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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 [Read More…]

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After the Trump administration offered two million federal employees buyouts on Tuesday, Elon Musk — the world’s richest man and the architect of Trump’s effort to reduce the size of [Read 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 [Read More…]

Emergency vehicles and rescue crews gather along the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport after an air crash near Washington, DC, on January 29, 2025. A regional jet from Kansas crashed into Washington’s Potomac River [Read More…]

Kings County Sheriff’s Office (CALIFORNIA) — Authorities in California are searching for a man who allegedly gunned down his daughters’ mother and kidnapped the two young girls. The suspect, 23-year-old Jonathan Alexis Maldonado-Cruz, may have [Read More…]

Alex Kent/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge sentenced a tearful former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez to 11 years in prison Wednesday on corruption charges after being convicted of abusing the power of his office [Read More…]

Alex Kent/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez is set to be sentenced Wednesday on corruption charges after being convicted of abusing the power of his office in exchange for bribes [Read More…]

Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — California has just experienced one of its worst wildfire seasons in years, despite the Golden State’s ample resources to combat the blazes once they spark. The Palisades [Read More…]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Top white shoe law firm Sullivan & Cromwell will represent President Donald Trump as he appeals his criminal hush money conviction in New York, according to court filings Wednesday. The [Read More…]

Kevin Carter/Getty Images (SAN DIEGO) — Even as the Trump administration’s mass deportation of undocumented migrants was unfolding, the U.S. Coast Guard announced it had intercepted a boat packed with migrants off the California coast. A 40-foot [Read More…]

Alec Tabak/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Harvey Weinstein begged a Manhattan judge on Wednesday to put him on trial earlier than planned, saying he isn’t sure he will live until [Read More…]

Aaron Schwartz/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice, now under new leadership following Donald Trump’s inauguration, has moved to drop its appeal of the classified documents case that once accused Trump of mishandling some [Read More…]

WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Private prison company CoreCivic reported in a lobbying disclosure that it donated $500,000 to the Trump-Vance inaugural committee in December, underscoring the close relationship between President Donald Trump and the [Read More…]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — A storm is bearing down on the southern Plains and Texas, where residents are bracing for severe weather, including flash flooding. On Wednesday evening, when the storm moves in, there’s [Read More…]

Thomas Hengge/Anadolu via Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — An 18-year-old man who was celebrating the Philadelphia Eagles victory over the Washington Commanders in the NFC championship game on Sunday has died after he fell from a [Read More…]

Joe Raedle/Getty Images (MIAMI) — A tree trimmer died after getting caught in a wood chipper while trimming trees at a town hall near Miami, officials said. The incident occurred at approximately 9:30 a.m. on [Read More…]

George Frey/Getty Images (FAIRBANKS, ALASKA) — An Air Force F-35 fighter jet crashed at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska on Tuesday as the pilot ejected safely, officials said. The aircraft incident occurred on Tuesday [Read More…]

Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — America’s fourth and eighth grade students’ sliding reading scores worsened in 2024, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, which has been dubbed the nation’s report [Read More…]

Briana Stewart/ABC News (WASHINGTON) — A person arrested outside of the Capitol with a knife and two potential incendiary devices told officers they wanted to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and also leveled threats against [Read More…]

KGO (VALLEJO, Calif.) — A California school was forced to cancel classes until further notice after its copper wiring was stolen, knocking out power to the property. Repairs at the Solano Widenmann Leadership Academy are [Read More…]