F-16's sonic boom heard over DC area in response to unresponsive plane

F-16's sonic boom heard over DC area in response to unresponsive plane

Washington D.C. skyline.

Officials attempted to establish contact with the pilot of the unresponsive plane, but they were unresponsive.

 | Scripps News Staff

A sonic boom heard across Washington, D.C., on Sunday was the result of a fighter jet investigating an aircraft in a restricted area, according to U.S. officials.

An unresponsive business Cessna 560 Citation V plane was flying over D.C. and...

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Missing man's body recovered at Iowa apartment collapse site

Missing man's body recovered at Iowa apartment collapse site

Three search and rescue workers and a dog approach the site of a building collapse in Davenport, Iowa.

Two other men — 51-year-old Ryan Hitchcock and 60-year-old Daniel Prien — are still unaccounted for.

 | AP

The body of one of three men who had been missing after the partial collapse of an apartment building in Davenport, Iowa, has been found, a city official confirmed Sunday.

Branden Colvin Sr.'s body was recovered Saturday, city spokeswoman Sarah...

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