Latitude Air Ambulance says six aboard missing jet presumed dead
Four Canadian crew and two Bermudian passengers were aboard the Gulfstream G100, which fell from 24,000 feet before vanishing off Nantucket.
Politics
Dennis Hastert, longest-serving Republican House speaker, dies at 84
The Kendall County coroner said he died at home in Plano, Illinois, of natural causes.
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AllOfficial series, each dated to the observation it comes from.
Inflation3.4%
Unemployment4.2%
30-year mortgage7.28%
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Sky Whatley charged with simple battery over onstage slap
Shamika Boyd says the Sept. 6 slap at a Tucker, Georgia, theater left her with two black eyes and a chipped tooth.
Michael Douglas admits 40-year lie about Kathleen Turner romance
Douglas, 82, writes that his wife's visit to the Mexico set ended the affair and that Robert Zemeckis and Danny DeVito never knew.
Politics
4 stories · updated 2 OctJudge sets $10,000 bond for Nathalie Belizaire in neglect case
North Miami Beach police say the four children, including a 2-month-old, were found hiding in a bathroom while Belizaire sailed to the Bahamas.
Prosecutors seek $100,000 bond for Sinema's ex-bodyguard
Ammel refused to leave jail for Thursday's arraignment, and a judge ordered him brought to the Oct. 15 hearing by force if necessary.
Tennessee halts executions after Christa Pike survives two doses
Pike was still audibly snoring when witnesses were escorted out at 8:53 p.m., and Tennessee's protocol sets out no step after the second dose.
Milwaukee prosecutors charge Robbiel Stokes, 15, in classmate's killing
The complaint says Stokes's mother identified him in bus surveillance stills, and police found a matching .40-caliber cartridge in her car.
World
2 stories · updated 30 Sep
New Mexico county lifts four of five McLeod Dam evacuations
Dam operators reported imminent failure of the 25-foot earthen structure, which a 2023 inspection rated in poor condition with no emergency action plan.
Rescuers dig for 12 missing after Himlung base camp avalanche
Eight guides dug through snow at the 7,126-metre peak on Monday; all of the dead and missing are Nepali expedition workers.
Business
6 stories · updated 6 SepArthur Lundeen charged after being duct-taped on American Airlines flight
The flight from Dallas to Newark diverted to Baltimore, where police arrested Lundeen, 67, and his Tucson brokerage later cut ties with him.
Entertainment
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Health
3 stories · updated 2 OctJudge finds probable cause in federal case against Oxford vape clerks
Investigators seized more than 500 units of kratom products at Puffs Vape, where bank records show one student shopped the day before he died.
Investigators recover kratom at both Ole Miss death scenes
Aidan Hamilton, 18, died in a campus dorm and Robert Strang, 20, at an off-campus house; the cases are being investigated separately.
Coast Guard hoists hypothermic hiker Craig Berg off Isle Royale
Backpackers spotted Berg on an island where overnight lows hit 48 degrees, and troopers and K-9 teams reached him on foot.