Month: March 2025

DC plane crash: NTSB to provide updates in investigation
Petty Officer 1st Class Brandon Giles/ U.S. Coast Guard via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Investigators will offer updates Tuesday in the probe into the devastating crash between an American Airlines plane and a U.S. Army [Read More…]

Mickey faces off with Winnie-the-Pooh in ‘The Dark Domain: MVW Mickey-Vs-Winnie’ trailer
Mario Tama/Getty Images It’s the battle of the public domain characters. Untouchables Entertainment, a banner that releases films based around intellectual properties who have entered the public domain, has released the first trailer for The [Read More…]

US stock futures inch higher after selloff amid recession concerns
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — U.S. stock futures traded slightly higher on Tuesday, following Monday’s major selloff as markets digested President Donald Trump’s comments that there would be a “period of transition” as the [Read More…]

As Tesla stock falls, some pension fund managers worry and critics rage
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Since Elon Musk went to Washington, D.C., to slash the government alongside President Donald Trump, the stock of his electric car company Tesla has taken a significant [Read More…]

5 years ago, the WHO declared COVID a pandemic. Here’s a look at the disease by the numbers
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Tuesday marks five years since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the global outbreak of COVID-19 to be a pandemic. Since then, millions of Americans have been hospitalized, and more [Read More…]

What we still don’t know about COVID 5 years after the WHO declared a pandemic
TPG/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Five years ago, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak to be a pandemic, leading to stay at-home orders and shutdowns across the U.S. and world. The nation looks much [Read More…]

House plans vote on GOP spending bill as Trump lobbies Republican holdouts
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans are slated to vote Tuesday on their spending bill, known as a continuing resolution, that would fund the government at current levels through Sept. [Read More…]

It’s ‘shoot first and ask questions later’ as DOGE tries to dismantle CFPB: Official
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Before a judge halted the takeover in February, President Donald Trump’s administration was planning to fire the overwhelming majority of employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and then fulfill [Read More…]

4-year-old boy calls 911 after ‘bad mom’ eats his ice cream
Facebook / Village of Mount Pleasant Police Department (MOUNT PLEASANT, WI) — I scream, you scream, a 4-year-old boy has called the cops after his mother ate his ice cream, police have said. The incident [Read More…]

Medical transport helicopter crash leaves crew members, pilot dead
Thierry Monasse/Getty Images (MADISON, MS) — Three people died after a medical transport helicopter crashed in Madison County, Mississippi, on Monday afternoon, according to the University of Mississippi Medical Center. The aircraft was a Eurocopter [Read More…]

13 hospitalized after school bus overturns in New Jersey
Carsten Rehder/picture alliance via Getty Images (MONTVALE, NJ) — A school bus carrying 31 passengers overturned and landed on its side in New Jersey on Monday, sending at least 13 to the hospital. The crash [Read More…]

Rep. Ro Khanna eyes anti-corruption agenda amid criticism of Democratic Party
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As Democrats attempt to rebound from an underwhelming showing in the 2024 election, California Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna is not only taking stock of the stinging [Read More…]

Race to contain fire continues after tanker-container ship collision in North Sea
Lee Whitaker/Getty Images (LONDON) — A fire burning onboard two ships that collided Monday in the North Sea appeared in aerial footage to have been largely put out, although a shipping official told BBC News [Read More…]

US wants Ukraine to ‘do difficult things,’ Rubio says ahead of Saudi ceasefire talks
Salah Malkawi/Getty Images (LONDON) — American and Ukrainian officials will meet in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for major talks on Tuesday with the goal of charting a course toward ending Russia’s three-year-old war — and after [Read More…]

Ukraine bombards Russia with largest drone barrage of war, Moscow says
Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces shot down 337 Ukrainian drones overnight, in what appeared to be Kyiv’s largest cross-border aerial attack on Russia since Moscow launched its [Read More…]

Pope has ‘peaceful night’ after his prognosis improves and is lifted
Christopher Furlong/Getty Images (LONDON and ROME) — The pope rested peacefully overnight after his prognosis was “lifted” on Monday as he begins his 26th straight day in the hospital, the Vatican said. Vatican sources told [Read More…]

Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte arrested on ICC warrant, presidential office says
Daniel Ceng/Anadolu via Getty Images (MANILA, PHILIPPINES)– Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte was detained on Tuesday under an International Criminal Court arrest warrant, which accused him of crimes against humanity in connection with the brutal [Read More…]

Despite economy, many farms financially solid going into planting season
Planting season is almost here, and an agricultural lender says most farm operations are financially in a position to acquire inputs and go forward despite the down farm economy, with better than expected balance sheets [Read More…]

Wendy Williams taken to hospital from her assisted living facility in Manhattan: Sources
Lars Niki/Getty Images Wendy Williams was taken by ambulance from an assisted living facility in Midtown Manhattan to Mount Sinai West hospital on Monday morning, according to sources. Police responded to the assisted living facility in Hudson [Read More…]

Pope Francis’ prognosis has been ‘lifted’ on 25th consecutive day in hospital: Vatican
Photo by Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images (ROME) — Pope Francis’ prognosis was “lifted” on Monday, marking his 25th consecutive day in the hospital, according to the Vatican. “The improvements recorded in previous days [Read More…]