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Today in History: July 9, Pan Am Flight 759 crashes in Louisiana, killing 153

Pan Am Flight 759, a Boeing 727, crashed in Kenner, Louisiana, shortly after takeoff from New Orleans International Airport, killing all 145 people aboard and eight people on the ground.

An inspection team picks through the rubble that once was Pan Am flight 759 at New Orleans International Airport, July 13, 1982. The wreckage was brought to the airport from the crash scene and will be trucked to John F. Kennedy Airport in New York for closer inspection. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)

An 18-year-old woman was rescued after she got trapped in an abandoned missile silo in Arapahoe County on July 8, 2026. (Courtesy of South Metro Fire Rescue)

18-year-old rescued from abandoned Colorado missile silo was trapped for hours

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Huerfano County sheriff's Capt. Lea Vigil makes a circular motion by her head as she stands over inmate Michael Burch on March 28, 2023. (Photo provided by Rathod Mohamedbhai law firm)

Colorado county, healthcare provider to pay $10.2 million after man slowly died in jail despite pleas for help

Michael Burch, 69, died inside the Huerfano County Detention Center on April 4, 2023, from complications of blunt force trauma to his chest, the coroner found.

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18-year-old rescued from abandoned Colorado missile silo was trapped for hours

Metro Denver search and rescue crews saved an 18-year-old woman who was trapped in an abandoned missile silo for about 4 hours early Wednesday morning, Colorado law enforcement officials said.

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Scorched earth left in the wake of the Aspen Acres fire is seen in Colorado City on Tuesday, July 7, 2026. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Colorado wildfires: Aspen Acres fire grows to 96,000 acres, new evacuations issued for Ferris fire

Together, four active wildfires in Colorado have consumed nearly 190,000 acres, or 296 square miles. That's nearly twice the size of the city of Denver.

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Alex Marrero, superintendent of Denver Public Schools, listens as members of DPS’s school board voted to close seven schools during a meeting at district headquarters in downtown Denver on Nov. 21, 2024. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Alex Marrero says he’s ‘unapologetically committed’ to Denver’s students after not getting Miami job

Miami-Dade County Public Schools has narrowed the list of 21 applicants to six semifinalists, a...

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Colorado wildfires: Aspen Acres fire grows to 96,000 acres, new evacuations issued for Ferris fire

Together, four active wildfires in Colorado have consumed nearly 190,000 acres, or 296 square miles....

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This undated photo taken through a microscope provided by the CDC shows Cyclospora cayetanensis oocysts found in a fresh stool sample which had been prepared with a formalin solution and stained with safranin. (CDC via AP)

Outbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite grows to more than 1,000 cases

Michigan reports nearly 1,000 cases of cyclospora in largest state outbreak ever.

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FILE – E. Jean Carroll arrives at Manhattan federal court, Jan. 17, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Judge orders E. Jean Carroll be paid $5.8M in Trump sex abuse and defamation case; Trump appeals

Trump has resumed defamatory attacks against Carroll.

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18-year-old rescued from abandoned Colorado missile silo was trapped for hours

Metro Denver search and rescue crews saved an 18-year-old woman who was trapped in an...

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