In true crime headlines:

Convicted murderer Robert Durst dies in prison at the age of 78.
The three men convicted of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery have been sentenced to life in prison.
A good Samaritan died on New Year's Day while trying to help a man who fell onto subway tracks during a gang assault in the Bronx.

Today in true crime:

The story of United Airlines flight 629, which crashed over Colorado in 1955, killing all 44 souls on board.

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