Dempsey, now 75, was the first female Columbia River Bar ... pilot organization has yet to hire another woman. It’s a highly selective field, with fewer than 1,300 ship pilots working throughout the ...

This county lockup in Flint goes far beyond most in promoting civic engagement. But the jail still cuts people off from the ...

A heartwarming moment unfolded aboard an American Airlines flight when a retiring pilot shared his final journey to Miami with his daughter as his co-pilot. Captured in a viral Instagram video ...

Seuk Kim was transporting three rescue dogs from Maryland to Albany, N.Y., when his plane crashed in the Catskill Mountains. Two of the dogs managed to survive. By Shayla Colon When a pilot on an ...

A preliminary investigation indicates the pilot died from the impact, Greene County Sheriff Peter Kusminsky said. The flight was carrying three dogs and was associated with a not-for-profit group ...

"One weekend I was visiting our newest neighbor and they were talking about splitting a squirrel three ways for dinner, and how that didn't really go very far," Sanderlin told the station.

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A family of a boy murdered in 1982 is fighting to keep the killer behind bars.“We go around collecting ... was kidnapped and then murdered when he was 3 years old.Adrian Williams was 17 when ...

A commercial airline pilot of 27 years has said he was horrified after being refused entry to Turkey due to the fact his name shared similarities with a wanted smuggler. Mizanur Rahman's nightmare ...

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