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FILE – Salvage crews work on recovering wreckage near the site in the Potomac River of a mid-air collision between an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Feb. 6, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Aviation safety bill based on deadly midair collision near Washington faces a House vote

April 14, 2026 at 8:07 a.m.

An aviation safety bill seeking to address lessons learned from last year’s midair collision of a jet with an Army helicopter near the nation’s capital is up for a vote...

A Spirit Airlines jet taxis past an Air Canada Express jet sitting on the side of a runway, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, where it had collided with a Port Authority fire truck Sunday night at LaGuardia Airport in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Seconds before LaGuardia crash, controller cleared the fire truck to cross the runway, NTSB says

March 24, 2026 at 7:32 p.m.

Federal investigators say a runway warning system didn’t trigger an alarm before an Air Canada jet and a fire truck collided at New York’s LaGuardia Airport.

FILE -Workers load medical aid onto an Air India plane to be flown to India, at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, May 4, 2021. (Menahem Kahana/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Hundreds of thousands of travelers stranded by flight disruptions after attack on Iran

February 28, 2026 at 4:55 p.m.

America and Israel’s attack on Iran disrupted flights across the Middle East and beyond Saturday as countries around the region closed their airspace.

FILE – Freight trucks travel northbound on Interstate 5 Highway, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, in Tracy, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)

All truckers and bus drivers will be required to take commercial driver’s license tests in English

February 20, 2026 at 3:48 p.m.

All truckers and bus drivers will have to take their commercial driver’s license tests in English as the Trump administration expands its aggressive campaign to improve safety in the industry.

An airplane takes off behind the control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, on the anniversary of the Potomac River mid-air collision between an American Airlines passenger plane and an Army Blackhawk helicopter, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Grieving families press Congress on aviation safety reforms after midair collision near DC

February 12, 2026 at 8:21 a.m.

Key senators and the families of the 67 dead in an airliner collision with an Army helicopter near the nation’s capital are convinced that advanced aircraft locator systems recommended by...

Bailey Kitchens, right, and Noah Teer look at a race car of the late Greg Biffle before a NASCAR plane crash memorial memorial for him, his family and others who died in a plane crash on Jan. 16, 2026, , in Charlotte, N.C. (Nell Redmond/AP)

Greg Biffle wasn’t flying his plane before crash that killed him and 6 others, NTSB report says

January 30, 2026 at 7:49 p.m.

Retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle was not flying his own jet when it crashed last month, killing him and six others, according to a Friday report from investigators.

Cities Church is seen in St. Paul, Minn. where activists shut down a service claiming the pastor was also working as an ICE agent, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

What to know about the civil rights charges Don Lemon faces for covering church protest in Minnesota

January 30, 2026 at 6:38 p.m.

Seven people, including former CNN anchor Don Lemon and another journalist — have been charged with violating two different federal laws in connection with the protest that interrupted a worship...

Metropolitan Police Department diver Robert Varga poses for a portrait, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Responders recall a mission of recovery and grief a year after the midair collision near Washington DC

January 29, 2026 at 6:47 p.m.

Families and emergency responders are marking the one-year anniversary of the deadly plane collision over the Potomac River.

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy presides over the NTSB fact-finding hearing on the DCA midair collision accident, at the National Transportation and Safety Board boardroom in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Investigators say deadly midair collision near DC followed years of ignored warnings about traffic

January 27, 2026 at 3:55 p.m.

NTSB members were troubled Tuesday over years of ignored warnings about helicopter traffic dangers and other problems, long before last year’s midair collision between an American Airlines jet and an...

This image taken from video provided by WABI television, emergency services work on a scene of the Bombardier Challenger 600 crash at the Bangor Airport in Maine, late Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (WABI via AP)

Maine plane crash victims include event planner and corporate pilot

January 27, 2026 at 5:19 p.m.

The National Transportation Safety Board arrived Tuesday to begin investigating at a Maine airport where a business jet crashed during takeoff, killing all six people on board.

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