Four people, including a Washington deputy, die in a shooting during a domestic dispute call; another deputy is on life support
A Spokane County sheriff’s deputy has died, and a second deputy remains on life support after they were shot while responding to a domestic violence call in Washington state, authorities said Wednesday. Deputies went to a home Tuesday after a woman sought help from a neighbor, saying her brother had shot her. Officers learned the […]
Kansas, Tennessee and USC lead another debate over polls voted on by people versus data-based rankings
College basketball is back, and so is “CBB With Danny Z.” I’m genuinely excited for the season, though I know plenty of people don’t start paying attention until February—or March. Last season, we compared the preseason AP Top 25 with KenPom’s ratings, then revisited the differences in December, January and March to see how they […]
NYC’s Mamdani says Abdul El-Sayed’s Michigan Senate win ‘means a great deal to so many people’
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Wednesday that Abdul El-Sayed’s Senate win in Michigan mattered deeply to many people. El-Sayed defeated former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers in one of the election’s most closely watched races. He is set to become the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Senate. Mamdani said he had not yet […]
No evidence links Mar-a-Lago to Florida jet crash that killed nine people, investigators find
Investigators recovered a major piece of the private jet that crashed into a Florida neighborhood several miles from the impact site, as crews prepared to drain the crater where the aircraft came down. Nine people were killed. At a briefing Tuesday, National Transportation Safety Board member Tom Chapman said the crash’s location, less than 10 […]
Online prankster tries to shame struggling dad—but people get the last laugh by raising $500K on GoFundMe
A young prankster tried to convince a working father that he had stolen money from him. The joke quickly went wrong: the man, still wearing his Red Baron uniform, became the focus of widespread support instead. After the video spread online, strangers donated more than $500,000 to help the father and his family. His employer […]
The military needs more than recruitment ads—it needs people to see it
Just three years ago, many in Washington had written off an entire generation as too soft, out of shape or too detached to serve. In 2023, the Army, Navy and Air Force all fell short of their recruiting targets. Some began to question whether the all-volunteer force could last. A few even raised the possibility […]
Victims of Florida plane crash identified after fiery crash kills nine people
Nine people died Sunday when a private jet crashed into a South Florida neighborhood. Among those aboard were a 20-year-old aspiring airline pilot and a Texas couple traveling with their two young children. The Learjet 60 took off from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport at about 10:37 a.m., bound for North Eleuthera in the Bahamas. It crashed […]
8 people killed in devastating plane crash, including 20-year-old female co-pilot
Nine killed in Learjet crash in Florida; 20-year-old co-pilot identified A Learjet 60 flying from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to the Bahamas crashed near Cresthaven, Florida, at about 12:50 p.m. Sunday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. All nine people aboard died. The co-pilot was identified as 20-year-old Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras. Her mother, Camila, and stepfather […]
Private plane carrying 9 people crashes just miles from Mar-a-Lago
All nine people aboard a private jet that crashed in Palm Beach County, Florida, died, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Sunday. The crash site was about nine miles from President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. Duffy called the incident a “horrific tragedy” and said the FAA was sending a team to assist the National Transportation Safety Board’s […]
A Homeland Security official vows to charge and deport people who aren’t citizens if they’re caught voting illegally before the midterm elections.
Department of Homeland Security General Counsel James Percival warned noncitizens not to vote illegally, saying federal authorities would investigate, prosecute and deport those who do. He made the remarks Saturday on “My View with Lara Trump,” ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections. “Whether it’s now or later, if you illegally cast a vote, we will find […]