fatal

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A fatal collision at LaGuardia Airport last week marked the start of a difficult period for Air Canada, culminating on Monday with its CEO announcing he will soon retire.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Roadway speed cameras have been proved to reduce speeding by 31% to 82% and fatal crashes by 53% to 71%, according to LADOT.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

The fatal confrontation reportedly began with disturbances outside a conference at Sciences Po, the highly-regarded French political science institute.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

Rousseau delivered this week an English-only video message, with French subtitles, about the fatal collision involving an Air Canada Express flight at LaGuardia Airport, killing the two pilots onboard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

“My poor friend,” Vincent writes to him, “our neurosis &c. surely also comes from our rather too artistic way of life—but it’s also a fatal inheritance.”

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman