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Rudy Giuliani injured in New Hampshire car crash, his spokesperson says

Rudy Giuliani is recovering from a fractured vertebra and other injuries following a car crash in New Hampshire in which he was a passenger, a spokesperson for the former New York City mayor said Sunday. Giuliani was being driven in a rented Ford Bronco by his spokesperson Ted Goodman when their vehicle was struck from behind by a Honda HR-V driven by a 19-year-old woman late Saturday evening, New Hampshire State Police said in a statement. Troopers witnessed the crash, which […]

September 1, 2025

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Black Groom-To-Be Killed by Drunk Driver in Wrong-Way Crash Just 1 Day Before His Wedding

Nationwide — Kirk Walker, an African American father of three from New York, was killed in a wrong-way crash caused by a drunk teenager who had just left a Manhattan nightclub. His tragic death happened just one day before his wedding. According to the New York Post, 17-year-old Jimmy Connors spent the night drinking at Nebula, a club in Midtown. Despite being visibly drunk, the staff continued to serve him alcohol. After leaving the club, Connors drove a white pickup […]

July 30, 2025

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Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash

The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, upending staff on a busy air travel weekend and just weeks after a January fatal mid-air collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Probationary workers were targeted in late night emails Friday notifying them they had been fired, David Spero, president of the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists union, said in a statement. The impacted workers include personnel hired for FAA radar, landing and navigational aid maintenance, one air […]

February 17, 2025

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Van Jones calls President Trump ‘kindergartner’ for blaming DCA plane crash on DEI

CNN political contributor Van Jones slammed President Donald Trump’s remarks in which he blamed Wednesday’s deadly plane-helicopter collision on diversity, equity and inclusion hiring policies. “It’s appalling,” said Jones, a former Obama White House advisor who also worked with Trump’s first administration on criminal justice legislation. “I just can’t imagine what these families must be going through … it is every family’s worst nightmare to say goodbye to someone, to be texting you as they’re taking off, and then you […]

January 31, 2025

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Black leaders condemn Trump’s ‘racist’ remarks which blamed DEI for D.C. plane-helicopter crash

Black elected officials are condemning President Donald Trump‘s remarks on Thursday in which he blamed DEI hiring for the deadly Washington, D.C., airport collision of an American Airlines plane and Army helicopter. The Democratic leaders say that rather than bringing the country together and focusing the attention on the 67 victims and their families, Trump decided to traffic in “racist” attacks on communities of color and women. “This is a tragedy that occurred above DCA airport. Lives have been lost. […]

January 30, 2025

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Trump blames DEI, rails against Barack Obama, Pete Buttigieg amid DCA plane-helicopter crash

In his first public remarks reacting to Wednesday night’s collision of an American Airlines commercial plane and Army helicopter, President Donald Trump, without evidence, blamed DEI policies and railed against Democrats, including former Presidents Barack Obama, Joe Biden and former Biden Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. “We must have only the highest standards for those who work in our aviation system,” said Trump, who claimed that he changed “Obama standards” during his first term in office “from very mediocre, at best, […]

January 30, 2025