New York Daily News
The New York Daily News is a U.S. newspaper based in New York City. It is the ninth most widely circulated daily newspaper in the country, printing 200,000 copies a day. It was founded in 1919, and was the first U.S. daily printed in tabloid format. As of 2017, the paper is owned by tronc, the publishing operations of the former Tribune Company, and is headquartered at 4 New York Plaza in Lower Manhattan.
Though a self-proclaimed Republican newspaper for much of its history, the Daily News in recent years has exhibited a more moderate-to-liberal bias, and is often contrasted with the right-rated New York Post.
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The mid-air collision between an American Airlines jet and a U.S. Army helicopter near Washington, D.C. killed all 67 people aboard both aircraft, according to a preliminary report by the Federal Aviation Administration. A total of 60 passengers and four crewmembers were onboard American Eagle Flight 5342, while three soldiers were onboard the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter when the two aircraft collided and plunged into the Potomac River. Search-and-rescue efforts that began around 9 p.m. on Wednesday eventually switched to a recovery operation, after D.C.’s Fire and EMS chief confirmed...