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The 7-year-old required heart surgery after the drone, apparently involved in a midair collision, struck his chest, mother Adriana Edgerton told NBC affiliate WESH of Orlando.

Louisiana’s prison system routinely holds people weeks and months after they have completed their sentences. That is according to a lawsuit filed Friday by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Brazil’s Civil Defense Agency says a small plane has crashed into a Brazilian town that’s popular with tourists and killed all 10 passengers and crew on board.

Bluesky has seen its user base soar since the U.S. presidential election, boosted by people seeking refuge from Elon Musk’s X, or wanting an alternative to Meta’s Threads and its algorithms.

Approximately 1 million taxpayers will automatically receive special payments of up to $1,400 from the IRS in the coming weeks.

The Great Wealth Transfer is underway, and Gen X and millennials are expected to inherit about $85 trillion by 2048, according to Cerulli Associates.

After Musk helped tank a bipartisan bill to fund the government, Trump told conservative activists that he hadn’t “ceded the presidency” to the tech billionaire.

Officials are investigating what caused a crack in a Colorado ski lift that forced the evacuation of over 170 stranded skiers and snowboarders.

This year has been marked by concerning developments in the virus’ spread, including widespread detections in wastewater and mutations observed in the virus.

Donald Trump is suggesting that his new administration could try to regain control of the Panama Canal.

For centuries, Florence’s 16th-century Vasari Corridor was only accessible to dukes and lords.

Rome’s iconic Trevi Fountain reopened Sunday after three months of renovations on the 18th-century monument that’s one of the Italian capital’s main attractions.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) in an effort to prevent transgender women from competing in women’s college sports.