Gov. Maura Healey on Thursday called news of an airplane crash in Washington, D.C. that killed six people with ties to a Massachusetts figure skating club “devastating.”

A man who lived in South Deerfield was arrested on Monday in Washington, D.C. after police say he was threatening to kill some of Trump’s cabinet members. Ryan Michael “Reily” English, 24, allegedly drove from Massachusetts to Washington,

Victims of Washington DC plane crash include US Figure Skating Championship contestants and coaches - American Airlines confirm 60 passengers and four crew members aboard jet, while Skating Club of Boston confirms six members,

Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to order Riley Jane English, of Massachusetts, detained without bond while she awaits trial.

Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, who won the pairs title at the 1994 world championships and competed at the Winter Olympics twice, were aboard the plane, officials said.

From the January 6 attack on the Capitol to two assassination attempts on Donald Trump and a recent threat to kill top Republicans in the trump administration, political violence has continued in the United States.

By Tuesday afternoon, a federal judge had put the order on a brief stay while challenges to the administration work their way through the courts. But the controversy was far from over.

President Donald Trump's budget office on Wednesday rescinded an order freezing spending on federal grants, less than a day after Massachusetts and other states sued and a federal judge intervened.

Six of the people on the American Airlines flight that crashed into the Potomac River in Washington had ties to the Skating Club of Boston in Norwood.

Both aircraft fell into the river, and investigators said several victims have been recovered from the water. Tom Kinton, an aviation expert and former head of the Massachusetts Port Authority, described the unique challenges an airport on the water poses to rescue crews.

State officials said former Gov. Charlie Baker's administration used federal funds to pay jobless claims when it should have used state money.