Here’s a look at commercial passenger airplane crashes. For crashes caused by military acts or by terrorism, see Terrorism and War-Related Airplane Crashes Fast Facts. On August 12, 1985, the largest number of deaths in a single commercial airplane crash occurred when a Japan Air Lines Boeing 747 crashed into Mt. Ogura in Japan, killing
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With Congress already battling over hiking the minimum wage to $15 an hour, President Joe Biden likely raised a few eyebrows when he recently said that the federal minimum wage would actually be $20 if it were indexed to inflation. While the President bungled two different statistics at a CNN town hall last week, the
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Three people were killed and two were injured in a shooting at a gun store in Louisiana on Saturday. Deputies were called to the scene at the Jefferson Gun Outlet in Metairie just before 3 p.m., Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joseph Lopinto III said during a press briefing. Metairie is just a few miles northwest of
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Claudette Colvin did a revolutionary act nearly 10 months before Rosa Parks. In March 1955, the 15-year-old was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a White person on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. The teenager and others challenged the law in court. But civil rights leaders, pointing to circumstances in Colvin’s personal
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With the value of bitcoin in the market topping $1 trillion, longtime backers may be wiping tears from their eyes. The cryptocurrency is growing up. What’s happening: Bitcoin’s dizzying ascent has reached new heights. The price of one bitcoin passed $20,000 for the first time in December. Last week, it breached $50,000. The euphoria that’s
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Black History Month is a celebration of Black excellence and you are invited. Right now, all over the United States, Black families are teaching the next generation of Black youth with intention and care. Black History Month is a time to consciously center and celebrate Black empowerment and achievements, as well as the legacies of
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Candidates for Columbia’s City Council and school board are set to hold forums regarding energy and climate concerns.
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Meet Finn and Budgie, rabbits that are more than just lovable companions. They provide their owners with emotional support. “So many people think of cats and dogs when they think about emotional support from an animal in their life. And I think many people would say that they get all those same benefits in their
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With impeachment in the rearview mirror, congressional Democrats are directing their full attention toward President Joe Biden’s agenda as they return to Washington this week. House Democrats unveiled their full $1.9 trillion stimulus bill on Friday, which is expected to move through the House Budget Committee and to a House floor vote this week. Senate
Continue Reading You’re probably familiar with the dangers that snow and ice pose for motorists. But how about your home? More than 73% of the United States mainland was covered by snow last week, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Water Prediction. Soon, warmer temperatures will thaw that snow and ice, creating snowmelt
Continue Reading The World Health Organization’s preliminary report into the origins of the novel coronavirus will recommend more extensive contact tracing of the first known patient with Covid-19 in Wuhan, China, as well as the supply chain of nearly a dozen traders in the Huanan seafood market, which is thought to have played a role in the
Continue Reading Briton Jasmine Harrison, 21, has become the youngest female to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean after completing a 3,000-mile (4,800-kilometer) journey from Spain to Antigua, according to organizer Atlantic Campaigns. Harrison completed the 2020 Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge on Saturday in 70 days, 3 hours and 48 minutes — a new world record for
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TODAY: A frontal system passing through will bring chances for rain today. Light showers will likely begin just before noon and continue into the evening. Most of us will only see 1/10″ or less. If counties up north get cold enough, some of the rain could switch to a wintry mix. Little to no accumulation is
Continue Reading The World Health Organization’s preliminary report into the origins of the novel coronavirus will recommend more extensive contact tracing of the first known patient with Covid-19 in Wuhan, China, as well as the supply chain of nearly a dozen traders in the Huanan seafood market, which is thought to have played a role in the
Continue Reading Police in East Norriton, Pennsylvania, are searching for a suspect who opened fire at a bowling alley Saturday night, leaving one person dead and at least three others wounded. “There is a possibility that additional victims may have been transported to hospitals in private vehicles,” the East Norriton Police Department said in a statement on
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Consider the odds of your having been born: from the earliest stirrings of protohominid life — the ones writer Arthur C. Clarke and director Stanley Kubrick imagined in “2001: A Space Odyssey” — to the present, across untold generations. The odds against your being you are massive, while the odds for your being you are
Continue Reading One person is dead and another is severely injured after a small plane crashed in Cullman County, Alabama, Saturday, according to Cullman County Coroner Jeremy Kilpatrick. Kilpatrick said the crash occurred near Cullman Regional Airport-Folsom Field. Cullman County is about 50 miles north of Birmingham. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) spokeswoman Arlene Salac said a Piper
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Think of Italy and you’re likely to think of food first, and all the other beautiful things it offers second. Italian cuisine — or some version of it — has colonized the rest of the world so successfully that there are probably uncharted corners of the Amazon rainforest where you can sit down at a
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Here are the local high school basketball scores from Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS GIRLS HOOPS Jackson (45) Rock Bridge (50) FINAL Jefferson City (63) Maryville (64) FINAL Fulton (25) Kirksville (46) FINAL St. Elizabeth (46) Hermitage (14) FINAL West Plains (61) Camdenton (42) FINAL
Continue Reading Judge Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden’s nominee for attorney general, calls the January 6 attack on the US Capitol a “heinous attack” in his prepared opening statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee, which the Department of Justice released Saturday night ahead of his confirmation hearing on Monday. “If confirmed, I will supervise the prosecution of
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