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;Disasters and accidents ;Disasters and accidents
*A ] ] passenger train (running north from ] to ]) hit a tractor-trailer that stalled on the railroad tracks, around noon in ], according to the Halifax County Sheriff's Office. The first two cars of the train (one a baggage car) then derailed; several people received minor injuries. *A ] ] passenger train (running north from ], to ]) hits a tractor-trailer in ] resulting in two cars of the train derailing with several people receiving minor injuries.
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*Two helicopters crash in a remote area of northwest ] leaving at least ten dead.
**Two helicopters ] in a remote area of northwestern ] leaving at least ten dead. Among the dead are a group of ] sports stars participating in a reality-television show called ]:
***] - a yachtswoman
***] - a ] ]
***] - a ] ]


;International relations ;International relations
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**] blocks a plan for ]'s Foreign Minister ] to address the ] in ] in a protest over criticism of Saudi human rights record.
*Celebrity ] lawyer ] files a case in the ] on behalf of former ] President ]. *Celebrity ] lawyer ] files a case in the ] on behalf of former ] President ].
*U.S. President ] signs an executive order declaring ] a national security threat to the U.S. (the first step in possibly starting a sanctions regime). He ordered sanctions against 7 officials accused of committing human rights violations and violent acts, in the worst dispute with the country since President ] took office in 2013, after ]'s death, though trade between the two countries (including Venezuela's oil shipments) will remain largely unaffected. *] ] signs an ] declaring ] a national security threat to the U.S.
*The U.S.'s ] (FBI) Director, ], announces an increased reward of $USD 5 million (up from $USD 1 million, issued in 2012) for information leading to the return of diabetic former FBI agent ] (who retired from the FBI 17 years ago and turns 67 on March 10, 2015) on the 8th anniversary of his mysterious disappearance (March 9, 2007) in ]; the ] and ] (AP) revealed in 2013 that he had been paid by the ] (CIA) to gather information (and hopefully meet an informant) about Iran's nuclear program but the government denies that he was working for them when he disappeared; the ] (NSC) is committed to his return. *The U.S.'s ] (FBI) ], ], announces an increased reward of $5 million (up from $1 million, issued in 2012) for information leading to the return of a former FBI agent ] (who disappeared March 9, 2007, in ] and who was paid by the ] (CIA) to gather information about Iran's nuclear program).


;Law and crime ;Law and crime
*A man kills five people in the ]ese city of ] in a prolonged stabbing attack. *A man kills five people in the ]ese city of ] in a prolonged stabbing attack.
*American film director ] pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter and criminal trespassing and will spend two years in county jail and another eight on probation in regards to the February 20, 2014 death of camera assistant Sarah Jones by a freight train on a bridge over the ] in ], ] (six other crew members were also injured) during filming of a biopic about singer ] called ]. *American film director ] pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter and criminal trespassing and will spend two years in county jail and another eight on probation in regards to the February 20, 2014, death of camera assistant ] by a freight train on a bridge over the ] in ] (six other crew members were also injured), during filming of a biopic about singer ] called ].
*In a five-day national dragnet last week, Operation Cross Check, the ] (ICE) rounds up 2,059 people who had been convicted of crimes and had been living in the country illegally. Most were not violent criminals (none were implicated in ]; almost all the 912 misdemeanors were for ], DWI; 476 of the felons were charged with an immigration violation, though some were convicted of ], ], ], and ]).


;Science and technology ;Science and technology
*]ed aircraft ] begins its circumnavigation of the earth. *] aircraft ] begins its circumnavigation of the earth.
*According to ] of the ], cave exploring hikers in a ] cave in ]'s ] region have uncovered a small collection of 2,300-year-old silver coins and jewelry (including rings, bracelets, and earrings) believed hidden by refugees during an ancient war from the time of ] of ]—the first of its kind to be found in the area from that period. The discovery follows last month's scuba diving discovery of a larger find of 2,000 gold coins from 11th-century ] rule. *Explorers of a ] cave in ]'s ] region uncover a small collection of 2,300-year-old silver coins and jewelry believed to have been hidden from the time of ] of ]. The discovery could be the first of its kind to be found from that period in this area.

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;Politics and elections
*] ] told reporters that U.S. President ] emailed with prospective 2016 Democratic presidential candidate, former Obama ], former New York ], and former ] ] (to her recently-revealed private e-mail account she had during her tenure as the immediate past Secretary of State), and he supposedly did not know how Mrs. Clinton planned to comply with the ] with regards to private e-mails about official State Department business. Mr. Earnest expressed confidence that Clinton and her team would turn over all relevant private emails, avoiding a rift with Obama (U.S. Rep. ], R-SC, who chairs that chamber's ] investigation panel, says there are gaps in the released emails).
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