Trump says he’ll place tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China on Saturday
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he will put in place 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico and 10% tariffs on goods from China effective Saturday. That raises the specter of swift price increases for U.S. consumers, although Trump suggests he will try to blunt the impact on oil imports. Trump had been threatening the tariffs to ensure greater cooperation on stopping illegal immigration and the smuggling of chemicals used for fentanyl. He has also pledged to use tariffs to boost domestic manufacturing and raise revenues for the federal government. Both Canada and Mexico say they’ve prepared the option of retaliatory tariffs if necessary.
A medical plane carrying a child patient and 5 others crashes in Philadelphia, setting homes ablaze
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A medical transport jet carrying a child patient, her mother and four others has crashed into a Philadelphia neighborhood about 30 seconds after taking off, erupting in a fireball and engulfing several homes in flames. All six people aboard were from Mexico. The child had been treated in Philadelphia for a life-threatening condition and was being transported home. The crash comes two days after the country’s deadliest aviation disaster in almost a quarter century, in Washington, D.C.
An air ambulance has crashed in Philadelphia. What to know about air medical transport
A medical transport jet carrying a pediatric patient and five others has slammed into a Philadelphia neighborhood and exploded in flames. Air ambulances provide transportation to people in critical or life-threatening situations when a ground ambulance can’t reach a patient or wouldn’t get to them fast enough. They help boost a patient’s odds of surviving and recovering, particularly in rural areas that don’t have trauma or burn centers. They’ve grown in importance as more rural hospitals have closed. Air ambulances can be either a helicopter or a fixed wing aircraft. More than 550,000 patients in the U.S. use them every year.
‘Heartbreaking’ search for those killed in DC air crash as army helicopter’s black box recovered
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Investigators have announced that the black box from the Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a commercial jetliner has been recovered. They are reviewing the flight data recorder along with two from the plane as they probe the cause of the devastating crash. Meanwhile police boats are searching the Potomac River as part of the recovery and investigation into the United States’ deadliest aviation disaster in almost a quarter century. Washington Fire Chief John Donnelly Sr. said Friday that the remains of 41 of the 67 people who died in Wednesday night’s collision have been recovered. Planes continue to take off and land at Ronald Reagan National Airport. But two of its three runways remain closed.
A deadly flight out of Wichita has one of America’s most historic aviation cities reeling
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A deadly collision between a passenger airliner and an Army helicopter left Kansas’ largest city grieving. The passenger airline took from Wichita. The city of 400,000 people has a proud aviation history. It once built many of the nation’s aircraft and is home to the manufacturer of the airline that went down, Bombardier. The midair collision between the plane and an Army helicopter in Washington, D.C., killed 67 people. Some were young figure skaters who had attended a national development camp in Wichita following the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita.
Hamas releases 3 male hostages as part of ceasefire deal with Israel
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas has released three male hostages and Israel is to release dozens of Palestinian prisoners as part of a fragile ceasefire agreement that has paused fighting in the Gaza Strip after more than 15 months of war. Militants handed 35-year-old Yarden Bibas and French-Israeli Ofer Kalderon, 54, to Red Cross officials in the southern city of Khan Younis, while American-Israeli hostage Keith Siegel, 65, looking pale and thin, was released to the Red Cross later Saturday morning in Gaza City to the north. Both events were quick and orderly, in contrast to chaotic scenes that had unfolded during an earlier hostage release on Thursday, when armed militants appeared to struggle to hold back a crowd mobbing the hostages.
Middle East latest: Hamas frees 3 hostages as part of ceasefire deal
Hamas has freed three hostages as part of the ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip. Two released hostages, Ofer Kalderon and Yarden Bibas, arrived in Israel and were on their way to an initial reception point. Along the road leading to the military base, small groups of supporters waited for the convoys waving Israeli flags. Later Saturday, American-Israeli Keith Siegel was handed over to the Red Cross. The six-week phase one truce calls for the release of 33 hostages and nearly 2,000 prisoners, as well as the return of Palestinians to northern Gaza and an increase in humanitarian aid to the devastated territory. Israel and Hamas are set next week to begin negotiating a second phase of the ceasefire.
Pro-RFK Jr. letter to the Senate includes names of doctors whose licenses were revoked or suspended
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A letter submitted to the U.S. Senate that states it was sent by physicians in support of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination as secretary of Health and Human Services includes the names of doctors who have had their licenses revoked, suspended or faced other discipline. The Associated Press has also found that many of the nearly 800 signers of the letter are not doctors. Among those who signed it were a self-described journalist, a certified public accountant, a firefighter/paramedic, a certified health coach and someone who said they had a bachelor’s degree “with an emphasis on Jungian Psychology.”
Trump administration fires prosecutors involved in Jan. 6 cases and moves toward ousting FBI agents
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has fired a group of prosecutors involved in the Jan. 6 criminal cases and demanded the names of FBI agents involved in those same probes so that they can possibly be ousted. The moves that reflect a White House determination to exert control over federal law enforcement and purge the agencies of career employees seen as insufficiently loyal. Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove ordered the firings of the group of Jan. 6 prosecutors days after President Donald Trump’s sweeping clemency action benefiting the more than 1,500 people charged in the U.S. Capitol attack. A separate memo by Bove identified more than a half-dozen FBI senior executives who were ordered to resign or be fired by Monday.
Venezuela frees 6 Americans after meeting between President Maduro and Trump’s envoy
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Six Americans who had been detained in Venezuela in recent months have freed by the government of President Nicolás Maduro after he met with a senior Trump administration official. U.S. President Donald Trump and his envoy for special missions, Richard Grenell, announced the release of the six men on social media. Grenell posted on X a photo showing him and the men aboard an aircraft. Grenell’s hours long trip to Venezuela, according to the White House, was focused on Trump’s efforts to deport Venezuelans back to their home country, which currently does not accept them, and on the release of the detained Americans.