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A helicopter crashed into the Hudson River in New York City on Thursday. Mayor Eric Adams has confirmed that 6 people are reported dead, including a family of tourists from Spain, with 3 children.

The 2026 Tiny Desk Contest, our annual search for the next great undiscovered artist, is now officially open for entries.

Officials and experts say the sanctions will be targeted at officials involved in a violent crackdown on pro-democracy protesters this year, and won't make life even harder for average Venezuelans.

The shutdown means government scientists aren't working, and their academic collaborators are spinning their wheels. A plant geneticist in Iowa speaks of frustration and loneliness during the shutdown.

Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a special election for the Texas state Senate on Saturday, flipping a reliably Republican district that President Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2024.

At least 24 people were killed in the central Ukrainian city of Uman Friday, as Russia fired missiles and drones at Ukraine.

Saudi Arabia's first astronauts in decades rocketed toward the International Space Station on a chartered multimillion-dollar flight. The crew will spend just over a week there before returning home.

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The volcano is particularly worrying for the more than 25 million people who live within a 60 mile radius of it, including Mexico City. A small town is just 5 miles away from its very active crater.

Scientists are relying more and more on non-scientists to help them gather data. That was the case recently on North Carolina's coast, where volunteers spent a day counting terrapin turtles.