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McCaskill wants tighter rules on duck boats after accident

By SUMMER BALLENTINE - Associated Press

The duck boat that sank in Table Rock Lake in Branson, Mo., is raised Monday, July 23, 2018. The boat went down Thursday evening after a thunderstorm generated near-hurricane strength winds. (Nathan Papes/The Springfield News-Leader via AP)

The Latest: Vigil held for family among boat sinking victims

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Officials: Pilot was fatigued before fatal Lake Erie crash

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A man looks at an idled duck boat in the parking lot of Ride the Ducks Saturday, July 21, 2018 in Branson, Mo. One of the company's duck boats capsized Thursday night resulting in several deaths on Table Rock Lake. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Duck boat probe will check if Coast Guard rules were ignored

By JIM SALTER and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH - Associated Press

People pray outside Ride the Ducks, an amphibious tour operator involved in a boating accident on Table Rock Lake, Friday, July 20, 2018 in Branson, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

The Latest: Ex-NTSB chairman: Duck boats prone to accidents

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Rescue crews work at the scene of a deadly boat accident at Table Rock Lake in Branson, Mo., Thursday, July 19, 2018. A sheriff in Missouri said a tourist boat has apparently capsized on the lake, leaving several people dead and several others hospitalized. (Andrew Jansen/The Springfield News-Leader via AP)

The Latest: Boat victims mourned

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In this July 10, 2018 photo, Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crews rescue people after a float plane crashed southwest of Ketchikan, Alaska, on Prince of Wales Island. All the people aboard a plane that crashed Tuesday have been rescued in mountainous terrain, officials said. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP)

Report: Weather was deteriorating before Alaska plane crash

By DAN JOLING - Associated Press

Feds: Tesla traveling 116 mph before crash that killed 2

By TOM KRISHER - Associated Press

Feds: Engine crack caused 2015 British Airways incident

By DEE-ANN DURBIN - Associated Press

NTSB says plane gave several warnings before crash into lake

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A damaged aircraft is seen at Lake Hood Seaplane Base on Wednesday, June 13, 2018, in Anchorage, Alaska. Alaska State Troopers say two planes were involved in a mid-air collision Wednesday north of Anchorage, with the wreckage of one plane spotted in a river and the other landing at the seaplane base. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Fatality reported after Alaska midair crash; 1 pilot safe

By DAN JOLING - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 23, 2018, file photo provided by KTVU, emergency personnel work at the scene where a Tesla electric SUV crashed into a barrier on U.S. Highway 101 in Mountain View, Calif. Federal investigators say the Tesla using the company’s semi-autonomous driving system accelerated just before crashing into a California freeway barrier, killing its driver. The National Transportation Safety Board issued a preliminary report on the crash on Thursday, June 7. (KTVU via AP, File)

Feds: Tesla accelerated, didn’t brake ahead of fatal crash

By TOM KRISHER - Associated Press

Rapid City district to consider $1M seat belt plan for buses

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This file image made from video March 18, 2018, of a mounted camera provided by the Tempe Police Department shows an interior view moments before an Uber SUV hit a woman in Tempe, Ariz. In a preliminary report on the crash released Thursday, May 24, federal investigators said the autonomous Uber SUV that struck and killed an Arizona pedestrian in March spotted the woman about six seconds before hitting her, but didn’t stop automatically because emergency braking was disabled. (Tempe Police Department via AP, File)

Feds: Uber self-driving SUV saw pedestrian, did not brake

By Tom Krisher - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 16, 2018, file photo, cars are crushed under a section of a collapsed pedestrian bridge near Florida International University in the Miami area. Federal investigators looking into the collapse of the pedestrian bridge that killed six people confirmed they are focusing in part on the emergence of cracks in the structure before the accident. The National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday, May 23, released a preliminary report light on details but that suggested investigators are focused on cracks found in the south and north ends of the bridge. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

NTSB: Florida bridge collapse probe focusing on cracks

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Federal board recommends seatbelts on all new school buses

By JONATHAN MATTISE - Associated Press

Feds probe Tesla crash and fire in which 2 teens killed

By TOM KRISHER - Associated Press

This photo provided by the Pennsylvania State Police shows a truck's windshield damaged by a 10-foot section of electrical conduit that struck the driver in the head, killing him, on Feb. 21, 2018. The conduit broke away from the ceiling of the Lehigh Tunnel along the Pennsylvania Turnpike in East Penn Township, Carbon County, Pa. In a preliminary report issued Tuesday, May 1, 2018, by the National Transportation Safety Board, federal investigators say steel straps holding electrical conduits to the tunnel's ceiling had corroded before the accident that killed 70-year-old Howard Sexton III, of Mickleton, N.J. (Pennsylvania State Police via National Transportation Safety Board via AP)

NTSB: Straps corroded on tunnel conduit that fell, killing 1

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NTSB releases preliminary report on Scottsdale plane crash

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In this Tuesday, April 17, 2018, photo, a National Transportation Safety Board investigator examines damage to the engine of the Southwest Airlines plane that made an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia. A preliminary examination of the blown jet engine of the Southwest Airlines plane that set off a terrifying chain of events and left a businesswoman hanging half outside a shattered window showed evidence of &quot;metal fatigue,&quot; according to the National Transportation Safety Board. (NTSB via AP)

FAA orders fan blade inspections after jet engine explosion

By David Koenig and Claudia Lauer - Associated Press