Search and rescue efforts are seen around a wreckage site in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, early Thursday morning, Jan. 30, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) “From what I’ve seen so far, do I think this was preventable? Absolutely,” said new Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. All 64 people aboard…
Source: NICOLAS GUYONNET / Getty A school district in Pennsylvania is being sued after a Black student claimed his teacher held up a photo of a monkey in class to humiliate him. The suit claims that two brothers were discriminated against for their race at Cumberland Valley School District in Mechanicsburg. According to The State, the…
Karoline Leavitt, Donald Trump’s new press secretary, made her debut in the White House press room on Tuesday, Jan. 28. At just 27 years old, she is the youngest person to ever hold the position, sparking curiosity about her background and the path that led her to this role. With the newfound interest in Leavitt,…
Micah Washington, a then-24-year-old Black man from Alabama, was changing a tire on the side of the road when he ended up tasered and arrested on fabricated felony charges by a white husband-and-wife law enforcement team from separate agencies in 2023. The arrest was captured on a disturbing video recorded by Washington’s brother who was…
President Donald Trump signs the Laken Riley Act during an event in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) The White House announced a short time later that Trump had signed a presidential memorandum on Guantanamo. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley Act into law, giving federal…
Emergency response units assess airplane wreckage in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport on January 30, 2025, in Arlington, Virginia. | Source: Andrew Harnik / Getty Officials feared there would be no survivors after a Black Hawk military helicopter collided in midair with a plane around 9 p.m. on Wednesday night right outside…
Crude language and violence aren’t just for the U.S. Congress anymore. Local municipalities are starting to follow their lead, but even the scoundrels in Washington might blush at the ruckus that interrupted an Illinois township meeting. At the center of it all was Dolton Village Mayor Tiffany Henyard, aka the “Dolton Dictator.” Tuesday night’s brawl…
FILE – Collaboration of the year honoree A$AP Rocky, right, and Rihanna attend the 38th annual Footwear News Achievement Awards at Cipriani South Street on Dec. 4, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, file) The singer superstar, who has two toddler sons with the rapper Rocky, sat out of view between Rocky’s mother…
Singer Taylor Swift has become a familiar face at Kansas City Chiefs games since she began dating Travis Kelce in 2023, but Sunday’s AFC Championship celebration brought an unexpected moment for the pop star, requiring her to “shake it off.” After the Chiefs secured their 32-29 win over the Buffalo Bills, Swift joined other players’…
A view of emergency response looking from Arlington, Va., south of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, across the Potomac River toward the District of Columbia, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Video from an observation camera at the nearby Kennedy Center shows two sets of lights consistent with aircraft appearing to conjoin in a…
