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ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - JANUARY 30: (EDITORS NOTE: Image contains graphic content) Emergency response units assess airplane wreckage in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. An American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas collided with a helicopter while approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

American Airlines Plane, Army Helicopter Collide Over D.C.; All Passengers Presumed Dead

Authorities fear there are no survivors after an American Airlines plane and an Army helicopter collided midair over Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night. The tragedy has now shifted from a search-and-rescue effort to a recovery mission.

Emergency personnel work near the site of the crash after American Eagle flight 5342 collided with a Black Hawk helicopter while approaching Reagan Washington National Airport and crashed into the Potomac River, outside Washington, U.S., January 30, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

US figure skaters were on board plane that crashed into Potomac River

U.S. Figure Skating said on Thursday that several skaters were on an American Airlines regional passenger plane that crashed near Reagan Washington National Airport.

A doctor examines the x-rays of a tuberculosis (TB) patient at a TB clinic Novmeber 27, 2002 in Brooklyn, New York. Healthcare workers around the country oversee patients in a program called Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) that ensures carriers of the tuberculosis bacteria take their medication. Tuberculosis is a contagious disease of the lungs that is spread through the air and kills around 2 million people annually, mainly in third world countries. It is relatively easy and affordable to treat, with a six-month series of drugs costing around 10 dollars. While the number of TB cases in the United States has dropped in recent years, the disease is still particularly strong among the foreign-born, the homeless and impoverished contributing to the deaths of thousands of Americans yearly. As of 2000, over 16,000 Americans have contracted tuberculosis. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

CDC: Kansas Faces ‘Largest Tuberculosis Outbreak In U.S. History’

U.S. health officials in Kansas and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that Kansas is now facing the “largest tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in United States history.”

Freshly harvested cucumbers are pictured on June 14, 2018 at the Spreewaldbauer Ricken farm in Sellendorf near Baruth, northeastern Germany, after the crop season was launched. (Photo by Patrick Pleul / dpa / AFP) / Germany OUT (Photo credit should read PATRICK PLEUL/DPA/AFP via Getty Images)

CDC: Cucumber Recall Issued In 26 States Due To Salmonella Outbreak

Almost 70 people have fallen ill and 18 have been hospitalized as a result of a salmonella outbreak linked to whole fresh cucumbers sold in 26 U.S. states and some parts of Canada.

DURHAM, NC - MAY 11: A gender neutral sign is posted outside a bathrooms at Oval Park Grill on May 11, 2016 in Durham, North Carolina. Debate over transgender bathroom access spreads nationwide as the U.S. Department of Justice countersues North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory from enforcing the provisions of House Bill 2 (HB2) that dictate what bathrooms transgender individuals can use. (Photo by Sara D. Davis/Getty Images)

Ohio Legislature Passes Bill Banning Transgender Students from ‘Preferred’ Opposite-Sex Restrooms

The Ohio Senate on Wednesday approved a ban on transgender students using opposite-sex restrooms that “fit their gender identities,” sending the measure to Republican Governor Mike DeWine.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 23: In this photo illustration, a McDonald's Quarter Pounder hamburger meal is seen at a McDonald's on October 23, 2024 in the Flatbush neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Federal health officials announced that at least 49 people in 10 states have become sick from E. coli food poisoning linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers. Ten people were hospitalized and one person has died after becoming sick. Infections were reported between September 27th and October 11th in states including Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, Utah, Wisconsin and Wyoming. (Photo Illustration by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

McDonald’s E. Coli Outbreak Illnesses Rise To 75, 1 Death: ‘There Will Most Certainly Be More Illnesses Reported’

McDonald’s Quarter Pounders have been linked to a series of hospital visits stemming from the ingestion of a deadly E. coli strain, causing one known death and leaving 75 people ill so far.