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Investigators search for cause in Florida plane crash that killed all nine onboard

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A private plane headed to the Bahamas from Texas crashed in Palm Beach county and exploded on impact Sunday Investigators are searching for the cause of a plane crash in a heavily populated area of Palm Beach county, Florida, that killed all nine people onboard. The private Learjet 60, with the tail number N722BD, was en route from Austin-Bergstrom international airport in Texas to North Eleuthera airport in the Bahamas on Sunday when it suddenly plummeted out of the sky.

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Man accused of starting deadly Palisades fire to be retried for arson after mistrial

A 30-year-old man accused of starting the deadly Palisades fire is being retried for arson this week, four months after his first trial ended with a hung jury. Federal prosecutors say Jonathan Rinderknecht, a former Uber driver, is responsible for the January 2025 wildfire, which killed 12 people and ravaged thousands of buildings in the Pacific Palisades. On 31 December, Rinderknecht dropped a passenger off in the upscale Los Angeles enclave, before climbing on foot to a hillside clearing. Law enforcement officials said he ignited a brush fire, which ballooned into the 8-acre Lachman fire.