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The U.S. Army has identified two of the three service members who were killed Wednesday when their helicopter crashed into an American Airlines flight over the Potomac River. They were identified as Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Loyd Eaves, 39, of Great Mills, Md., pictured left, and Staff Sgt. Ryan Austin O'Hara, 28, of Lilburn, Ga.

Army withholds name of Black Hawk helicopter crew in D.C. crash, 2 others identified

At the request of the family, the Army is not going to release the name of the female member of the Black Hawk crew killed in Wednesday's crash. The withholding of the name is a highly unusual move.

U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Santos testifies during a House Oversight Committee hearing on the bureau in December 2024 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Census Bureau Director Robert Santos is resigning, making way for Trump's pick

Census Bureau Director Robert Santos is resigning, giving President Trump an early opportunity to nominate an appointee to lead the bureau during key preparations for the 2030 census.

Antidepressants harder to quit than heroin? Fact-checking RFK Jr.

Fact checking RFK Jr.: No, antidepressants are not harder to quit than heroin.

Search and rescue efforts are seen around a wreckage site in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, early Thursday morning, Jan. 30, 2025, in Arlington, Va.

Listen: Air traffic controller audio before the midair plane crash near D.C.

Air traffic controller audio and radar reviewed by NPR offer some insight into what happened before the collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

The control tower at the Reagan National Airport after the crash of an American Airlines plane on the Potomac River on approach to the airport on Jan. 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia.

FAA data shows 30 near-misses at Reagan Airport

A commercial flight hit a military helicopter at Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan National Airport Wednesday night. The airport has a history of crashes and near-misses going back decades.

Students in a classroom at Horton Elementary School on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025.

Nation’s report card: San Diego’s math scores improve, but economic gap remains

National testing data released Wednesday showed the San Diego Unified School District outperforming many other large districts.

English singer Marianne Faithfull in her Kensington flat in 1965.

Marianne Faithfull, '60s icon and evolving pop star, has died at 78

The 1964 hit "As Tears Go By," penned by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, made her a star, but Marianne Faithfull demonstrated a remarkable ability to change with the times.

Crowded airspace has been a concern at Reagan National Airport. Here is what to know.

Lawmakers have expressed concerns about congestion in at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport amid a constricted space.

President Trump speaks about the mid-air crash between American Airlines flight 5342 and a military helicopter near Washington, D.C., at a White House Briefing on Thursday.

Without evidence, Trump blames FAA diversity initiatives for the crash

A firefighter at the site of Border Fire 2 on Jan. 24, 2025 in the Otay Mountain Wilderness Area near Otay Mesa, Calif.

Firefighters fully contain burn zone of 6,625-acre border-area fire

Firefighters working to snuff out all remaining hot spots at the site of a wildfire that scorched some 10 square miles of remote terrain in the far southern reaches of the San Diego area over the past week had the sprawling burn zone fully contained Thursday.

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