Chopper Down: A tour helicopter crashed in New York’s East River just before nightfall last night, killing five of the six people on board. Only the pilot survived. Video shows the chopper making a soft landing with its rotors still …

Hillary E-Splains: Presidential possible Hillary Clinton explained her use of private email while she was secretary of state as a matter of “convenience.” In her first public remarks on the subject she said she didn’t want to have to use …

Ukraine: Russian soldiers and Crimean “self defense” forces took over the headquarters of the Ukrainian navy in Sevastopol today. The Ukrainian navy personnel left without resistance.   Yesterday Ukraine said one of its military officers was killed by gunfire in …

Bridge Collapse: Leaked emails indicate that Gov. Chris Christie’s staff helped engineer a traffic jam at the George Washington Bridge last September in an act of retribution against the Democratic mayor of Ft. Lee, NJ. An Aug. 13 email from …

Tension: The US government yesterday urged its passenger airlines to notify China before passing through its newly claimed airspace over the East China Sea. The State Department said this does not indicate US acceptance of China’s demands, but does acknowledge …

National: A team of 19 wildland firefighters from Prescott, Ariz. was overrun and killed Sunday when the fire they were working suddenly changed direction. The firefighters, a specially trained attack team known as the Granite Mountain Hotshots, had deployed their …