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These are the DC shooting victims who worked for the Israeli Embassy

By Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press

Israel identified the victims as Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky. They were leaving a young diplomats event at the Capital Jewish Museum that was meant to “foster unity and celebrate Jewish heritage” when they were killed on Wednesday.

2 Israeli Embassy staff members killed in DC shooting

By Maya Sweedler, Associated Press

The stunning attack prompted Israeli missions to beef up their security and lower their flags to half-staff.

20 states sue Trump administration over conditions placed on federal transportation and disaster-relief funds

By Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press

Democratic attorneys general say the Trump administration is threatening to withhold billions of dollars in transportation and disaster-relief funds unless states agree to certain immigration enforcement actions.

WATCH: Senate hearing examines D.C. midair collision and NTSB preliminary report

By Josh Funk, Associated Press

During the hearing, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board and members of Congress again questioned how the FAA hadn’t noticed an alarming number of close calls near Ronald Reagan National Airport and addressed the problem before the January…

WATCH: NTSB recommends ban on some helicopter flights near Washington airport after deadly midair collision

By Josh Funk, John Seewer, Associated Press

National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said that under the current practice helicopters and planes can be as close as 75 feet apart from each other during landing.

East Coast snowstorm cuts power to tens of thousands

By Ben Finley, John Raby, Associated Press

Heavy snow and freezing rain from Kentucky to the nation's capital caused hundreds of crashes and left tens of thousands of residents in the dark.

Crews recover more wreckage from site of deadly plane and chopper collision near Washington

By Serkan Gurbuz, Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press

Crews are trying to recover the plane’s cockpit and the rest of the remains of the 67 people who died in the midair collision between a passenger jet and Army helicopter near the nation’s capital last week.

A quick guide to the NTSB as it investigates the D.C. plane collision

By Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — A collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people brought renewed focus on the federal agency charged with investigating aviation disasters. National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer…

Collision between American Airlines jet and Army helicopter kills 67 in nation’s worst air disaster since 2001

By Lolita C. Baldor, Tara Copp, Eric Tucker, Associated Press

A midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight from Kansas killed all 67 people aboard the two aircraft.

What we know about the jet and helicopter collision near D.C.

By Hallie Golden, Associated Press

The crash occurred in some of the most tightly controlled and monitored airspace in the world, just over 3 miles south of the White House and the U.S. Capitol.