Grand Canyon tour helicopter makes ‘hard landing’ – seven taken to hospital

  Seven people have been injured after a Grand Canyon tour helicopter made a “hard landing” at an airport on the edge of Las Vegas. The pilot and six passengers were taken to hospital after the incident at Boulder City airport at about 4.30pm on Tuesday. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) called it a crash … Read more

Rapper Theophilus London, a Kanye West collaborator, reported missing

  The family of rapper Theophilus London filed a missing person report with Los Angeles police this week and are asking for the public’s help, saying he hasn’t been seen in months. London’s family and friends believe someone last spoke to the musician in July in Los Angeles, according to the family’s statement released Wednesday … Read more

Mississippi coach: Texas Tech player spit on, possibly used racial slur vs. one of ours in Texas Bowl

  Houston — Mississippi coach Lane Kiffin said a Texas Tech player spit on one of his players and possibly used a racial slur Wednesday night in the Texas Bowl. A scrum broke out after Ole Miss’ Dayton Wade fumbled early in the fourth quarter and Texas Tech recovered. There was pushing and shoving between … Read more

SpaceX caps 2022 with record-setting 61st Falcon 9 launch

  Closing out a record-setting year, SpaceX launched a $186 million Israeli Earth-imaging satellite early Friday, the California rocket builder’s 61st and final Falcon 9 launch of 2022 and its seventh this month, both modern-day records. Since the rocket’s debut in 2010, SpaceX has chalked up 194 Falcon 9 launches overall — 198 including four … Read more