Two U.S. soldiers involved in operations near the border between the United States and Mexico were killed in a vehicle accident on Tuesday morning, and another was seriously injured, the military said. The cause of the accident near Santa Teresa, N.M., is under investigation, the military’s Northern Command said in a statement on social media. […]
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Days before she and her husband, the actor Gene Hackman, died at their home, Betsy Arakawa repeatedly searched online about flu- and Covid-like symptoms, according to records released on Tuesday by New Mexico authorities. The records — including witness interviews, photographs of the scene and police body camera footage — provided some new insights into […]
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The paramedics and rescue workers killed in an Israeli shooting in Gaza last month died mainly from gunshots to the head or chest, while others had shrapnel injuries or other wounds, according to autopsy reports obtained by The New York Times. Israeli troops had fired on ambulances and a fire truck sent by the Palestine […]
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The Federal Aviation Agency said late Sunday that a sightseeing helicopter company was shutting down its operations immediately after a deadly crash last week on the Hudson River. The helicopter, operated by New York Helicopter Tours, was carrying six people when it crashed into the river on Thursday. None survived. The F.A.A. said in statement […]
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Russian missile strikes killed at least 21 people on Sunday in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy, local officials said — the latest in a string of attacks on urban centers that have caused heavy civilian casualties. Ukraine’s interior minister, Ihor Klymenko, said Russia attacked the center of Sumy with ballistic missiles when the streets […]
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Lionel Carles and his wife and young son arrived from Nice, France, on Wednesday with a list of things to see and do in New York City: St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Rockefeller Center, Top of the Rock, Fifth Avenue. And, an exciting highlight — a helicopter tour of the skyline. Rafn Herlufsen, visiting from Iceland with […]
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A plane crashed in a field on Saturday near the town of Copake, N.Y., leaving at least one dead, according to the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office. The plane, a Mitsubishi MU-2B bound for Columbia County Airport near Hudson, N.Y., was carrying two passengers and crashed a little after noon, the Federal Aviation Administration said in […]
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As federal investigators began the long job of examining what caused a sightseeing helicopter to crash into the Hudson River on Thursday, killing all six people on board, details began to emerge about the small company that made the doomed flight — and its operator’s checkered history. Public records and interviews with pilots and other […]
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Carmen Colon felt a sense of dread when her stepson did not respond to her texts. Several days earlier, on April 2, a man in a stolen 2025 Honda CRV had been killed when the car smashed into a building and caught fire in the Inwood section of Manhattan. Two officers who were chasing the […]
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“Living the dream.” That was how Seankese Johnson, 36, described his new career as a New York City commercial helicopter pilot, flying sightseeing tours around Manhattan. The phrase was the headline atop his LinkedIn page on Friday, even as news spread among loved ones that he was the pilot of the helicopter that crashed into […]
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Recovery crews were still searching for wreckage on Friday of a sightseeing helicopter that appeared to break apart over the Hudson River a day earlier before slamming into the water, killing all six people on board. Among the pieces that have not been recovered as of Friday afternoon was the main rotor, according to Jennifer […]
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The helicopter has been a fixture in New York City for decades. In 1945, Fiorello La Guardia, the city’s favorite son, became the first American mayor to ride in one. Four years later, the city opened its first commercial heliport, with gee-whiz fascination that likened the bladed aircraft to an “infuriated palm tree.” But for […]
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A Spanish executive who died along with four members of his family in a helicopter crash near New York City on Thursday was a top Siemens official whose international career was celebrated in his homeland. The Consulate General of Spain in New York confirmed on Friday that five Spanish citizens — two parents and their […]
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A sightseeing helicopter tumbled out of the sky and plunged into the Hudson River across from Manhattan on Thursday afternoon, killing all six people aboard, including three children, officials said. Video footage showed the helicopter falling end over end and crashing into the water just off Jersey City, N.J., at high speed at about 3:15 […]
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The firm that operated the helicopter that crashed in the Hudson River on Thursday, killing all six people aboard, has a long history of flying excursions around New York City, some of which have not ended as planned. The company, New York Helicopter Charter, had one of its aircraft crash while hovering 20 feet off […]
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The number of people who perished in a roof collapse at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic jumped to 218, officials said on Thursday, acknowledging that rescuers no longer had any hopes of finding anyone alive. The roof at one of the Dominican Republic’s most popular discos, Jet Set, caved in early Tuesday during a […]
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During a recent five-year period, a substantial portion of maternal deaths in America — almost one-third — took place more than six weeks after childbirth, at a time when most new mothers think they are in the clear, researchers reported on Wednesday. The study, published in JAMA Network Open, is one of the first to […]
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Hopes of finding more survivors in the fatal roof collapse of a nightclub in the Dominican Republic began to fade on Wednesday, as the authorities acknowledged that they had not found anyone alive in the rubble since Tuesday afternoon. The roof at Jet Set, a popular dance club in Santo Domingo, caved in early Tuesday […]
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Their lives intersected around a playground on a sunny Friday evening in Kryvyi Rih, a city in central Ukraine. Kostiantyn Novik, 16, had come with his cousin to hang out with friends. Serhii Smotolok, a 57-year-old welder, was nursing a beer nearby on the terrace of a restaurant, unwinding after his workday. Radislav Yatsko, 7, […]
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Three people were killed and three others were injured in a shooting on a suburban street just outside Fredericksburg, Va., on Tuesday night, the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office said. The shooting was reported around 5:30 p.m. near Olde Greenwich Circle, a street of small townhouses in Spotsylvania County about 60 miles southwest of Washington, D.C., […]
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At least 13 people were killed and dozens injured when the roof of a nightclub collapsed early Tuesday in the Dominican Republic, according to the national police. In a series of social media posts, the police said 93 people were taken to hospitals after the roof collapsed at the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo, […]
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Heavy rain and fierce winds have pummeled the central and southeastern United States for more than five days, leaving a trail of death, damage and disruption across parts of 19 states. The storm system, born of warm air, strong winds, abundant moisture and an unstable atmosphere, drenched the middle of the country through the weekend, […]
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Heavy rain and fierce winds have been pummeling the central and southeastern United States for more than five days, leaving a trail of death, damage and disruption across parts of 19 states. The storm system, born of warm air, strong winds, abundant moisture and an unstable atmosphere, drenched the middle of the country through the […]
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A man attacked four girls with a meat cleaver in a Brooklyn home on Sunday morning before he was shot by the police, who rushed to the house after one of the injured children called 911, the police said. All four girls, ages 8, 11, 13 and 16, have serious slash and stab wounds but […]
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The measles crisis in West Texas has claimed the life of another child, the second death in an outbreak that has burned through the region and infected dozens of residents in bordering states. The 8-year-old girl died early Thursday morning of “measles pulmonary failure” at a hospital in Lubbock, Texas, according to records obtained by […]
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The huge storm system that has caused widespread damage across the central United States is bringing more heavy rain and high winds on Sunday, continuing its dayslong stretch of soaking communities from Texas to Ohio as it begins to move east. The heaviest rains over the weekend so far have fallen in Arkansas, Missouri and […]
Read MoreA video recording, discovered on the cellphone of one of the paramedics who was found along with 14 other aid workers in a mass grave in the Gazan city of Rafah in late March and obtained by The New York Times, shows that the ambulances and fire truck that they were traveling in were clearly […]
Read MoreA Russian missile strike Friday on Kryvyi Rih, a city in central Ukraine, killed at least 14 people and wounded more than 50, local officials said. It was the latest in a series of Russian attacks on urban centers in recent days that have caused significant civilian casualties despite ongoing cease-fire talks. Oleksandr Vilkul, head […]
Read MoreCities across the South and Midwest braced for more destruction on Friday from a storm that has already leveled homes and businesses and killed at least seven people in three states this week. From Arkansas to Michigan, communities were sifting through the debris left by heavy rainfall and high-speed winds that started Wednesday night. River […]
Read MoreDozens of people were killed on Thursday in an Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City, according to local health authorities. The deadly strike took place as Israel was ramping up its offensive in the Gaza Strip to pressure Hamas to release more hostages being held in its captivity. The Israeli military said that […]
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Days after the United Nations accused Israel of killing 15 humanitarian workers in Gaza, officials who recovered the bodies or carried out the autopsies said some of the rescue workers were shot multiple times before being buried in a mass grave. The Palestine Red Crescent Society, which had eight of its members killed and carried […]
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