As crews continue to search for key parts of the helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River, they won’t find one piece of evidence that is usually critical to investigators. “The helicopter was not equipped with any flight recorders. No onboard video recorders or camera recorders have been recovered and …
Read More »‘A Minecraft Movie’ stomps to $80.6 million in second weekend
After just two weeks in theaters, “A Minecraft Movie” is already the highest grossing Hollywood release of 2025. The Warner Bros. video game adaptation followed up its blockbuster opening with a second weekend of $80.6 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Worldwide, it’s quickly surpassed $550 million. …
Read More »Trump is in ‘excellent health,’ White House physician says
WASHINGTON — White House physician Sean Barbabella released a memo detailing the results of President Donald Trump’s annual physical on Friday, writing that the president is in “excellent health.” Trump exhibits “robust cardiac, pulmonary, neurological, and general physical function,” Barbabella wrote. “His active lifestyle continues to contribute significantly to his …
Read More »Katy Perry part of celebrity-laden Blue Origin rocket slated to launch Monday
Baby, she’s a firework: Katy Perry is heading to space. The pop superstar is one of six celebrities scheduled to launch to the edge of space on Monday aboard a capsule and rocket developed by Blue Origin, the private spaceflight company owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Perry will be …
Read More »Brazil’s former president Bolsonaro transferred to Brasilia after hospitalization
SAO PAULO— Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was transferred Saturday by medical aircraft from northeastern Brazil to the capital Brasilia after being hospitalized with abdominal pain a day earlier. Bolsonaro was hospitalized Friday morning while traveling in northeastern Brazil. The pain was caused by a bowel obstruction and was related …
Read More »Sudanese paramilitary attack famine-stricken camps, killing at least 100
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have killed at least 100 people, including 20 children and nine aid workers, after launching an assault on two famine-stricken camps in the Darfur region, the latest escalation in a bitter civil war about to enter its third year. The RSF targeted the Zamzam and Abu …
Read More »At least 31 people killed, 80 injured, in Russian attack on Ukrainian city
A Russian ballistic missile strike killed at least 31 people and injured more than 80 others in the Ukrainian city of Sumy on Sunday, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, marking one of the deadliest single attacks on the country this year. The strike came amid rising tensions between Moscow …
Read More »One of the country’s leading Alzheimer’s projects is in jeopardy
SEATTLE — Andrea Gilbert thought she knew what would happen to her brain. The 79-year-old retired attorney, who has Alzheimer’s disease and receives care at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, agreed to donate it for research in 2023. She hoped to help scientists unlock the keys to a disease that …
Read More »Israeli military strikes Gaza City hospital
Israeli airstrikes destroyed part of a hospital in Gaza City in the early hours of Sunday morning, according to local health officials. It is the latest in a series of attacks on healthcare facilities that have devastated the enclave’s health system, as Israel intensifies its military operations on Gaza since …
Read More »Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of failing to pause strikes after U.S. envoy leaves Moscow
Russia and Ukraine’s top diplomats on Saturday used a high-level conference in Turkey to once again trade accusations of violating a tentative U.S.-brokered deal to pause strikes on energy infrastructure, underscoring the challenges of negotiating an end to the 3-year-old war. The two foreign ministers spoke at separate events at …
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