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George Rose/Getty Images (ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah) -- A 37-year-old man fell to his death while hiking at Zion National Park in Utah, authorities confirmed.The hiker was found dead Sunday morning on the Canyon Overlook Trail, a mile-long trail that runs along the east side of the park, according to the National Park Service.Authorities received a call at 7:06 a.m. reporting a “possible fall of a hiker in Zion National Park,” according […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Sixty-seven people are dead after a regional jet collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter Wednesday night over Washington, D.C., officials said, the nation's first major commercial airline crash since 2009.The aircraft went down in the frigid Potomac River, breaking into multiple pieces. There were no survivors.There were 64 passengers aboard the plane and three Army soldiers in the helicopter.Among the victims were 14 people who were returning home from a national […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Staff with the U.S. Agency for International Development were told overnight that the agency’s Washington headquarters will be closed Monday, according to an email obtained by ABC News from multiple sources."Agency personnel normally assigned to work at USAID headquarters will work remote tomorrow, with the exception of personnel with essential on-site and building maintenance functions individually contacted by senior leadership," the email said. "Further guidance will be forthcoming."The […]

Petty Officer 1st Class Brandon Giles/ U.S. Coast Guard via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- Hundreds of families are in mourning after an American Airlines regional jet collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night, with both aircraft plunging into the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.No one survived.Sixty-four people were on board the plane, which departed from Wichita, Kansas. Three soldiers were on […]

The Warren County Sheriff’s Office have been identified as the remains of missing person Dana Leigh Mustian in North Carolina. (Warren County Sheriff’s Office) (VANCE COUNTY, NC) -- The remains of a North Carolina woman who had been missing for over a year have been found by a dive team, officials said.A dive team discovered human remains in Vance County on Thursday, according to the Warren County Sheriff's Office. Vance […]

(PHILADELPHIA) -- Investigators have located the engines and cockpit voice recorder from the small medical transport jet that crashed in Philadelphia Friday evening, killing seven people.The jet, which was carrying a child and her mother along with four other people, was in the air for less than a minute after taking off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport before coming down in a fiery "high-impact" crash.The Learjet 55, operated by Jet Rescue […]

John McDonnell/ for The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- Family members of the victims of the plane crash in Washington, D.C., visited the crash site on Sunday morning.Dozens of the victims' loved ones could be seen gathered by the Potomac River to commemorate the 67 people killed in the deadly midair collision last week.An American Airlines regional jet collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday […]

Passenger captures the moment an United Airlines plane gets filled with smoke after engine issue and the following evacuation on slides at Houston airport, Feb. 2, 2025. (Ashlyn Sharp) (HOUSTON) -- Passengers on a United Airlines flight from Houston to New York were evacuated before takeoff on Sunday due to engine issues, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.No injuries were reported, according to the Houston Fire Department, which was assisting […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Amid ongoing turmoil inside the U.S. Agency for International Development, sources told ABC News that Department of Government Efficiency staffers have moved to take over offices, escalating tensions as more senior staff members are locked out of internal systems, additional employees are placed on administrative leave, and the agency’s newly appointed chief of staff resigned as the Elon Musk-led agency works to assert control over the USAID, which […]