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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.

Live updates: Passenger jet and Army helicopter collide at D.C. airport

By Associated Press

A collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport near Washington, D.C, killed 67 people, including more than a dozen figure skaters.

Jimmy Carter often flouted ceremony. He will be honored in Washington, where he remained an outsider

By Bill Barrow, Associated Press

The ceremonies carry some irony for the one-term president who campaigned as an outsider in 1976 and never mastered the city.

Bomb cyclone pummels northern California with heavy snow and record rain, knocks out power for hundreds of thousands in Seattle

By Janie Har, Christopher Weber, Godofredo A. Vásquez, Associated Press

Forecasters warn that the risk of flash flooding and rockslides will continue through Friday.

Northwest U.S. sees 'bomb cyclone' kill 2 and knock out power to half a million homes

By Martha Bellisle, Hallie Golden, Lisa Baumann, Associated Press

A major storm swept across the northwestern U.S., battering the region with strong winds and rain, causing widespread power outages, closing schools and downing trees that killed at least two people.