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U.S. NEWS Tuesday 23 april 2019
New York outbreaks drive

U.S. measles count up to 626

By MIKE STOBBE New York. That brings this City and in nearby Rock-
AP Medical Writer year's total to 626. land County. Most of the
NEW YORK (AP) — Out- That is already the most New York cases have been
breaks in New York state since 2014, when 667 were unvaccinated people in
continue to drive up the reported for the whole Orthodox Jewish communi-
number of U.S. measles cas- year. The most before that ties.
es, which are approaching was 963 cases in 1994. The Centers for Disease
levels not seen in 25 years. Twenty-two states have re- Control and Prevention re- This March 27, 2019 file photo shows a sign explaining the lo-
Health officials say 71 more ported cases, but the vast leased the latest numbers cal state of emergency because of a measles outbreak at the
cases were reported last majority have been in New Monday.q Rockland County Health Department in Pomona, N.Y.
week, with 68 of them from York — mainly in New York

Authorities investigate at the crash scene of a twin-engine
Beechcraft BE58, Monday, April 22, 2019, near Kerrville, Texas.
Officials say 6

people died in Texas

small plane crash

DALLAS (AP) — A man tonio, according to Feder-
who was part-owner of a al Aviation Administration
plane that crashed Mon- spokesman Lynn Lunsford.
day in Texas, killing all six The pilot and the five other
people aboard, said he people aboard the plane
and his friend who owned were all killed, said Sgt. Or-
the plane regularly volun- lando Moreno, a spokes-
teered to fly sick people in man for the Texas Depart-
remote parts of the country ment of Public Safety.
to hospitals in Houston and State law enforcement
Dallas. officials secured the crash
Officials have not yet re- site ahead of FAA and Na-
leased the identities of tional Transportation Safety
the six aboard the aircraft Board investigators' arrival
when it crashed into the Monday.
rocky hills of a central Texas The Beechcraft BE58 took
ranch, according to au- off from an airport outside
thorities, while preparing Houston earlier Monday
to land. Charles Morina of and crashed about 6 miles
Dallas told The Associated (10 kilometers) northwest of
Press that he did not know Kerrville Municipal Airport,
if his partner was among Lunsford said. The flight was
those aboard, nor did he not a scheduled commer-
know what caused the cial route, he said.
crash. The downed plane was a
The twin-engine aircraft manufactured by Raythe-
went down just before 9 on Aircraft in 1999 and was
a.m. as it approached an co-owned by two people,
airport in Kerrville, a city according to FAA records.
about 70 miles (110 kilome- The cause of the crash
ters) northwest of San An- hasn't been determined. q