S. foreign policy.” The order

It turns out, a maggot’s preference for rotting fruit has as much to do with texture as taste. Researchers are looking into figuring out why and what neurons are responsible. (Image credit: Helmut Hess/Getty Images)

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Hamas militants released three male hostages being held in the Gaza Strip on Saturday and Israel began releasing 183 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, part of a cease-fire deal that has halted 15 months of

Ties between the United States and Mexico have deepened over 30 years of free trade, creating both benefits and irritants.

President Donald Trump will welcome Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House next week, marking the first visit of a foreign leader to Washington in Trump’s second term. The trip comes on the heels of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire

Netflix is hoping that shows and movies about fakers will generate real views this February. Kinda Pregnant, out Feb. 5, stars Amy Schumer as a single woman who fakes a pregnancy. In Apple Cider Vinegar, out Feb. 6, Kaitlyn Dever

Let’s celebrate Groundhog Day, in all its bizarre, quirky strangeness. Let it remind us that we have not subdued nature, but merely made ourselves more comfortable in its domain. (Image credit: Brett Carlsen)

Köhler, a onetime head of the International Monetary Fund who became a popular German president before resigning abruptly in a flap over comments about the country’s military, has died at 81. (Image credit: Martial Trezzini)

Trump DOJ demands list of thousands of FBI agents, others who worked on Jan. 6 and Trump investigations for possible firing  CNN Trump Officials Fire Jan. 6 Prosecutors and Plan Possible F.B.I. Purge  The New York Times DOJ directs FBI to fire