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Today’s Big Story

Private plane crashes near D.C.

A business jet that flew off-course over the nation’s capital Sunday afternoon caused the military to scramble fighter jets before it crashed in Virginia. The fighter jets caused a loud sonic boom that could be heard across the capital district.

Details: The Federal Aviation Administration says the plane took off from Tennessee and was headed for Long Island, New York, but made a 180-degree turn once it reached the island and flew a straight path toward Washington D.C. before crash-landing in Virginia. Six F-16 fighter jets were scrambled to intercept the private plane and found the pilot slumped over and unresponsive.

It took Virginia state authorities four hours to locate the site of the crash where they found no survivors. Businessman and owner of the plane, John Rumpel, said his daughter, 2-year-old granddaughter, nanny, and pilot were aboard the flight.

What’s next? The FAA and NTSB are working to discover the cause of the crash. The incident has drawn parallels to the 1999 crash of a Learjet that lost cabin pressure and flew unguided across the country with professional golfer Payne Stewart on board. The jet crashed in South Dakota and six people died.

Little Stories

Business & Economy

*U.S. stock markets closed lower on Monday (S&P 🔻 -0.2%, Nasdaq 🔻 -0.99%, Dow 🔻 -0.59%) ~ Apple stock hit an all time high of $184.36 on news of its new VR headset release.

*General Motors plans to invest $1 billion into two manufacturing plants in Flint, Michigan.

Bitcoin dropped to $25,719, the lowest since March, after the SEC sued crypto exchange Binance.

World

*Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in Warsaw on Sunday to protest Poland’s governing conservative party.

*Australia pardoned a mother on Monday, who had served 20 years in prison for the deaths of her four children, after new scientific evidence suggested that they died of natural causes.

*80 school girls in Afghanistan were poisoned over the weekend. Poisonings like these are common in Middle Eastern countries where many aren’t in favor of formal education for girls. 7,000 schoolgirls were poisoned between November 2022 and March 2023 in Iran. Read more here.

US News, Politics, & Government

*Former Vice President Mike Pence filed paperwork on Monday declaring his intention to run for President in 2024. ~ Progressive scholar Cornell West announces third-party bid for president as well.

*Dozens of U.S. veterans traveled to Utah Beach in Normandy, France on Monday to commemorate the 79th anniversary of D-Day in which allied soldiers won a key battle that liberated France and Western Europe from Nazi Control.

*The head of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Tae Johnson, will step down at the end of the month making him the second senior immigration official to announce retirement plans this week.

Sports & Entertainment

*The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Florida Panthers 7-2 and took a 2-0 series lead in the NHL Stanley Cup Finals on Monday night.

*Rose Zhang won her first tournament on the LPGA tour over the weekend becoming the first player in 72 years to win on her pro golf debut.

*Bling Empire star Anna Shay died from a stroke on Monday. She was 62.

Science, Health, & Tech

*Apple introduced its augmented-reality headset called the Apple Vision Pro on Monday at the company’s annual software developer conference. The device will cost $3,499.

*The James Webb Space Telescope captured photos of thousands of stars in a galaxy 17 million light-years away from earth.

*Two CDC reports reveal an increase in brain abscesses in U.S. children over the past two years.

Extras

*The Apple keyboard will finally let users drop the f-bomb.

*The U.S. Navy released footage of one of its vessels nearly colliding with a Chinese warship.

*A wolverine was spotted in California for only the second time in 100 years.

*Home Depot is selling DIY tiny house kits for less that $50,000.