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To identify all of the helicopters in active service in the U.S. military, 24/7 Wall St. referenced the 2024 World Air Forces report from FlightGlobal, an aviation and aerospace industry website. The helicopters are ranked by the number of units in active service. We included all variants of each helicopter in the count and excluded all helicopters from the Coast Guard. Supplemental data regarding the type of helicopter, how many are in active service, and how many are on order came from FlightGlobal.

To recap: Cabot, then the head of HR at tech company Astronomer, was spotted on a jumbotron at the concert at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, cozied up with her boss, Andy Byron, then the CEO of the company. Once Cabot and Byron realized they were on the big screen, the pair could be seen scrambling to separate and hide their faces.

TriMet has promoted the Safety Response Team (SRT) program as a model of a public safety program that doesn't rely on armed police and security guards. The program sends unarmed workers onto Portland's public transit system, expecting them to help de-escalate tense situations and increase an overall perception of safety on MAX trains and buses. Many of Segler's colleagues have expressed similar sentiments about their jobs.

"When I picked her up, she was nodding out," Collins said.

On Wednesday, the president gave a primetime address stating that the country's current economic woes are due to the policies of former Democratic President Joe Biden. Earlier this month, Trump visited the swing state of Pennsylvania with a similar message blaming the previous administration for the challenges his administration is currently experiencing and saying that he is igniting an economic turnaround.

The holidays tend to be a time for gathering, with work parties, family dinners and school showcases. And socializing can be awkward! But avoiding awkwardness can also get in the way of fun and connection. So if you're considering bailing on your community potluck or office party because you're anxious, read this first! Here are six tips from psychologists Ali Mattu and Fallon Goodman on how to embrace the awkwardness and practice social courage.

Dr. Kade Goepferd watched the Trump administration's moves on Thursday to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth with "a mix of sadness and frustration." Goepferd, who is the founder of Children's Minnesota Gender Health Program, says that for the medical community, nothing has changed about the evidence supporting gender-affirming care that could justify the government's actions. "There's a massive propaganda and disinformation campaign that is selectively targeting this small population of already vulnerable kids and their families," Goepferd says.

As police searched this week for the gunman responsible for a shooting rampage at Brown University, the Trump administration and its allies seized on the violence to cast the schoolas incompetent and ideologically hostile to conservatives - amplifying unfounded theories that a Palestinian student was responsible for the bloodshed and targeted ayoungRepublican. Their commentary added fuel to President Donald Trump's campaign to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives on campuses, and to root out alleged antisemitism and anti-conservative bias from the nation's colleges and universities.

The U.S. has been using ever-tightening trade restrictions to limit the flow of high-end microchips to China, along with the gear to make them. The goal is to try to keep Beijing behind in artificial intelligence and to prevent China's military from acquiring the best chips. But this chip "blockade," as some see it, has been a rallying cry in China even as Trump appears poised to loosen it.

Teams pay escalating penalties for exceeding the threshold in consecutive seasons. The Dodgers, Mets, Yankees, Phillies and Rangers have all paid the tax in at least three straight years - subjecting them to the highest escalator fees. The Astros went over the line for the second straight season. The Blue Jays, Padres and Red Sox had gotten below in 2024 and are categorized as first-time payors.

Brandon Olsen, 46, pleaded guilty in July to one count of arson, the website stated. The Denver district attorney's office said Olsen broke into the Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center on Jan. 2, 2024. He stole the keys to the building from a security guard at gunpoint and then started a fire on the seventh floor, according to 9News.com.

Adela Tesnow via AP, Pool Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan was found guilty of felony obstruction in federal court on Thursday night after she helped an undocumented immigrant briefly evade federal authorities. Dugan was found not guilty on a charge of concealing person from arrest. On April 18, Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, a Milwaukee resident, was in Dugan's court to face domestic battery charges.

A Bay Area man was sentenced to 17 months in prison for plotting with other gang members to rip off a Union City drug house in 2018, court records show. Caleb Eller allegedly scoped out the target house, theorizing they would get at least a brick of cocaine from the home and that the brothers who ran it, who'd been robbed before, wouldn't put up a fight. He suggested his cohorts boot the door down and get it from them, prosecutors said in court filings.

Buckle up for a little morbid story time: In the winter of 1874, Alfred Packer led an ill-fated expedition through Colorado's San Juan mountains. His credentials were fabricated, the crew was unprepared, and countless warnings to wait until spring went ignored. While it is unclear if he murdered his crew or if they died of natural causes, Packer was the sole survivor. He eventually confessed to cannibalism.

More recently, reporters have requested user-exported data from TikTok and OpenAI to answer key questions about how tech users interact and what they're shown. User-exported data contains detailed and well-formatted data based on each user's history, and is likely an artifact of compliance to data privacy laws in Europe and California. Importantly, this data allows reporters to report on real behavior on tech platforms, as opposed to creating fictitious accounts and mimicking user behavior.

The bus driver, a Wilmington man, is being summonsed to Woburn District Court, and police are seeking two charges against him: assault and battery and indecent assault and battery on a child under 14. "The defendant is not being identified at this time since he faces a criminal summons instead of arrest," the department explained in a release. "He will be identified at a later time if a criminal arraignment is scheduled." Back on Monday, Dec. 8, police were notified of "potentially inappropriate social media activity" by the driver and began investigating.

The Los Angeles Angels agreed Friday to a last-minute settlement with the family of deceased pitcher Tyler Skaggs after jurors, deliberating for more than two days, sent queries that suggested the verdict might go in the family's favor. The amount and terms of the settlement-- ending a yearslong battle over culpability in Skaggs' death --were not immediately disclosed. The Skaggs family had been seeking $118 million in potential lost earnings plus added damages.