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Plane lands on highway: A small 1 airplane made an emergency landing on an interstate highway north of San Diego on Tuesday, causing a huge traffic jam. The two occupants of the single-engine aircraft appeared uninjured, the California Highway Patrol said on its traffic incident webpage. The plane landed on the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 and came to rest partially on the center divider. A large section of its right wing was broken off.

Ukraine wants closer ties:

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Ukraine’s president on Tuesday urged closer ties between the ex-soviet nation and NATO and the European Union in a speech marking the 30th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a strong Ukraine is “a country that dreams ambitiously and acts decisively.”

Ex-chad president dies: Hissène 3

Habré, the former president of Chad, has died while serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity, including killings, torture and sex offenses, during his rule in the 1980s. He was 79. No cause of death was provided.

Exec to plead guilty in

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admissions scheme: The chief executive officer of a California liquor distribution company has agreed to plead guilty in the college admissions bribery scheme less than a month before she was scheduled to face trial, according to court records filed Tuesday. Marci Palatella will be the 33rd parent to admit to charges in the case that revealed a scheme in which wealthy parents paid big money to get their kids into top schools across the country.

COVID-19 warning: The director 5 of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning “we may never get to herd immunity” against COVID-19 given what is known about the coronavirus.