Mar. 15, 2025
Casey Crafton (left) with his three sons and nephew Taylor Hammons (center).Photo:Courtesy of Taylor Hammons
Courtesy of Taylor Hammons
Cars. That was the final topicCasey Craftontexted his 23-year-old nephew, Taylor Hammons, about before boardingAmerican Airlines Flight 5342.
Hammons, who had been joking with him that Jan. 29 afternoon about expensive cars, received the final text read receipt from “Uncle Casey” at 4:07 p.m. before his flight took off at 6:39 p.
Mar. 15, 2025
Scene of incident.Photo:FOX 5/YouTube
FOX 5/YouTube
Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela A. Smith shared in apress conferencehours after the Monday, Dec. 16 incident that the 5-year-old received a gunshot wound to the upper body after “a younger child accessed a firearm that was unsecured in the apartment.”
The girl was immediately rendered aid after officers arrived but was later taken to the hospital in serious condition, where she remains hospitalized for treatment of “critical injuries,” a Tuesday, Dec.
Mar. 15, 2025
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser looks out at the Black Lives Matter mural on June 5, 2020.Photo:Executive Office of the Mayor/Khalid Naji-Allah/AP
Executive Office of the Mayor/Khalid Naji-Allah/AP
The Democratic mayor of Washington, D.C. has ordered the removal of the city’s famous Black Lives Matter mural following a heavy push from Republicans.
In June 2020, during the height ofBLM protestsin her city, Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration commissioned a two-block-long mural, reading “Black Lives Matter,” to be painted onto the street just steps from the White House.
Mar. 15, 2025
Lindsey Fields and her husband Mike.Photo:Courtesy of Amy Costner-Lark
Courtesy of Amy Costner-Lark
As Amy Costner-Lark spoke about her cousin, Kansas biology teacherLindsey Fields— one of the67 people killedin the D.C. plane crash — she wore an accessory near and dear to Fields' heart: a “Yay, Science!” pin.
“She always joked and said she was a self-proclaimed science nerd,” Costner-Lark, a 49-year-old family nurse practitioner in Edmond, Okla., tells PEOPLE.
Mar. 15, 2025
Amazon Prime delivery truck.Photo:David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty
The District of Columbia hasfiled a lawsuitagainst Amazon, claiming the company secretly stopped shipping directly to two predominantly Black neighborhoods while continuing to charge residents in the area for its Amazon Prime memberships.
District of Columbia Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb said ina statementthat the shopping giant “is charging tens of thousands” of residents in the area “for an expedited delivery service it promises but does not provide.