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• 6-year-old Illinois boy with ‘a fearless spirit’ died after inhaling helium from balloon just days after birthday

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• Trump admin axes ‘Quiet Skies’ traveler surveillance program — which ‘failed to stop a single terrorist attack’

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• BYU signs Young to extension after first year

  BYU coach Kevin Young has signed a new long-term contract extension with the program, the team announced on Thursday.