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Seven killed as private jet crashes during takeoff at Maine airport

Few details were available, but a government official briefed on the matter told Reuters there was a significant fire after the crash.

A private jet carrying eight people crashed as it was taking off from Bangor International Airport in Maine on Sunday night, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
A wheel loader operator fills a truck with ore at the MP Materials rare earth mine in Mountain Pass, California, January 30, 2020; illustrative.

Trump administration to take 10% stake in USA Rare Earth in $1.6b. deal, sources say

A de-icing crew works during winter storm Fern on a Southwest Airlines flight at Nashville International Airport in Nashville, Tennessee, US, January 24, 2026.

Winter Storm Fern grounds thousands of US flights, strains power grids nationwide

Claudette Colvin, who was attending Booker T. Washington Magnet High School in 1955 when she was arrested for not giving up her seat on a Montgomery city bus, visits the school in Montgomery, Alabama, US February 3, 2005.

Claudette Colvin, US civil rights pioneer who defied bus segregation, dies at 86


Texas Pushes Forward with 100% Gold-Backed Transactional Currency Legislation

Texas unveils bold plan: Gold-backed digital currency. Lawmakers propose state-wide digital coins fully redeemable in precious metals, offering alternative to traditional currency.

 Texas Pushes Forward with 100% Gold-Backed Transactional Currency Legislation

BlackRock, State Street, Vanguard sued by Republican states over climate accords

Republicans have long explored using US antitrust laws to target alleged collusion among large fund managers to advance climate-related goals.

 The BlackRock logo is seen outside of its offices in New York City, US, October 17, 2016.

Texas board approves Bible-based curriculum for elementary schools

Critics argue the curriculum violates the separation of church and state by promoting Christianity in public schools.

 Students at teachers desk reading the bible.

Texas Jews are ‘deeply concerned’ about Christian material in proposed public school curriculum

Texas is poised to adopt a public school curriculum that refers to Jesus as “the Messiah,” asks kindergartners to study the Sermon on the Mount and presents the Crusades in a positive light.

 Schoolchildren at an elementary school.

Hotel in Texas to host two speakers tied to Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood

One of the speakers had previously nearly been denied US citizenship over his links with Hamas and the MAB.

 Islamophobia Discussion with Linda Sarsour, Ingrid Mattson and Imam Zaid Shakir

The FBI claims it stopped a potential ISIS terrorist attack in Houston, Texas

Federal prosecutors say that a 28-year-old Houston resident created ISIS recruitment propaganda, researched how to build an explosive belt, and researched security measures for local Jewish sites.

 An ISIS member carries an Islamic State flag in Syria.

Jewish death row inmate granted new trial after judge's antisemitic statements uncovered

The judge who sentenced Randy Halprin to death reportedly referred to him as "the Jew," "Randy the Jew," and "the Jew Halprin."

Randy Halprin, 23, one of the "Texas Seven" prison escapees, is led out of the Teller County Courthouse after a extradition hearing in Cripple Creek, Colorado, January 26, 2001.

Craig Goldman of Texas wins race, becoming 3rd Jewish Republican in Congress

Goldman will join Reps. David Kustoff of Tennessee and Max Miller of Ohio as the Republican Jewish contingent in the House.

The US and Texas State flags fly over the Texas State Capitol in Austin

Texas State University condemns antisemitic graffiti found on campus

The statement added that vandalism is a crime, "not a form of expression" and would not be tolerated on their campus.

 An apparent swastika and other wording was spray painted on the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum on Wednesday, July 29, 2020 in Houston, Texas.

Academia’s ‘no comment’ capitulates to terrorism  - opinion

Universities adopting neutrality on Israel's war with Hamas are capitulating to terror and radicals, failing to stand against antisemitism and crimes against humanity.

 PROTESTERS MARCH out of Kings College Circle after leaving an anti-Israel student encampment at the University of Toronto, following an Ontario judge order for the protesters to leave their two-month-old encampment, in July.