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Determined was a good word to describe Jillian Bearden, who won the women’s 106-mile race in 4:36.07. Bearden, who is transgender, rode for the Southern Arizona Gender Alliance — SAGA — to promote gender inclusion within cycling. Saturday marked the 36-year-old’s first El Tour, which is Southern Arizona’s largest participatory sporting event.

LIMA, Peru (Reuters) - At least 40 people died when a passenger jet crashed in Peru's jungle on Tuesday, police said. "Until now, there are 40 cadavers that rescue teams are pulling from the wreckage. There could be more deaths, we assume some 60 people in total, since we've rescued 20 injured people," a police officer in the town of Pucallpa told RPP radio.

ALARM - a Peruvian plane is crushed in Amazonia LIMA - an airliner of the Peruvian company Tans was crushed Tuesday close of the town of Pucallpa in Peruvian Amazonia, announced the police force by indicating that one was unaware of the fate of the passengers.

Lima — A Peruvian airliner carrying 46 people, including eight children, disappeared Thursday amid cloud-covered mountains in the Amazon jungle. Heavy rain hampered the search effort. Peru's air force halted helicopter missions to find the plane late in the afternoon, and weather forecasts called for more rain in the next 24 hours. "The air search has been suspended due to rain. We are focusing on organizing ground teams to send out," said Avelino Flores, a Civil Defense official in Luyo, the village closest to the area where the plane was believed to have gone down. The area was at least...