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Federal officials have rejected a request by a regional airline facing a pilot shortage to hire co-pilots with half the usual minimum amount of flying experience, saying it would reduce safety. Republic Airways asked for permission to hire pilots with at least 750 hours of flying time if they complete the airline’s training program. However, […]

Former Los Angeles Dodgers player Steve Sax has issued a statement saying that his 33-year-old son who had always dreamed of being a pilot was among five U.S. Marines killed during a training flight crash earlier this week in the California desert.

SCHIPHOL, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court on Thursday convicted three men of murder for their role in shooting down a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet with a Russian surface-to-air missile, killing all 298 people aboard the aircraft as it flew over a separatist-controlled region of eastern Ukraine in 2014. The convictions, along with the life […]

A small plane with four people aboard crashed Thursday morning on takeoff in central Connecticut and crashed into a building.

After several delays, the first phase of the sex trafficking trial of R&B hitmaker R. Kelly will begin with jury selection Monday in New York City.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and the United States ratcheted up their confrontational rhetoric Wednesday over a U.S. surveillance drone that encountered Russian warplanes and crashed near Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula, which the Kremlin has illegally annexed. At the same time, the two countries’ defense chiefs opened a dialogue about the incident. The Kremlin said the […]

JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) — One person died in a single-engine plane crash near a Jackson, Tennessee airport, and the FAA says the flight was headed to Millington. The pilot was identified as Bryan Jackson of Memphis. The FAA said in a statement that a Beechcraft A36 Bonanza with one person aboard was discovered near Jackson, […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors at the R. Kelly sex trafficking trial ended their case Monday after calling dozens of witnesses over the past month who detailed the government’s sweeping allegations against the singer in lurid detail. The defense began its case later in the day by starting to call Kelly loyalists to the witness […]

A capsule look at the 29 previous British Opens played on the Old Course at St. Andrews: 1873 Tom Kidd won the first Open held on the Old Course with the highest 36-hole score ever, 179, for a one-shot victory over Jamie Anderson. He beat a 26-man field, most of them local, on a soggy […]

JACKSON, Tenn. — Authorities have identified Bryan Jackson, of Memphis, as the pilot of a plane that crashed near Jackson, Tennessee, on Friday. On Friday, Jackson’s single-engine plane crashed near a Jackson, Tennessee airport, and the FAA says the flight was headed to Millington. The FAA said in a statement that a Beechcraft A36 Bonanza […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Los Angeles Dodgers player Steve Sax has issued a statement saying that his 33-year-old son who had always dreamed of being a pilot was among five U.S. Marines killed during a training flight crash earlier this week in the California desert. Capt. John J. Sax was among the aircrew of […]