Hundreds suffer delays as airline workers strike stalls flights
New York and New Jersey airports faced widespread delays as Spirit Airlines struggled with staffing. Passengers including Royce Wegner reported hourslong delays after a flight from Orlando to LaGuardia was held on the runway. A Spirit plane sat on the runway for two hours awaiting gate space. Port Authority officials cited labor difficulties and insufficient ground crew to unload baggage.
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Baltimore’s murder rate falls to 262 in 2000
Baltimore ends a grim era with 262 homicides in 2000, far below previous years. Mayor Martin O Malley notes the drop from decades of 300 plus. Police Commissioner Edward Norris says residents feel safer as monthly homicide totals drop to under 20 in year end months.
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Explosion in Silver Spring damages nine homes kills elder
An explosion in a Silver Spring neighborhood killed an elderly person and damaged nine adjacent homes. The blast leveled the residence to its foundation and caused widespread shock. nearby houses were deemed uninhabitable. Fire crews quickly extinguished the blaze as investigators assess the cause.
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Trooper Dies After Struggling With Suspect On I-40
Nashville authorities report Trooper John Mann aged 40 died when a suspected car thief, Charles Gray aged 24, was wrestled on an interstate. Gray was critically injured and the hit-and-run driver turned himself in.
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Descendants mark 200 years since Washington slave emancipation
On Mount Vernon Virginia descendants gathered to honor enslaved people tied to George Washington. They noted 316 slaves lived there, but only his personal slaves were freed upon Martha Washington's death in 1801, leaving mixed outcomes and broken families. A DC resident descendant Rohulaman Quander urged remembrance of the slaves’ daily efforts that aided the nation.
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Montana father, son killed in avalanche on Emigrant Peak
Bozeman man Donald Cory 50 and his son Samuel 14 died in an avalanche on Emigrant Peak, about 1,600 feet down a rock gulch. The group had been climbing with two others when the slide buried the two. The others escaped and alerted rescuers.
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Bush Education Plan Aims Testing and Vouchers
President Bush pushes an education package emphasizing expanded testing and school choice, including vouchers funded by redirected federal money. Advisors say he may allow parent spending of federal funds for private school options, with states managing implementation amid Congress debates. Paige named as education secretary and Lieberman open to public school choice as part of bipartisan discussions.
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Bomb blasts injure dozens amid regional Israel Gaza clashes
A car bombing near Netanya and Palestinian attacks near Dugit and Kfar Darom escalate violence. Three dozen injured and at least one critical. Israel reports soldiers firing on farms near the sites. No group claimed immediate responsibility. Hamas criticized attacks as a religious duty. President Clinton urged Israel to cede sovereignty over a Jerusalem site and Palestinians to renounce the right of return.
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Pentagon panel finds cracks in Gulf security
A Pentagon commission found significant shortcomings in regional security before the bombing of the destroyer Cole in Aden. It urged tighter force protection and noted gaps in ship and aircraft security across the Persian Gulf, with many recommendations kept secret. The panel’s work, led by Adm. Gehman and Gen. Crouch, also examined embassy to military command communication failures in the United States Central Command area.
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Embassy bombings trial targets bin Laden group
Federal prosecutors seek to turn the Nairobi and Dar es Salaam embassy bombings case into a broad autopsy of Osama bin Laden's network. Four men begin trial in Manhattan, with up to 22 charged, spanning Sudan to Russia, aiming to show conspiracy and terror links since 1989.
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