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U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola’s husband has died in an airplane crash in western Alaska ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola’s husband has died in an airplane crash in western Alaska, the latest fatality involving politicians or their loved ones in the nation’s largest state where flights are common because of a limited road system. “We are devastated to share that Mary’s husband, Eugene Peltola Jr. — ′Buzzy’ to all of us who knew and loved him — passed away earlier this morning following a plane accident in Alaska,” her chief of staff, Anton McParland, said in the statement issued Wednesday morning. Peltola, a Yup’ik who became the first Alaska Native elected to Congress last year, was returning home to be with her family, the statement said. McParland asked that the family be allowed privacy to grieve. The Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub appears to have crash ed under unknown circumstances upon takeoff after he dropped off a hunter and equipment about 65 miles (105 kilometers) northeast of...

More than a dozen migrants were dropped off on the doorstep of a California church after being transported to the state via private plane, according to state officials. More than a dozen migrants were dropped off on the doorstep of a California church after being transported to the state via private plane, according to state officials. The migrant s were dropped off at the Diocese of Sacramento on Saturday "with no prior arrangement or care in place" and in possession of documentation purporting to be from the government of the State of Florida, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a state ment. The group had been transported from Texas to New Mexico before being flown by private chartered jet to Sacramento, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement. MORE: Authorities say it's unclear why fewer migrants making unauthorized border crossings Officials are evaluating potential civil action against those who transport ed or arranged for the transport of ...

A Yeti Airlines plane crashed on Sunday morning in Nepal, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal said. A Yeti Airlines passenger plane crash ed on Sunday morning in Nepal, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal said on Twitter. The plane had been flying from Kathmandu, the capital, to Pokhara, a city in central Nepal, the minister said. Crowds gather at the crash site of an aircraft in Pokhara in western Nepal Jan. 15, 2023. Sagar Raj Timilsina/Handout via Reuters The aircraft for Yeti Airlines flight YT691 was a 15-year-old ATR 72-500, a twin-engine turboprop airliner, according to Flightradar24, the flight tracker. "This aircraft was equipped with an old transponder with unreliable data," the flight tracker said. "We are downloading high resolution data and verifying the data quality." The aircraft departed Kathmandu on time at 10:32 a.m. local time, with an estimated time of arrival at 10:59 a.m., according to the flight tracker. The average flight time for the trip was...