Pilot Says Hawaii Tour Helicopter Vibrated and Spun Before Crash Killed 3

The pilot of a helicopter that crashed on a sightseeing flight off the Hawaiian island of Kauai last month, killing three passengers, told investigators that the aircraft vibrated and spun before plunging into the water, according to report released Friday. The National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary report did not identify a suspected cause of the …

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Haiti, Dominican Republic to Reopen Airspace in May

April 17 (Reuters) – ⁠Haiti ⁠and ⁠the Dominican Republic ​agreed to ‌open the airspace ‌between ⁠the ⁠two countries starting in May, ​according to a ​statement on Friday, after ⁠flights ⁠had been ⁠suspended more ​than two years ​earlier. “This ⁠measure aims to facilitate ⁠mobility, boost economic ties and strengthen ⁠relations between the two countries,” the countries …

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Russia Hits Port, Power Facility in Ukraine Overnight

KYIV, April ⁠18 (Reuters) – ⁠Russian attacks ⁠overnight damaged port ​infrastructure in Ukraine’s southern ‌Odesa region and ‌caused ⁠blackouts ⁠for 380,000 consumers in the country’s ​north, officials said. Drones damaged agricultural ​warehouses, depots and administrative ⁠buildings, Oleh ⁠Kiper, the ⁠Odesa regional ​governor, said on the ​Telegram ⁠app. There were no casualties, he added. Russian ⁠forces …

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Ukraine Strikes Industrial Targets in Volga River Towns, Samara Governor Says

MOSCOW, April ⁠18 (Reuters) – ⁠Ukrainian ⁠drones struck industrial ​targets overnight in ‌the Volga ‌river ⁠cities ⁠of Syzran and Novokuibyshevsk in ​Russia’s Samara region, local ​governor Vyacheslav Fedorischev ⁠said on ⁠Saturday, ⁠adding that ​the attack was continuing. He ​did ⁠not name the facilities ⁠struck, but both cities host oil ⁠refineries that have been repeatedly struck …

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Trump, IRS in Talks to Settle US President’s $10 Billion Lawsuit

April 17 (Reuters) – Lawyers for Donald Trump and the Internal ⁠Revenue ⁠Service are in talks to settle the ⁠U.S. president’s $10 billion lawsuit against the tax collection agency for leaking his tax returns to ​the media in 2019 and 2020. In a Friday filing in Miami federal court, the lawyers asked a judge to …

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