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A small plane made an emergency landing on a busy Florida highway.
CLOSE CALL

Wild Video Shows Plane Crash on Busy Highway

An engine issue caused the plane to make an emergency landing.

Lauren Hartley

The Ovation of the Seas is a Quantum-class cruise ship owned by Royal Caribbean International.
MIRACLE RESCUE

Fishermen Save Cruise Ship Pianist After 9 Hours at Sea

The cruise ship employee says he thought he was going to die.

Lauren Hartley

EMS workers wheeled professional boxer Adrien Broner out of a concert.
HEALTH SCARE

Boxer, 37, Wheeled Out of Concert Unresponsive

He was seen being carried down a flight of stairs by friends.

Lauren Hartley

SENSITIVE MATERIAL. THIS IMAGE MAY OFFEND OR DISTURB    A Learjet crashes in a residential area in Palm Beach County, Florida, US, November 1, 2026, in this still image obtained from social media video. Aki Kuusisto/via REUTERS  THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT.   VERIFICATION:  - Road layout, business signage and buildings matched archive and satellite images.  - Date verified by timestamp on dashcam.
LAST WORDS

Haunting Final Call From Doomed Jet Passenger Revealed

The 24-year-old nanny FaceTimed her sister, excited about flying on a private jet to the Bahamas.

Evgenia Anastasakos

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151 sky divers from eight Jump Planes set a World Record for formation skydiving in Perris, California with a "151-way" jump on September 30, 2005.
TRAGIC

Two Skydivers Killed in Freak Midair Accident

The women were participating in an event to set a new record for the most women to complete a standing-stance dive.

Evgenia Anastasakos

A woman was rescued by helicopter from Utah's Mount Timpanogos peak.
CLOSE CALL

Hiker Takes Horrific Plunge Down 11,700-Foot Mountain Summit

A helicopter team rescued the woman from a small ledge.

Evgenia Anastasakos

Senator John Rockefeller
GIANT FALLS

Rockefeller Dynasty Heir and Former Senator Dies at 89

Rockefeller worked fiercely to fight poverty and support coal miners and military veterans.

Reagin von Lehe

The image show the road that runs into and part way up Mount Whitney in the Sierras from Lone Pine, California
CASE CLOSED

Hiker’s Belongings Left in Motel Room Lead to Grim Find

A hiker who went missing last month was identified as 49-year-old Winston Chu.

Christopher Buchanan

Long-lost Georgia O'Keeffe painting, “Near Abiquiu, New Mexico,” to go on auction.
FOUND TREASURE

Lost $3 Million Georgia O’Keeffe Painting Found in Closet

The missing landscape spent four decades sitting under a row of fur coats.

Evgenia Anastasakos

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Three people were on board the helicopter that crashed into Biscayne Bay.
CHOPPER DOWN

Deadly Helicopter Crash Leaves at Least 1 Dead

Two other people were transported to a local hospital.

Lauren Hartley

U.S. President Donald Trump.
THE BLOWS KEEP COMING

Wall Street Soars as Investors Dump Trump and MAGA Stocks

Trump Media, SpaceX, and Tesla all took a big hit Wednesday morning.

Evgenia Anastasakos

Kentucky State Police Department
MIRACLE RESCUE

Miracle as Boy, 6, Found After Three Days Lost in Mountains

The boy emerged naked from the bushes saying “E-I-E-I-O horsey.”

Martha McHardy

U.S. Marines on a training exercise in Japan.
UNDER INVESTIGATION

Marine Dies in ‘Training Incident’ at Major Pacific Base

The U.S. military has not disclosed any further details about the death.

Tom Porter

Chaffee County Sheriff's Office Facebook
DEADLY CLIMB

Disturbing Cause of Missing College Hikers’ Deaths Revealed

Both men fell a significant distance and died instantly.

Martha McHardy

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