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1 Passenger Plane And Military Helicopter Collide At Regan National Airport
An American Airlines jet inbound to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport collided with a military helicopter over the Potomac River just before 9 pm Eastern last night. The plane was American Eagle flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas with a reported 60 passengers and four crew members aboard. The helicopter was a Sikorsky H-60 Black Hawk helicopter with three service members reportedly aboard on a training flight out of Davison Army Airfield at Fort Belvoir. The plane was reported to have gone down in the Potomac, and was reported to have broken into two pieces. The helicopter was reported to also be in the river upside-down. Few other details were given at a press conference at Reagan Airport around 1 am this morning, with Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and newly-sworn-in Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy in attendance. All air traffic was suspended both in and out of Reagan while rescue and recovery efforts continued; it was announced at the press conference that flights would not resume until 11 am today. Over 300 first responders were on-site working to rescue anyone that could be found in the water, which was reported to be around 35-degrees Fahrenheit.
2 Meta Agrees To Pay $25-Million To Settle Lawsuit With President Trump
Meta announced yesterday that it’s going to write a large check to settle the lawsuit with President Donald Trump. Four years ago, Trump filed a lawsuit against the company over their decision to suspend his accounts after the January 6th riot at the Capitol. Meta spokesperson Andy Stone confirmed yesterday that $22-million will go to a fund for Trump’s presidential library, with the remaining $3-million dedicated to legal fees and other plaintiffs. The settlement doesn’t require Meta to admit to any wrongdoing in the case.
3 OpenAI Says DeepSeek May Have Used Its Data "Inappropriately"
OpenAI has a theory about how its Chinese rival DeepSeek seemed to come out of nowhere with its own AI chatbot that seems to be competitive with ChatGPT for a fraction of the cost. The theory? DeepSeek “cheated.” OpenAi says the Chinese company may have “inappropriately” taken data from ChatGPT to help get its product going. Of course, OpenAI has been accused in the past of building ChatGPT using content it didn’t have the rights to.