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The dramatic event of nearly two dozen people safely evacuating the passenger plane that crashed in Houston earlier this week has brought renewed attention to the survivability of air disasters.  Despite data from the National Transportation Safety Board indicating that the odds of becoming involved in a deadly plane crash remain …

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Weather Service (NWS) released its winter weather outlooka> on Thursday, predicting a drier and warmer season for the South and a wetter winter for the northern U.S.< La Niña, the reverse of El Niño, is the periodic cooling of parts of the …

A federal judge denied a request by jeffrey-epstein” target=”_blank”>Jeffrey Epstein< to keep a jury questionnaire out of the public eye in her much-publicized sex trafficking trial.  New York judiciary Alison Nathan officially made her ruling Friday, saying “the request to seal the parties’ proposed questionnaire and voir dire and the …

A private jet that ran off a runway and crashed through a fence before bursting into flames at a us-regions airport had not been flown since December and investigators are looking into maintenance performed on the general, justice-department” target=”_blank”>federal authorities< are interviewing the two pilots and the aircraft’s mechanic. Emergency …

The general said it made contact with a man who was spotted hitting a baseball into the Grand Canyon.  Grand Canyon National Park appealed to its Facebook followers on Wednesday asking for help in identifying a man photographed near the Yavapai Geology Museum on the South Rim around Sunday at 3:45 p.m.  CALIFORNIA OIL …

More than a month before authorities found the decomposed remains of Florida fugitive Brian Laundrie in a swamp near his home, he allegedly slipped away from his parents’ house under the guise of a hike. That was on Sept. 13, two days after Laundrie’s fiancée, Gabby Petito, was reported missing. …

A U.S. Marine Corps military who stopped an crime at an Arizona convenience store this week in a dramatic encounter caught on video told Fox News on Friday how his act of personal-freedoms went down. James Kelcer told americas-newsroom” target=”_blank”>”America’s Newsroom”< Video Three unidentified people entered the store with one …

robert-durst” target=”_blank”>Robert Durst<, has been charged in us-regions with crime his first wife, Kathie, who disappeared in 1982, officials confirmed Friday. “The Westchester County District Attorney’s Office can confirm that a complaint charging Robert Durst with the murder of Kathleen Durst was filed in Lewisboro Town Court on October 19, …

A death-row inmate in us-regions whose execution was delayed in February was put to death in the state on Thursday night, according to a report. Willie B. Smith III, 52, had been convicted after being charged in the 1991 crime of Sharma Ruth Johnson, 22, in Birmingham after he abducted …

A us-regions family and their dog who were mysteriously found dead in a remote hiking area most likely died from hyperthermia and probable dehydration, authorities said Thursday.  The Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office previously said the updates on the deaths of John Gerrish, wife Ellen Chung, their 1-year-old daughter Miju, and …