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DULLES, Va.—A small passenger plane made an emergency landing on a northern Virginia highway after taking off from nearby Washington Dulles International Airport on Friday afternoon, but no injuries were reported, authorities said. Police responded to a call just before 1 p.m. about a small aircraft making an emergency landing on Loudoun County Parkway, Virginia […]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ordered a temporary grounding of about 171 Boeing Max 9 airplanes after an incident on an Alaska Airlines airplane. “The FAA will order the temporary grounding of certain Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft operated by U.S. airlines or in U.S. territory,” the federal agency said on Saturday in a statement. […]

A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling blocking the Biden administration from enforcing federal guidance in Texas related to emergency abortions. Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Kurt Engelhardt, an appointee of President Donald Trump, penned the opinion, noting that the court declined “to expand the scope” of a federal […]

BISMARCK, N.D.—North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum on Friday declared a statewide emergency in response to an ice storm that felled power lines, leaving more than 20,000 people without electricity around the Christmas holiday. Burgum also plans to seek a presidential disaster declaration that would free up federal aid to help cover the costs of repairing […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Authorities have found a critical structural failure in one of the busiest bridges in Rhode Island and have closed its westbound side to begin a repair job expected to take months. The Washington Bridge carries Interstate 195 over the Seekonk River from Providence to East Providence and serves as a key gateway to the […]

PORTLAND, Ore.—The former Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to cut the engines of a Horizon Air flight has been indicted on 84 endangerment charges, but is no longer charged with attempted murder, authorities said Tuesday. The district attorney’s office in Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland, announced the grand jury’s indictment. Joseph Emerson is […]

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is conducting an emergency evacuation drill for the Orange Line subway train north of Malden Center Station at 10 a.m. ET on Nov. 5. The drill is a learning exercise that will include a scenario in which a subway train derails and passengers are hurt.

PORTLAND, Ore.—The wife of a former Alaska Airlines pilot who prosecutors say tried to cut the engines of a Horizon Air flight while riding in the cockpit jump seat said Thursday she knew her husband was struggling with depression but that she was in a state of shock over his arrest. “This is not my […]

KINGSTON, N.Y.—Two New York hospitals that were hit with a cyberattack have resumed admitting emergency patients after shutting down their computer systems to investigate, hospital officials said. Ambulances were diverted from HealthAlliance Hospital in Kingston and the affiliated Margaretville Hospital in Margaretville last week due to a cyberattack, which hit those two facilities as well […]

Rolando Salinas, Jr., the mayor of Eagle Pass, Texas, has issued an emergency declaration due to a “severe” surge in illegal immigration. Mr. Salinas signed the order on Sept. 19, officially declaring a state of disaster for the city of Eagle Pass that will last for at least seven days and may be renewed if […]

A day after expressing no regrets for not sounding the sirens during Lahaina’s deadly wildfires, the head of the Maui Emergency Management Agency has stepped down. The death toll from the fires that swept through Maui on Aug. 8 reached 111 on Thursday. They have become the deadliest fires in the United States in more than […]

The governor of Arizona declared a state of emergency on Aug. 12 as extreme heat persisted in some parts of the state, which has resulted in nearly 60 heat-related deaths in Maricopa County this year. Gov. Katie Hobbs said the state of emergency was intended to support local heat relief efforts in Maricopa, Coconino, and […]

Singer Tori Kelly is conscious and recovering, after being hospitalized on July 23 for experiencing sudden tachycardia, a heart condition, while out for dinner with friends, according to an Instagram post by her husband André Murillo on July 26. “Not fully out of the woods but we see the sun. Just waiting on a few […]

Washington, D.C. Council voted on July 11 to pass an emergency public safety bill granting judges and law enforcement officials more power as part of efforts to address soaring crime rates in the area. The bill, known as the “Prioritizing Public Safety Amendment Act,” was put forward by Councilmember Brooke Pinto and passed Tuesday in a 12–1 vote. […]

WASHINGTON—The U.S. government’s auto safety agency plans to require that all new passenger cars and light trucks include potentially life-saving automatic emergency braking and meet stricter safety standards within three years. Wednesday’s announcement by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) represents the agency’s latest move toward regulating electronic systems that take on certain tasks […]

A Washington state appeals court has granted an emergency injunction to a retired doctor facing disciplinary action from the Washington Medical Commission (WMC) over articles he wrote against the official COVID-19 narrative in 2021. Dr. Richard J. Eggleston, a retired ophthalmologist in Clarkston, Washington, faces disciplinary action over articles published in the Lewiston Tribune he […]

After more than three years, the U.S. COVID-19 public health emergency ended on Thursday, May 11. Earlier this year, the White House announced that it would end the emergency as COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths have been at their lowest levels since March 2020. Based on a fact sheet issued by the Department of Health and Human […]