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Nine Dead in Florida Learjet Crash

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All nine people aboard a Learjet 60 died when it crashed near West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said. The plane was en route from Austin, Texas, to the Bahamas.

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All nine people aboard a Learjet 60 died when it crashed near West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said. The plane was en route from Austin, Texas, to the Bahamas.

UPDATE: 9 people confirmed dead in plane crash near West Palm Beach, Florida, Secretary Duffy says https://t.co/D0xXj3fRAP

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BThis is Washington — nine people dead after a Learjet crashed near West Palm Beach, Florida.
BTransportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed all nine aboard died. The jet was flying from Austin to the Bahamas.
BVideo shows the business jet completely disintegrated on impact. Officials are still on scene.
BWe'll watch that as it develops. Now to a race that could flip the Senate.
BFox News is reporting the Texas Senate race just became the most expensive non-presidential race in U.S. history.
BFive hundred seventy-three million dollars, and a Fox poll reportedly showing Paxton and Talarico tied at forty-nine percent.
BWe can't confirm that five hundred seventy-three million total yet — that's Fox's number.
BIf it's anywhere close, this is obscene. That's not a Senate race, it's a fundraising arms race.
BMaybe, but money alone doesn't win. Voters still see the candidates.
BNo, no—when half a billion dollars is spent, voters see ads, not candidates.
BFair point. And in Michigan, Fox says Nancy Pelosi is blasting Democrat Haley Stevens for endorsing Republican Mike Rogers.
BFox says Pelosi calls it 'horrific' — that's a family fight going very public.
BWe haven't verified that quote. But if true, it shows how raw Democratic infighting has become.

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