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(WASHINGTON) -- Figure skaters and coaches returning from the recent U.S. national championships were aboard the American Airlines flight that collided with a Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport on Wednesday, officials said.No survivors were expected in the crash, officials said Thursday. There were 64 people aboard the plane and three in the helicopter, according to officials.Fourteen figure skaters were among those on the flight, Doug Zeghibe, the CEO and executive […]

(WASHINGTON) -- While driving home Wednesday night on the George Washington Parkway near Ronald Reagan National Airport, Ari Shulman said a "spray of sparks" in the sky caught his attention as he watched in horror the midair collision between American Airlines Flight 5342 and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter unfold.Authorities said Thursday that the crash shattered the regional commuter airplane into pieces as it and the military helicopter plummeted […]

(WASHINGTON) -- After the Trump administration offered two million federal employees buyouts on Tuesday, Elon Musk -- the world's richest man and the architect of Trump's effort to reduce the size of the government -- took to his own social media platform to boast and joke about the offer, leaving some federal employees who spoke to ABC News dismayed.By replying to an email sent out Tuesday, all full-time federal employees […]