The flight data and cockpit voice recorders on the Jeju Air jet that crashed in South Korea stopped recording about four minutes before the airliner hit a concrete structure, officials say.

Civil rights activist turned community development mentor, John McKnight shaped the thinking of many future leaders about how neighbourhoods should function.

Wildfires menacing Los Angeles have killed at least 10 people and devoured nearly 10,000 structures, with five fires burning into a third night as dry desert winds fanning the flames again gather strength.

US President-elect Donald Trump is refusing to rule out using military or economic action to pursue acquisition of the Panama Canal and Greenland, part of a broader expansionist agenda he's promoted since winning the November election.

The US will rebuild a stockpile of bird flu vaccines for poultry matching the strain of the virus circulating in commercial flocks and wild birds, in a sign of the widespread and devastating nature of a persistent outbreak.

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