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U.S. military and aviation officials are investigating the mid-air collision of a Sikorsky helicopter with a passenger airplane in Washington, D.C. A U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with American Eagle Flight 5342 on final approach to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. The American Airlines flight was coming from Wichita, Kansas. Todd Inman, a National Transportation Safety Board member, told reporters during a Thursday afternoon…

Amazon has started the year with a series of layoffs across different parts of the company as it continues to trim its workforce and streamline operations. On Wednesday, Amazon said it was laying off dozens of employees in its communications and corporate responsibility department, which includes its sustainability team. The announcement comes shortly after Amazon…

Meta Platforms Inc. agreed to pay $25 million to resolve Donald Trump’s claims that his ban from the company’s social media networks after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol was illegal censorship, a lawyer for the president said. Meta will contribute $22 million to the presidential library and the remainder to other users of Meta’s Facebook who also…

After tearfully pleading with a judge for mercy, former Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez was sentenced to 11 years in prison Wednesday for a brazen bribery scheme that saw him act as a foreign agent for Egypt and peddle his immense political influence for stockpiles of cash, gold bullion bars and other lavish gifts. Manhattan Federal Judge Sidney Stein imposed the sentence at a…

 Former MTV VJ and New Jersey native Matt Pinfield has been “incapacitated” after suffering a stroke, his family said. Pinfield, 63, had the incident in Los Angeles on Jan. 6 and is incapable of moving or making cognitive decisions, according to court documents obtained by the Asbury Park Press. His daughters, Jessica and Maya Pinfield, are…

A shocking video shows popular singer-songwriter Katy Perry being hit in the face with sparks from an electric transformer while signing autographs for her fans outside the set of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Wednesday night. The video, which was shared by TMZ on X, formerly Twitter, shows Perry making her way toward a crowd of…

Hollywood star Bill Murray seemed to admit that he has “done some damage” during an appearance at the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday following allegations of a string of behavioral incidents on movie production sets. While speaking with Elvis Mitchell, a film critic, in the “Elvis Suite,” the 74-year-old Hollywood actor was asked about the…

A shocking video shows a giant fish attacking and biting the head of a Russian “mermaid” performer in front of an audience of children at a Chinese aquarium. In the video shared on X, formerly Twitter, by The Daily Mail, the Russian “mermaid” performer, identified as a 22-year-old by the name of Masha, can be…

Actor Tom Welling, who played a young Clark Kent in the CW’s long-running Superman origin series “Smallville,” was arrested in Northern California over the weekend. According to TMZ and USA Today, the actor was arrested Sunday on suspicion of driving under the influence in Yreka, which is in Siskiyou County at the northern border of California near Oregon. TMZ said the 47-year-old was arrested in an Arby’s parking lot just after midnight….

A video shows Tiffany Henyard, the Democrat mayor of Dolton, Illinois, jumping into a chaotic brawl between her boyfriend and an activist who described her as a “b-tch” during a town board meeting on Tuesday. According to Fox News, the brawl occurred on Tuesday during a Thornton Township Board of Trustees meeting after activist Jedidiah…