Aaron Cooper

A near-collision between two planes at a major California airport two years ago was caused by an air traffic controller distracted by a third plane, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday, as federal officials roll out a plan to boost air traffic controller recruitment.

Seven people are dead, including one in a car on the ground, after a twin-engine medevac jet carrying a child patient and her mother crashed in a neighborhood in northeast Philadelphia Friday night, the mayor said Saturday morning. At least 19 were injured on the ground.

The start of voting in North Carolina, which was scheduled to begin Friday with the mailing of absentee ballots, will be further delayed to let legal proceedings play out after an appeals court ordered the state to remove former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name from the ballot.

The convicted murderer who escaped a Pennsylvania prison last month is back behind bars – now facing additional charges – after a nearly two-week manhunt that captured national attention and unsettled the surrounding community.

Melissa Henry already had a lot on her plate before a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine about a mile away from her home on February 3, spilling toxic chemicals into the air. She was going through a divorce and getting her home ready to put on the market. All she had left to do was photograph the home before it was to be listed.

German airline apologizes after a large number of Jewish people are denied boarding

Former Louisville officer Brett Hankison cries on the stand in trial connected to fatal Breonna Taylor raid

Jurors in the trial of Brett Hankison, the only police officer charged in connection with the botched 2020 raid that left Breonna Taylor dead, visited the 26-year-old Kentucky woman’s apartment Friday afternoon.

Brett Hankison is not on trial for killing Breonna Taylor, a prosecutor made clear in opening statements Wednesday – nearly two years after her death.

All private sector employers in New York City will now be required to implement a Covid-19 vaccine mandate by December 27, the city’s mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday.