Gene Hackman, the esteemed actor renowned for his roles in "The French Connection" and "Unforgiven," was discovered deceased alongside his wife, Betsy Arakawa, and their dog in their Santa Fe, New Mexico residence on Wednesday afternoon. Hackman was 95 years old; Arakawa was 64. Authorities have stated that foul play is not suspected, though the exact cause of death remains under investigation.
In a deeply emotional ceremony on February 26, 2025, Yarden Bibas delivered a heartfelt eulogy for his wife, Shiri, and their two young sons, Ariel and Kfir. The family had been abducted by Hamas terrorists during the October 7, 2023, attack on their home in Kibbutz Nir Oz and were tragically killed while in captivity. Their bodies were returned to Israel as part of a ceasefire agreement, bringing an end to months of agony for their loved ones.
An American Airlines flight was forced to abort its landing at Washington, D.C.'s Reagan National Airport on Tuesday morning to avoid a potential collision with another aircraft, according to aviation officials.
A Southwest Airlines flight had to abort its landing at Chicago’s Midway International Airport on Tuesday morning to avoid a potential collision with another aircraft that entered the runway without authorization.
Authorities announced Tuesday the arrest of Summer Wheaton, a 33-year-old social media influencer, in connection with a deadly crash in Malibu last year.
On February 25, 2025, Texas rancher Antonio Céspedes Saldierna, 74, was killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated near his property in Tamaulipas, Mexico, just south of Brownsville, Texas. The explosion also claimed the life of Horacio Lopez Peña and injured Saldierna’s wife, Ninfa Griselda Ortega. Authorities suspect the attack was carried out by a Mexican drug cartel, raising concerns about the increasing use of explosive devices by organized crime near the U.S.-Mexico border.
