A business jet crashed into a south Florida neighborhood and erupted into a ball of flames early Sunday morning, killing all nine people on board and leaving a fiery crater. The cause was not immediately clear, but federal investigators are expected to provide an update Monday.
Authorities have not provided any information about what caused the Bahamas-bound Learjet 60 to crash. Officials planned to hold a news conference in West Palm Beach on Monday.
President Donald Trump closed out the final weekend of a turbulent midterm campaign with rallies in two states he has handily won in the past. At the same time, Democrats began to fracture in Michigan, risking their effort to retake the Senate.
The president was in Salina, Kansas, and Dubuque, Iowa, on Sunday. Republicans in both states are fending off robust challenges from Democrats, threatening GOP majorities in the Senate while they’re already at risk in the House.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a generic version of the world’s only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV, a big step toward making the drug available inexpensively and more quickly in 120 low- and middle-income countries.
The drug is expected to cost $40 a year per person in the countries where it will be available, the same price as daily preventive pills available now.
Brooke Tape can be reached at tape2754@stthomas.edu
