Mexico beachgoers were treated to a rare sighting earlier this month of a shimmering oarfish, native to the deep sea and seen in Japanese folklore as a signal of impending doom. The “doomsday” fish was spotted alive at the nation’s Baja California Sur beach Feb. 9, according to AccuWeather and FOX affiliate KMSP-TV. Video shows…
The drill is familiar for most airline passengers: how to buckle up your seat belt, put on the oxygen masks and use the seat cushion as a flotation device. What they don’t tell you is what to do if you suddenly find yourself in an upside-down aircraft. For the passengers of a Delta flight on…
A memorial vigil was held at the Ice House in Hackensack, New Jersey to honor the lives lost in the plane crash near Washington D.C. The plane crash involved a passenger plane and a U.S. Army helicopter, resulting in 67 fatalities. Among the victims were young figure skaters, their coaches, and parents returning from a…
On Saturday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: USA TODAY White House Correspondent Joey Garrison breaks down President Donald Trump’s announcement of new tariffs. A Medevac jet crashed into a residential Philadelphia neighborhood Friday evening, with six people on board. Officials recover the helicopter’s black box after this week’s collision. Remember the victims here. Mexico’s president explains why Google shouldn’t rename the Gulf…
ASHEVILLE – Clambering over downed trees and walking along the trails that thread the 45-acre property in January, Starr Silvis Metcalf pointed to the new disturbances that have appeared in recent weeks — excavator tracks, boreholes and cut vegetation. Work at the beloved wooded parcel, located on UNC Asheville property in the Five Points neighborhood,…
Investigators are searching for explanations for the rare mid-air collision that resulted in the nation’s deadliest aviation disaster in more than two decades. USA TODAY tracked how Project 2025 is showing up in President Donald Trump’s actions so far. The Grammy Awards are this weekend, and we’ve got everything you need to be ready for music’s…
A military Black Hawk helicopter and a passenger plane collided near Reagan National Airport Wednesday night, prompting a massive search and rescue effort near the nation’s capital. American Airlines flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas, operated by PSA Airlines, was preparing to land at the airport before it “collided in midair” with the Army helicopter around…
EVANSVILLE — Officials released the names of two people who died Tuesday in a crash after the driver of the SUV they were in allegedly fled a traffic stop along a busy stretch of U.S. 41 in Evansville. The Vanderburgh County Coroner’s Office identified the two deceased as 24-year-old Haley Crumb and 24-year-old Brent McKinney….
The intermittent showers sweeping across parts of Southern California on Sunday provided welcome relief for firefighters battling devastating wildfires but could bring an unwelcome side effect − mudslides. The forecast raises the concern of too much of a good thing. Some areas could get more than a half-inch of rain an hour later Sunday, the…
A powerful storm moved its way across Ireland, Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom on Friday morning, leaving hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses without power and causing major travel disruptions. According to the Met Eireann, the Irish Meteorological Service, the storm, known as Storm Eowyn, will bring “gale to storm force southwest to…