incident

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Temple Israel - one of the largest reform Jewish synagogues in the US - also has a preschool where dozens of children had to be evacuated during the incident.

From BBC

Central Command said the crash wasn’t due to hostile or friendly fire, and a second KC-135 involved in the incident landed safely.

From The Wall Street Journal

He said although the incident was regrettable, it was due to "the scale and complexity" of publishing more than 700 documents.

From BBC

Andrew Malkinson was arrested within weeks of the incident and later convicted, spending 17 years in jail on the basis of mistaken eyewitness evidence.

From BBC

In a court filing, Jackson said that she broke up with Pearce weeks before the incident that led to his arrest.

From Los Angeles Times