67 died from midair collision close to Washington
Restoration groups pulled greater than two dozen our bodies from icy waters close to Washington yesterday after an American Airways jet collided in midair with an Military helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River. Officers stated that there were no survivors.
The jet carrying 64 folks had departed from Wichita, Kan., and the helicopter was carrying three U.S. service members. The collision, which occurred Wednesday night close to Ronald Reagan Nationwide Airport, was the most serious air disaster involving a business jet within the U.S. since 2009.
Shortly earlier than the collision, the airplane’s pilots had been requested to pivot their landing route from one runway to another, in response to an individual briefed on the occasion and audio recordings of conversations between an air site visitors controller and the pilots.
A preliminary security report stated that staffing on the airport’s air site visitors management tower was “not normal.” A controller was dealing with helicopters and instructing planes, jobs sometimes assigned to 2 controllers reasonably than one.
Among the many passengers had been U.S. and Russian figure skaters who had attended a coaching camp after the nationwide determine skating championships in Kansas.
What occurred: These maps, graphics and video footage present the final two minutes before the collision.
Response: President Trump promised {that a} thorough investigation can be carried out and he engaged in political attacks by criticizing the oversight of the U.S. aviation company through the Biden and Obama administrations.
A hostage launch in Gaza descended into chaos
Israel released 110 Palestinian prisoners yesterday after a chaotic hostage handover in Gaza that solid doubt on whether or not the trade would go forward.
Hamas launched three Israeli and 5 Thai hostages after greater than a yr in captivity. In northern Gaza, an Israeli soldier was launched throughout a comparatively clean and extremely choreographed ceremony. However within the southern metropolis of Khan Younis, the hostages were surrounded by crowds of individuals, a few of whom chanted help for Hamas or different armed teams.
Photographs and video confirmed hostages strolling by means of the chaotic crowd. In a single video, Arbel Yehud, one of many final dwelling feminine hostages, appeared afraid whereas surrounded by rifle-wielding militants from Hamas and Islamic Jihad as she made her means towards the Purple Cross convoy that will take her to Israeli troopers.
Among the many Palestinians launched was Zakaria Zubeidi, who has been a militant chief and a theater director, and who briefly escaped an Israeli jail in 2021. Hamas individually introduced that Muhammad Deif, the chief of its navy wing, was killed in an Israeli airstrike last year.
Blissful tears: The households of the launched Thai hostages, who labored in Israel as farmhands, shed tears of joy.
Support: Israeli laws took impact yesterday that barred UNRWA, the primary U.N. support company for Palestinians, from any actions in Israel. Here’s a have a look at what the ban could mean for Palestinians in Gaza and past.
Trump’s intelligence decide was grilled over Snowden
Tulsi Gabbard, the nominee for director of nationwide intelligence, was questioned yesterday throughout her affirmation listening to about her unorthodox views on Russia and Syria, however her unwillingness to declare the whistle-blower Edward Snowden a traitor proved to be probably the most contentious concern.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s decide for well being secretary, displayed little familiarity with the well being applications he would oversee if confirmed. Kash Patel, the nominee for F.B.I. director, confronted questioning about his expressed settlement with fringe conspiracy views throughout his listening to.
Meet Liu Chunyan, one of many greater than 10 million meals supply staff in China. Because the nation’s economic system contracts, she is hustling extra and incomes much less. The federal government has been working to manage the trade as movies of overwhelmed drivers crop up on-line. Chunyan took us by means of a day in her hectic work life. This is what it looks like.
Lives lived: Marianne Faithfull, who went from being a feather-voiced pop star to a homeless heroin addict, solely to re-emerge in her 30s as a critically acclaimed singer, died at 78.
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It’s Beyoncé vs. Taylor Swift on the Grammys
The most important contest on the annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, at the least when it comes to superstar wattage, will likely be Beyoncé vs. Taylor Swift. Beyoncé has already gained extra Grammys than another artist in historical past, however she has yet to win album of the yr.
Different high contenders embrace Billie Eilish, a Grammy and Oscar darling, and Kendrick Lamar, whose nominations stem from a public dis warfare with Drake. Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan, two of final yr’s fresh pop sensations, every acquired their first Grammy nods.
Here’s the full list of nominees.
