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2018-08-13 05:03

FBI seeks motive after Seattle plane theft

The suspected airline worker who stole an empty plane from a Seattle airport was a former baker and world traveller described by his family as a "warm and compassionate man". While he hasn't been named officially, his family and multiple media outlets have reported his identity as 29-year-old Richard Russell.

Lift off in NASA's mission to "touch the sun"

The Parker Solar Probe was launched on Sunday in a mission to venture closer to the Sun than ever before.

Protests mark anniversary of Charlottesville race violence

Marches against racism are taking place in the US, marking the one-year anniversary of a violent white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The violence that day cost the life of a young counter-protester and shocked the nation.

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