Coverage of the recent mid-air collision brought up painful memories for John and Marilyn Kausner, whose daughter Elly was among those killed in the last major U.S. air disaster.

When flooding devastated the Pioneer Valley in summer 2023, it took an extraordinary partnership between the state, ...

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He began with a sombre tone. "This was a dark and excruciating night in our nation's capital and in our nation's history — a tragedy of terrible proportions," Donald Trump told the packed room ...

At least six had ties to the Skating Club of Boston, located in Norwood, Massachusetts. The figure skating community has felt the effects of an airline tragedy in the past. Eighteen members of the ...

This surge of water during a spring tide, no less, overwhelmed the Dutch flood defenses at the time. Almost 500 breaches were punched in flood-control dikes, allowing the North Sea to spill into ...

as they scrutinized the actions of the military pilot in the country’s deadliest aviation disaster in almost a quarter century. At least 28 bodies were pulled from the icy waters of the Potomac ...

Two teenage figure skaters, their mothers, and two former world champions who were coaching at a historic Boston club were ... with everyone affected by this tragedy. “Figure skating is more ...

Seven members of the Great Wallendas were moving across the high wire in a pyramid formation, without a net, when disaster struck during a circus performance in Detroit on Jan. 30, 1962.

"I've lived here my whole entire life and I would say this is a disaster that has hit our community once again," he added. He said the community had "really pulled together to help each other ...