Win Mcnamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Dozens of people are presumed dead after an American Airlines flight collided with a military helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Virginia on Wednesday night. The Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet and Black Hawk helicopter both crashed into the icy Potomac River after collidingRead More →
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Dozens of people are dead after a regional jet collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter Wednesday night over Washington, D.C., officials said, the nation’s first major commercial airline crash since 2009. The aircraft went down in the frigid Potomac River, breaking into multiple pieces.Read More →
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 wereRead More →
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, toRead More →
Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Executive orders signed recently by President Donald Trump state that diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs prioritize diversity over merit in hiring, claiming DEI efforts are an “immense public waste and shameful discrimination.” Some experts in the DEI field disagree, and severalRead More →
Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Thursday claimed, without evidence, that diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives for air traffic controllers at the Federal Aviation Administration — under Democratic presidents — were partly to blame for the tragic plane and helicopter collision in Washington on Wednesday night. TheRead More →
Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle gave director of national intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard more than a half-dozen chances to withdraw her past support of Edward Snowden, the prolific leaker of government secrets, in her confirmation hearing Thursday, but she didn’t takeRead More →
(Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — If she is confirmed as director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard would be the youngest-ever in that role, the first millennial, the first Asian American, and only the second woman to hold the position. But she is expected to face questions in her confirmation hearingRead More →
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 areRead More →
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 aRead More →
