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Tucked into President Trump's budget is funding to construct a cemetery in Queens for at least 50,000 veterans as part of a new effort to expand burial options in densely populated cities for families of service members. Unlike a traditional cemetery, the site in St. Albans would be an outdoor columbarium only for the cremated remains of New York City area service members and their spouses.
This photo shows reconstruction work continuing in Calverton, N.Y., on TWA Flight 800, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off New York's Long Island last July 17, killing all 230 people aboard. Federal authorities said yesterday they believe TWA Flight 800 was blasted out of the sky by a powerful explosive device, all but ruling out mechanical failure as a cause of the crash.