Poland to send fighter jets to Ukraine
President Duda announced Thursday that four Soviet-era MIGS will arrive in the next few days, making Poland the first NATO country to deliver war planes to Ukraine.
President Duda announced Thursday that four Soviet-era MIGS will arrive in the next few days, making Poland the first NATO country to deliver war planes to Ukraine.
All nine service members on board have died after two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters crashed during a training mission in Trigg County, Kentucky, an Army official announced, calling it a "truly tragic loss." The Black Hawk helicopters from the 101st Airborne Division -- one with five on board and another with four on board -- were on a "routine training mission" when they crashed at about 10 p.m. Wednesday, Army officials said. The helicopters were "flying a multi-ship formation under night vision goggles," officials said.
Adding to her stunning presence was her daughter Grier Henchy, who was by her side for the evening. The mother-daughter duo captured the attention of many by striking poses in stylish coordinating looks that were hard to miss. Shields showed up wearing a tri-colored wrap blazer, pants and pink pumps, while Grier, 16, donned a monochromatic red suit and black pumps.
Areas pummeled by last week's deadly tornado outbreak are likely to see more severe weather in the coming days as a cross-country storm moves east, bringing with it the threat of long-track tornadoes. As of Thursday morning, 27 states and nearly 30 million people were on alert for heavy snow, strong winds or flooding from California to Wisconsin. A major storm that battered the West Coast will move into the Heartland on Friday, with a major severe weather outbreak expected.
A series of mega-storms throughout March has brought snow to Mammoth Mountain in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains, burying homes, cars and businesses. Earlier this week, 20.7 inches fell in 24 hours at Mammoth Mountain, surpassing the all-time season snowfall record, according to the UC Berkeley Snow Lab, with more than 700 inches for the season. People were out shoveling snow off roofs and trying to keep roads passable with windy conditions.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers re-introduced legislation Wednesday that would create a no-fly list for passengers fined or convicted for assaulting crew members on board an aircraft. The Protection from Abusive Passengers Act would direct the Transportation Security Administration to "create and manage a program" that bars such unruly passengers from flying again. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., along with Reps. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., and Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., said the legislation they introduced is in the interest of everybody on board a flight.
Wes Anderson has always managed to score impressive casts for his films, but the "Moonrise Kingdom" director may have outdone himself for his latest movie, "Asteroid City." Tom Hanks stars as an ornery, pistol-packing grandfather in the movie, which just debuted its trailer. The film, set in the 1950s, also stars Scarlett Johansson as a screen siren, as well as Steve Carell, Rita Wilson, Jeff Goldblum, Tilda Swinton, Jason Schwartzman, Jeffrey Wright and Liev Schreiber, just to name a few.
Roku plans to lay off another 200 workers, or 6% of its workforce, the video-streaming company said in a government filing on Thursday, just months after a prior round of layoffs in the fall that slashed 200 jobs. The round of layoffs, which the company described as a "restructuring plan," aims to "lower the Company's year-over-year operating expense growth and prioritize projects that the Company believes will have a higher return on investment," the government filing said. Roku had previously warned of a difficult business environment expected at the end of last year due to a slowdown in ad spending and the adverse effects of inflation.
Dillon Armijo and his parents said they were vacationing in Cancun earlier this month when the shark attack occurred. On the last day of the family's trip, Dillon and his older brother were playing in knee-deep water at a local beach when a shark latched onto his leg. "It just felt like a bump, like a really sharp bump ... just like a big wave that hit me," Dillon told "Good Morning America." "And I just didn't see anything.
“Dancing With the Stars” pros and new parents Val Chmerkovskiy and Jenna Johnson are opening up about a miscarriage they had before welcoming their son, Rome, to the world in January. In an interview with “Good Morning America,” the couple said that Rome is their rainbow baby after they miscarried in 2021.
Pope Francis has "progressively improved" after spending the night in the hospital with a respiratory infection, the Vatican Press Office said Thursday. The pontiff rested well during the night, Matteo Bruni, director of the Press Office of the Holy See, said in a statement issued in Italian. "The clinical picture is progressively improving, and the planned treatments continue," Bruni said, according to a translation.
Hundreds of people gathered at a candlelight vigil in Nashville on Wednesday evening to mourn and honor the six victims of a mass shooting at an elementary school. First lady Jill Biden and singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow were among those in attendance, though Biden did not address the crowd. "Just two days ago was our city's worst day," Nashville Mayor John Cooper told the crowd.
A freight train derailed in a fiery crash near a small town in Minnesota early Thursday, forcing residents to evacuate as a precaution, officials said. Multiple tankers of a train operated by BNSF Railway derailed and caught fire on the western edge of Raymond, a town in Minnesota's southwestern Kandiyohi County that has a population of less than 800. The tankers were carrying "a form of ethanol" and "a corn syrup liquid," according to a press release from the Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office.
Seven California Highway Patrol officers and a nurse have been charged with involuntary manslaughter nearly three years after the in-custody death of a man who was pulled over for a traffic stop in Los Angeles County and repeatedly said "I can't breathe" before losing consciousness. Edward Bronstein, 38, died on March 31, 2020, after the California Highway Patrol pulled him over while driving on the 5 Freeway in Burbank for suspicion of driving under the influence, prosecutors said. Six officers are accused of forcing Bronstein to the ground handcuffed and pinning him down by pressing their knees on his legs and neck while his blood was drawn, according to prosecutors.
A Democratic lawmaker who was screaming about Republicans' approach to gun violence just off the House floor on Wednesday soon got into a tense altercation with one of his conservative colleagues. An animated Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., a former principal, came off the floor and began telling reporters to continue to press GOP members on their views on the issue of guns and shootings. Rep. Bowman came off the House floor, telling reporters to continue to ask Republicans about gun violence.
Although conservatives have criticized the Biden administration for what they called a lack of oversight over the funds -- with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy pledging before the midterms that there should no longer be a "blank check" -- most Republicans on the panel sought to balance support for Ukraine with a commitment to surveillance. "To be clear, I do not conduct this oversight to undermine or question the importance of support for Ukraine, but rather -- to the contrary -- oversight should incentivize the administration and Ukraine to use funds from Congress with the highest degree of efficiency and effectiveness," said Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has called for prayers in the wake of Monday's deadly mass shooting at a Nashville elementary school, while noting that "there will be a time to talk about the legislation." Responding officers shot and killed the suspect -- identified as Audrey Hale, 28, of Nashville -- about 14 minutes after the initial 911 call came in, according to the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department.
Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman is expected to return to Congress the week of April 17, after the upcoming two-week recess, according to a source familiar with the matter. The Democratic lawmaker, who suffered a stroke during his campaign, checked himself into an impatient facility on Feb. 15 while suffering from depression. “While John has experienced depression off and on throughout his life, it only became severe in recent weeks,” his chief of staff, Adam Jentleson, said in a statement at the time.
Republican members of the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday pressed Washington, D.C., officials about public safety and the city's management in the wake of Congress taking the unusual step of blocking controversial changes to the local criminal code. For almost four hours, legislators debated D.C.'s laws at a hearing nominally focused on policing in the district. Having stopped the so-called crime bill last month, House Republicans are now seeking to repeal a law enforcement reform bill in D.C.
Outgoing "Dancing with the Stars" co-host Tyra Banks is weighing in on Julianne Hough joining the show as co-host for season 32. "The businesswoman in me sees how Julianne is great on multiple levels," Banks told Us Weekly. Banks also praised Julianne Hough, a two-time Mirrorball winner herself, for having "so much personality and strong opinions backed by experience."
One man has been arrested in connection with the smuggling incident that led to 17 migrants becoming trapped on a train on Friday in Uvalde County, Texas. Two migrants died in the incident. Denniso Carranza Gonzales, a Honduran national, was allegedly a foot guide for a group of 12 Honduran migrants that day, according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas and obtained by ABC News.