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1 CONGO: A small plane carrying at least 17 passengers crashed shortly after takeoff Sunday in the city of Goma, killing at least 26 people, including people on the ground. The Dornier 228-200 was owned by private carrier Busy Bee. Plane crashes are frequent in the central African nation because of poor maintenance and relaxed air safety standards. None of Congo’s commercial carriers are allowed to fly into European Union airspace because of safety concerns.

2 CALIFORNIA: A Philippine Airlines flight made an emergency landing Thursday after one of the engines on the Boeing 777 caught fire shortly after takeoff from Los Angeles International Airport. Officials said the issue was a “technical problem” with one of the engines, but it was not clear what caused the incident. There were no injuries.

3 NEW YORK: Pharmaceutical company Novartis has reached a deal to buy cholesterol drugmaker The Medicines Co. for $9.7 billion. Novartis will pay $85 per share for the New Jersey biotech company, a sharp increase over The Medicine Co.’s Friday closing price of $68.55 per share.

4 SOUTH KOREA: K-pop star and TV celebrity Goo Hara, 28, was found dead at her home in Seoul on Sunday, police said. The cause of death wasn’t immediately known, and police refused to provide further details. Goo made her debut in 2008 as a member of the girl group Kara, which had big followings in South Korea, Japan and other Asian countries. She later worked as a solo artist and appeared on many TV shows.

5 NEW YORK: Sixyears after “Frozen” kicked up a pop-culture blizzard, the sequel made an estimated $127 million debut domestically and $350 million worldwide, a record for an animated movie released outside of summer. Time will tell if “Frozen 2” can match the $1.28 billion box office take of the original.