LOS ANGELES — Two people died, and one remains missing in the water after a medical transport helicopter flying from Santa Catalina Island to the mainland went down in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday evening, officials said.

The Los Angeles County Fire Department received a call at 7:43 p.m. for a marine rescue to recover three people from the...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Two members of Congress are ramping up efforts to investigate the consequences of DDT pollution off the Southern California coast — an issue that has horrified scientists and policymakers since they learned that as many as half a million barrels of toxic waste had been dumped into the ocean after World War II.

In a first-of-...Read more

MIAMI — Federal investigators released their first report into what when wrong when 21 Air Flight 7598 overshot the runway at Miami International Airport last month, killing five people in a work van and seriously injuring five others.

The 767-33A was carrying cargo on contract for Amazon Prime when it came high and fast over the Runway 30 on...Read more

The FlyDubai pilot who tried to crash the Boeing Co. 737 carrying 174 passengers mainly from Israel was Omani, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, raising questions how he gained permission to fly despite a strict security screening process.

The revelation about the co-pilot’s nationality will put pressure on the airline ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., announced the arrival of her daughter this week, boosting the ranks of congresswomen who have given birth in office.

It’s still a small group — just 14 others have given birth to children while serving as sitting members of Congress, according to the House historian’s office.

The announcement,...Read more

The National Hurricane Center is once again monitoring the remnants of Tropical Storm Fay as of Thursday and give the system a chance of redevelopment.

Fay, located several hundred miles southeast of Bermuda in the subtropical central Atlantic, reached tropical-storm status three times beginning Sept. 20. Most recently, it degenerated into a ...Read more

CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson is proposing a staggering $260.8 million settlement to resolve 16 lawsuits alleging police misconduct by disgraced former Chicago Detective Reynaldo Guevara.

The mass deal pitched by Johnson’s Law Department appears to be the largest single police misconduct settlement in U.S. history. And it will leave a ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The family of Renee Good, the 37-year-old Minneapolis woman whose killing at the hand of an ICE agent during Operation Metro Surge sparked global outrage, sued the United States of America, the federal agent who shot her and several high-ranking Trump administration officials on Thursday, accusing them of implementing a vast ...Read more

SANTA ANA, Calif. — For about 24 hours, it was believed that a highly venomous snake might be slithering about a Santa Ana neighborhood after police announced a sighting on Monday, Sept. 28. But on Tuesday, Sept. 29, the police revealed the sighting was a hoax concocted with an AI-generated image of a snake in a tree.

Santa Ana police had ...Read more

CHICAGO — A federal judge on Thursday said she’d initiate a “fact finding” process to determine whether the U.S. attorney’s office intentionally misled her in the “Broadview Six” case, a rare step that could lead to criminal contempt charges or other sanctions.

In making her decision, U.S. District Judge April Perry said she was ...Read more

NEW YORK — The accused killer of Elise Bainbridge Hill gave a chilling confession to police, claiming the beloved Central Park homeless artist hit him with a stick first, which he then grabbed and beat her with more than 20 times “until she couldn’t hit me anymore,” according to court documents filed Thursday.

The disturbing account ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said Wednesday that the federal judge who accused him of potentially breaking the law while overseeing a post-conviction case had reached “baseless,” illogical and legally unsupported conclusions — and that the judge should be removed from the case because he had acted more like...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear a dispute about the legality of the Trump administration’s mandatory detention policy for many immigrants facing deportation.

The brief order sets up another high-profile fight during the coming term, when the justices will also hear issues ranging from gun rights to civil rights. The ...Read more

PLYMOUTH, Mich. — A judge denied a Detroit police officer's request to avoid surrendering the nine firearms in his home during an Oct. 1 court hearing in which he and a woman were charged with crimes after their 3-year-old son allegedly brought a loaded gun to a daycare center and passed it around to his classmates.

Detroit Police Officer ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is embarking on a travel blitz aimed at shoring up struggling Republicans in states he won two years ago, as the president’s mood darkens about his party’s prospects in the November midterm elections.

In the coming days, Trump plans to appear in Texas, Oklahoma, Ohio and Nebraska, GOP strongholds where a visit ...Read more

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Florida weather was dicey all morning, but cleared enough to let SpaceX and NASA launch the Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station.

A Falcon 9 topped with the Crew Dragon Grace took its four occupants for a trip to the orbiting station launching from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — After being duped by Hannah Gann, one organization closely affiliated with the Philadelphia School District teacher and activist is dissolving, and another is on a two-month hiatus pending a decision about its future.

The moves come after Gann admitted she lied for years about her identity, claiming at times to be Palestinian, ...Read more

In television news, there are two roles in front of the camera: reporter and anchor.

During four decades at CBS, Dan Rather played both roles. On March 9, 1981, he took over the position of nightly news anchor from Walter Cronkite, one of the most influential faces in network television. Although Rather held that job for 24 years, ...Read more

NEW YORK — Sean “Diddy” Combs is headed back to solitary housing amid claims he is paying to recreate his lavish lifestyle while serving time at at FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey, according to a report.

An investigation was launched into the matter after NBC reported the Bad Boys Records founder had a staff made up of fellow inmates, each of ...Read more

The FlyDubai pilot who tried to crash the Boeing Co. 737 carrying 174 passengers mainly from Israel was Omani, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, raising questions how he gained permission to fly despite a strict security screening process.

The revelation about the co-pilot’s nationality will put pressure on the airline ...Read more