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(NEW YORK) — Federal officials are investigating after an Atlas Air Boeing 747 cargo plane experienced an engine failure soon after departing from Miami International Airport Thursday night. The airline said that Flight 95 landed safely after experiencing an “engine malfunction.” Footage captured of the plane over Miami appeared to show sparks trailing the aircraft. […]

(NEW YORK) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams has vetoed a ban on solitary confinement in city jails that was overwhelmingly passed by the city council. He also vetoed legislation to require more transparency on data from the NYPD. “Vetoing this bill will keep those in our custody and our correction officers safer,” said […]

(NEW YORK) — For nearly two decades, Texas investigators kept tabs on a man in connection with the brutal rape and murder of his ex-wife, Susan Woods, who was found dead in her bathtub. The real killer, however, was revealed in 2006 through new forensic technology not available in 1987 and it was used to […]

(NEW YORK) — The stories of flying saucers, little green men, and contact with beings from across the cosmos have fascinated the public for centuries as people have wondered what’s beyond our skies. But over the last few decades, as science and mass media have expanded, the obsession with unidentified flying objects and possible extraterrestrial […]

(BOSTON) — A now-former American Airlines flight attendant was arrested Thursday for attempting to record a minor female passenger using a bathroom aboard an aircraft he was working in September 2023, federal prosecutors in Boston said. The defendant, Estes Carter Thompson III, 37, of Charlotte, North Carolina, is also alleged to have possessed recordings of […]

(NEW YORK) — More than 100 million Americans are under winter alerts Friday as a storm hits the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast and another brutal surge of Arctic air pushes into the South. The snow forecast Snow is falling from Indiana to Delaware on Friday morning, causing dangerous commutes in Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Washington, D.C., Baltimore and […]

(SALT LAKE CITY) — A man has been charged with murder for allegedly killing his coworker at a storage facility after he “messed with his stuff,” authorities say. The incident began on Dec. 29 in Salt Lake City, Utah, when a driver reportedly overheard his passenger — later identified as the suspect, Nathan David Evans […]

(NEW YORK) — More than 100 million people across the country are under winter alerts early Friday morning as a quick-hitting storm system moves across the Mid-Atlantic and parts of the northeast. This comes as another brutal surge of Arctic air pushes into the south as we head into the weekend. Snow is falling in […]

(ATLANTA) — Spelman College, a historically Black, women’s liberal arts college in Atlanta, announced Thursday that the school received a historic $100 million gift. The donation is the largest single donation ever received by any Historically Black College or University (HBCU). The record-breaking donation comes from businesswoman and philanthropist Ronda Stryker and her husband, William […]

(NEW YORK) — As dangerously low temperatures paralyze parts of the country from Chicago to Tennessee, the West and the Northeast are bracing for more snow. The latest More than 30 weather-related fatalities were confirmed nationwide this week, with deaths reported in 10 states including Oregon, New York, Arkansas, Wisconsin, Mississippi and Tennessee, according to […]