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American Airlines regional jet carrying 64 collides midair with military helicopter near D.C. airport newsthirst.

A view of emergency response looking from Arlington, Va., south of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, across the Potomac River toward the District of Columbia, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. Alex Brandon | AP An American Airlines regional jet with 64 people aboard collided with a Black Hawk military helicopter near Washington D.C.’s Ronald Reagan Washington…

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Bluey: Australian cartoon tops US streaming charts for 2024 | Television newsthirst.

Australian-made animated series Bluey was the most streamed show in the US in 2024, topping Nielsen’s annual year-end streaming charts, released this week. US viewers watched 55.62bn minutes of the 7-minute show on Disney+ according to Nielsen’s reporting, just shy of the all-time yearly record of 57.7bn minutes set by Suits in 2023. The Nielsen…

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‘Etched in my mind’: reporter describes South Carolina firing squad execution | South Carolina newsthirst.

A reporter for the Associated Press who watched as South Carolina executed a convicted murderer by firing squad has described the experience, saying that the killing was now “etched” in his mind. Jeffrey Collins, who has witnessed executions in South Carolina for the news agency for 21 years and has seen 11 people killed using…

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Florence and Pisa on alert as flooding hits northern Italy newsthirst.

EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Red alerts for flooding and landslides were issued for parts of Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna Flooding and landslides have been reported in parts of northern Italy amid red weather alerts affecting cities including Florence and Pisa. Torrential rain prompted the alert for parts of Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna, with heavy and persistent rainfall expected into the…

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Republican Dave McCormick wins Pennsylvania Senate seat in key race | US elections 2024 newsthirst.

The Republican Dave McCormick won the Senate race in the battleground state of Pennsylvania on Thursday, denying the Democratic incumbent, Bob Casey, a fourth term and expanding his party’s majority in the upper chamber. When the Associated Press called the race at 4.09pm ET on Thursday, two days after polls closed in Pennsylvania, McCormick led…

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