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5 Good Things: A New Search for Amelia Earhart’s Plane is Taking Flight

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Gaza Peace Plan Milestone, Weekend Heat Wave, Guthrie’s Ransom Notes Released and more

President Donald Trump announced a breakthrough between Israel and Hamas, but there’s major caveats. We’ll tell you which parts of the US could see record temperatures this weekend. We have new developments in the Nancy Guthrie abduction case. A fiery military jet crash on a Cali ...  Show more

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