Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An Air Force instructor pilot has died after the ejection seat on his aircraft activated while the plane was operating on the ground, officials said. The incident occurred on Monday at Sheppard Air Force Base near Wichita Falls, Texas, when Capt. John Robertson of …

In this aerial view, a steel truss from the destroyed Francis Scott Key Bridge that was pinning the container ship Dali in place was detached from the ship using a controlled detonation of explosives in Baltimore, MD, May 13, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (BALTIMORE) — The shipping vessel that crashed …

SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Across two days of testimony in former President Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial, former Trump attorney Michael Cohen detailed Donald Trump’s extensive involvement in an alleged scheme to hide negative information about himself from voters in the run-up to the 2016 election. On Tuesday …

The exterior of the Boeing Company headquarters is seen on March 25, 2024 in Arlington, Virginia. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice has notified a federal court in Texas that it has determined Boeing breached a non-prosecution agreement that allowed the company to escape criminal prosecution over …

Creativeye99/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Air Force prosecutors on Tuesday asked a military hearing officer to recommend that Jack Teixeira, an Air National Guardsman, be court-martialed for disobeying orders and obstructing justice after leaking national defense secrets. Teixeira, 22, who appeared at Hanscom Air Force Base, about 20 miles outside of …

ABC News/KABC-TV (LOS ANGELES) — Eight teenagers got “acutely ill” and were transported to the hospital after ingesting marijuana edibles during a field trip to the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, authorities said. An on-site security officer found the sickened male and female students and called 911 around …

Beth Garrabrant It’s not enough for Taylor Swift to dominate the pop charts — she’s also tops on the classical charts. Billboard reports that the classical group Vitamin String Quartet has debuted on top of its Classical Albums chart with its latest release, VSQ Performs Taylor Swift. While the album …

Stephanie Keith/Bloomberg via Getty Images In a New York courtroom Thursday, Ed Sheeran once again testified in his ongoing copyright trial. The family of the late songwriter Ed Townsend alleges that the British pop star’s hit “Thinking Out Loud” contains elements of Marvin Gaye‘s classic “Let’s Get It On,” which Townsend co-wrote. …

Utah Highway Patrol (MILLARD COUNTY, Utah) — Seven people are dead in Utah after a sandstorm caused a series of car crashes Sunday, according to Utah Highway Patrol. The crash happened around 4:30 p.m. local time on Interstate 15 in Millard County and involved at least 20 vehicles. Several other …

Vichai/iStock (NEW YORK) — The United States is facing a COVID-19 summer surge as the delta variant spreads. More than 610,000 Americans have died from COVID-19, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Just 57% of Americans ages 12 and …