Investigators are searching for answers after a Wednesday evening midair collision over Washington, D.C., left 67 people dead. The crash took place at around 8:48 p.m. near Reagan Washington National Airport, just south of the city, when a small passenger plane making its final approach to the airport collided with an Army helicopter. Follow along...
Miami Heat point guard Terry Rozier is under investigation in connection to a sports betting scandal, the NBA said Thursday, months after former Toronto Raptors center Jontay Porter got a lifetime ban over a gambling scandal. The league was alerted to suspicious betting surrounding Rozier in March 2023. Rozier, then a member of the Charlotte...
They were just minutes away from landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C., when their plane collided with an Army helicopter over the Potomac River. In a horrible flash captured on video and seen around the world, the fates of all 60 passengers and four crew members aboard American Eagle Flight 5342 and the...
Some immigrants are worried that routine check-ins with immigration authorities are making them more vulnerable to being detained, as President Donald Trump and his administration ramp up arrests and deportations throughout the country. This week, a 30-year-old Venezuelan immigrant who had been periodically checking in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in South Florida — as...
Professional women’s soccer is coming to Denver, Colorado, beginning in 2026. On Thursday, the National Women’s Soccer League awarded Denver the league’s 16th franchise at a record $110 million expansion fee, according to a person familiar with the deal, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss nonpublic details. The latest sale demonstrates the...
Just 11 days into his presidency, Donald Trump has been confronted with a national tragedy that claimed the lives of dozens of people after a passenger jet carrying 64 people collided midair with an Army helicopter in the Washington, D.C. region Wednesday night. His response bypassed the usual playbook that presidents typically follow after a...
WASHINGTON — Several members of Congress are expressing concerns about the amount of air congestion in an area where a commercial passenger jet collided with a military helicopter over the Potomac River Wednesday night. Lawmakers didn’t ascribe any blame for the accident and said they trusted the National Transportation Safety Board would do a lengthy,...
The backdrop should be reassuring for many investors: A lively bull market, pro-business policies promised by the Trump administration and a Federal Reserve close to pulling off a soft landing. However, Wall Street’s biggest names aren’t sounding so bullish for the year ahead. Convening at an alternative investments conference in Miami this week, hedge-fund titans and...
When Alivia Stehlik, an Army major, came out as a transgender woman in the spring of 2017, she said she was nervous about how her colleagues and other soldiers would react, especially because she’s a physical therapist. “You have to physically touch most of your patients, and I had some nerves initially that folks would...
Air traffic control towers at the airport captured audio of the immediate aftermath of the crash. In the recording, someone — presumably a pilot — asks the air traffic controllers, “Tower, did you see that?” A controller responds, “Yep, we saw it.” The same controller tells aircraft in the area to hold their positions. The...