The Skating Club of Boston was in mourning Thursday after members and coaches were killed when an American Airplane collided with a Black Hawk.

The Skating Club of Boston lost two coaches, two young skaters and their two mothers in the deadly crash of American Airlines Flight 5342 in Washington, D.C.

Fourteen members of the U.S. Figure Skating team, six of whom are affiliated with the Skating Club of Boston, were on the American Airlines plane that crashed into the Potomac River.

The circulating bird flu has become “widespread” in Massachusetts, as officials believe the virus has killed 500 to 1,000 wild birds across the region.

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Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, who won the pairs title at the 1994 world championships and competed at the Winter Olympics twice, were aboard the plane, officials said.

A new fund is providing up to $5,000 to Boston families who have an immediate family member who died from an opioid overdose.

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Two teenage figure skaters, their mothers, and two former world champions who were coaching at a historic Boston club were among the 14 members of the skating community killed when an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday night and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac River.

Gov. Maura Healey on Thursday called news of an airplane crash in Washington, D.C. that killed six people with ties to a Massachusetts figure skating club “devastating.”

Local health officials warn that bird flu is spreading among Massachusetts’ bird population.At a virtual meeting Wednesday, officials discussed the issue and<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More