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In this Aug. 29, 2006, photo, a police officer guards the wreckage of Comair Flight 5191 at Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Ky. The crash killed 49 passengers and crew.

The D.C.-area crash recalls some of the deadliest aircraft disasters in U.S. history

Responders are working to recover the victims of Wednesday night's midair collision over Washington, D.C. It could be the deadliest crash to occur in U.S. airspace in at least 15 years.

Novak Djokovic of Serbia wipes the sweat from his face during his semifinal match against Alexander Zverev of Germany at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, on Friday.

Novak Djokovic retires injured from Australian Open semifinal, as some fans boo

Tennis star Novak Djokovic was booed by some sections of the crowd after retiring injured from his Australian Open semifinal against German Alexander Zverev.

President-elect Donald Trump embraces Elon Musk during an October campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Over the last few months, the two men have cultivated a warm relationship.

With Trump's win, Elon Musk stands to benefit

The billionaire businessman has spent weeks campaigning relentlessly for Donald Trump. That dedication could lead to major benefits for him and his companies.

President Joe Biden is shown speaking with the U.S. Border Patrol and local officials, as he looks over the southern border, Feb. 29, 2024, in Brownsville, Texas, along the Rio Grande.

Judge strikes down Biden program shielding immigrant spouses from deportation

A federal judge on Thursday struck down a Biden administration policy that aimed to ease a path to citizenship for some undocumented immigrants who are married to U.S. citizens.

Student members of Caminantes for Education create vision boards as the end of the school year approaches at Cal State Long Beach on March 19, 2024.

Hispanic Serving Institutions rely on federal funding to support Latino students. What happens when the money ends?

Once federal grant funding ends many resources and opportunities at Hispanic Serving Institutions continue only through student and faculty efforts. Experts say campuses must maintain programs to better serve Latino students.

Bald eagles have symbolized America since 1782. But they're not officially designated the national bird — yet.

The bald eagle is officially America's national bird. Here's why it took so long

After learning the U.S. doesn't officially recognize the bald eagle as its national bird, a Minnesota man swooped in and wrote a bill for Congress. This week, Biden signed it into law.

Virginia House of Delegates speaker, Del. Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, waves to family in the gallery during the opening of the 2024 session of the Virginia General Assembly at the Capitol on Jan. 10, 2024, in Richmond, Va.

Biden pardons Virginia House Speaker Don Scott, Black nationalist Marcus Garvey

President Joe Biden pardons five people and commutes the sentence of two others who "made significant contributions to improving their communities."

Biden commutes sentences for 1,500 people. Some say he could do a lot more

Biden said he plans to take more steps using his clemency powers in the remaining weeks of his presidency. Some advocates say he could do a lot more.

Mike Cupo, a systems operator for Public Service Electric and Gas Company, uses a special red phone to talk via radio to PSE&G staffers in the field, during a simulated Y2K drill at company headquarters in Newark, N.J., on April 9, 1999. Power plant operators across the country held drills to make sure they could keep electricity flowing if year 2000 computer glitches prevented them from communicating with each other.

Y2K seems like a joke now, but in 1999 people were really freaking out

People feared the computer glitch would mean "the end of the world as we know it." Thankfully, Y2K didn't live up to the hype after years and billions of dollars were spent on painstaking preparation.

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.

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