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Video footage shows a helicopter plummeting into the Hudson River.

‘Falling apart’ midair: Helicopter plunges into New York’s Hudson River, killing six

A family of Spanish tourists, including three children, and the pilot died when the aircraft broke apart in midair and crashed upside-down into the river.

  • Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz and Ted Shaffrey

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Australian model Lucy Markovic, pictured here in Tuscany in July 2024, has died. She was 27.

‘Bright, shining light’: Australian model Lucy Markovic dies aged 27

Her mother and her partner, who confirmed her passing, were by her side as she succumbed following multiple surgeries.

  • Bronte Gossling and Damien Woolnough
The Jet Set nightclub after its roof collapsed

Trapped victim rang president before she died in roof collapse

Nelsy Cruz, a politician whose brother is a Major League Baseball star, rang the president of the Dominican Republic in the midst of the tragedy, which has left at least 124 people dead.

  • Martin Adames Alcantara and Danica Coto
In an undated police handout, a bedroom at a home at 2 Blake Street in Waterbury, Conn. Police say a man was held captive for two decades in the home.

‘He saved himself’: Firefighter rescues man held captive for decades until he set his room on fire

In the ambulance, an emergency worker commented on the overpowering smell. The patient said it had been more than a year since he had been permitted to shower.

  • Sarah Maslin Nir
The Sea World helicopters after one crashed to the ground and the other landed.

Radio fault led to deadly Sea World helicopter crash

A catastrophic midair helicopter crash in January 2023 was preventable if a litany of technical and safety issues had been rectified before four people were killed.

  • Savannah Meacham
The roof collapsed onto the crowded club an hour after a concert ended.
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Drone footage shows extent of nightclub roof collapse

The roof collapsed onto the crowded club an hour after a concert ended.

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At least 58 dead and 160 injured in a roof collapse at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic
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At least 58 dead and 160 injured in a roof collapse at a nightclub

At least 58 dead and 160 injured in a roof collapse at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic

This tour guide and an Australian man, along with his Tanzanian wife, were rescued by tourists from the surf of Kelingking beach after a jetski accident.

Australian and tour guide injured in same waters as Bali boat tragedy

An Australian man, his wife and their tour guide went through a terrifying ordeal in Bali when waves knocked them from the jet skis they were riding.

  • Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
Min Aung Hlaing

Thailand just gave Myanmar what it craved, and it wasn’t humanitarian aid

The junta was so happy with the news that it dominated the first five pages of the Myanmar newspaper, even as thousands lay dead or dying in rubble.

  • Zach Hope
Thai protesters lay posters condemning Myanmar General Min Aung Hlaing on top of a sheet covered in fake blood in Bangkok, Thailand. Protesters gathered to oppose the presence of the junta leader, who is attending a regional summit for the first time since the military coup that brought him to power.

Myanmar chief feted by leaders as bombs fall

As the junta leader shook hands in Bangkok, the UN said it had received 14 reports of attacks despite a promised halt to the bombing after the earthquake.

  • Zach Hope

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