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‘Hearts are heavy’: 14 figure skaters among victims of DC plane crash

‘Hearts are heavy’: 14 figure skaters among victims of DC plane crash

Emergency units respond to airplane wreckage in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. An American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas collided with a helicopter while approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) — Fourteen figure skaters — including some young athletes called the…read more »

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs hit with new indictment in sex trafficking case

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs hit with new indictment in sex trafficking case

Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Sean “Diddy” Combs “abused, threatened and coerced women and others around him to fulfill his sexual desires” over a longer period of time than first alleged, federal prosecutors in New York said in a superseding indictment filed Thursday.The indictment contains no new charged crimes but includes additional conduct as part…read more »

DC plane crash recalls similar event in 1982

DC plane crash recalls similar event in 1982

Douglas Chevalier/The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — An American Airlines regional jet collided with a military helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Virginia on Wednesday night before both aircraft plummeted into the Potomac River.Sixty-four people were on the plane, which departed from Wichita, Kansas. Three Army soldiers were aboard the helicopter, which was on a…read more »

‘I lost everything’: Wife of skating coach killed in DC plane crash speaks out

‘I lost everything’: Wife of skating coach killed in DC plane crash speaks out

Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Natalya Gudin and her husband, Alexandr Kirsanov, who coached two young figure skaters aboard American Airlines Flight 5342, had a choice to make before the plane took off: Who would go and who would stay.The couple decided Kirsanov would fly to Wichita, Kansas, to accompany their skaters at the National Development…read more »

‘Devastated’: Figure skaters, coaches aboard flight that collided with Black Hawk over DC

‘Devastated’: Figure skaters, coaches aboard flight that collided with Black Hawk over DC

Emergency units respond to airplane wreckage in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. An American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas collided with a helicopter while approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) — Figure skaters and coaches returning from the recent U.S. national…read more »

‘Shower of sparks’: Witness describes midair collision over Potomac River

‘Shower of sparks’: Witness describes midair collision over Potomac River

Andrew Caballero-reynolds/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — While driving home Wednesday night on the George Washington Parkway near Ronald Reagan National Airport, Ari Shulman said a “spray of sparks” in the sky caught his attention as he watched in horror the midair collision between American Airlines Flight 5342 and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter unfold.Authorities…read more »

Some government employees dismayed after Musk jokes about buyout offer

Some government employees dismayed after Musk jokes about buyout offer

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — After the Trump administration offered two million federal employees buyouts on Tuesday, Elon Musk — the world’s richest man and the architect of Trump’s effort to reduce the size of the government — took to his own social media platform to boast and joke about the offer, leaving some federal employees…read more »

Man wanted for killing woman, kidnapping their 2 daughters may have fled to Mexico: Sheriff

Man wanted for killing woman, kidnapping their 2 daughters may have fled to Mexico: Sheriff

Kings County Sheriff’s Office(CALIFORNIA) — Authorities in California are searching for a man who allegedly gunned down his daughters’ mother and kidnapped the two young girls.The suspect, 23-year-old Jonathan Alexis Maldonado-Cruz, may have fled to Mexico, the Kings County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday.The case began Tuesday afternoon when deputies responded to a welfare check in…read more »