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FILE - In this image taken from video provided by MartyA45_, several drones appear to be flying over Randolph, N.J., on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. (MartyA45_ /TMX via AP, File)

Mystery drone sightings continue in New Jersey and across the US. Here’s what we know

By Dave Collins - Associated Press

In this image taken from video, what appears to be drones flying over Randolph, N.J., Dec. 4, 2024. (MartyA45_ /TMX via AP)

Final verdict: Feds say New Jersey drones are mix of police, hobbyists and commercial UAVs

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Multiple drones are seen over Bernardsville, N.J., Dec. 5, 2024 (Brian Glenn/TMX via AP)

Feds: No evidence drones sighted in New Jersey are linked to foreign actors, no threat to safety

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

FILE - FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker testifies before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation, Sept. 24, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Head of the Federal Aviation Administration to resign, allowing Trump to pick his successor

By David Koenig - Associated Press

Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., listens during a news conference after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Schumer, other senators from N.Y. and N.J. request federal briefing on drone sightings

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday Jan. 15, 2019, file photo, New Jersey Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean Jr., R-Westfield, addresses reporters, in Trenton, N.J. Kean will challenge incumbent Democrat Tom Malinowski for New Jersey's 7th Congressional District in the 2020 election. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

New Jersey politicians want answers from feds on mystery drones in night sky

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, a single engine fixed-wing airplane lies upside down after it crashed on West White Dogwood Drive near the intersection of US-98 in Homosassa, Fla. on Friday evening, Dec. 6, 2024. (Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles via AP)

Film executive Steve Mensch dies in Florida plane crash

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

President-elect Donald Trump poses for a photo with Dana White, Kid Rock and Elon Musk at UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump appears to be planning to attend SpaceX ‘Starship’ launch scheduled for Tuesday in Texas

By Zeke Miller - Associated Press

This image taken from video provided by Jerry Jordan shows the fire department and others working at the site of a single-engine plane crash Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, near a Southern California racing event, in Pomona, Calif., about 30 miles (50 kilometers) east of downtown Los Angeles. (Jerry Jordan via AP)

3 hurt when small plane crashes near Southern California dragstrip hosting racing event

Associated Press

An electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, flies above the Joby eVTOL aircraft, during a demonstration of eVTOLs Nov. 13, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Flying air taxis move closer to U.S. takeoff with issuing of FAA rule

Associated Press

A time exposure shows photographers as they document the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a crew of four as it launches from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

SpaceX ‘forcefully’ refutes FAA allegations of launch violations

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Tesla and SpaceX chief executive officer Elon Musk listens to a question as he speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington, March 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Elon Musk says SpaceX will sue FAA over regulatory overreach

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

A United Airlines jetliner rumbles down a runway for takeoff from Denver International Airport in Denver on Jan. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) **FILE**

Turbulence jars United flight; 7 injured

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

A Federal Aviation Administration sign hangs in the tower at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, March 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Polaris Dawn civilian spacewalk mission delayed after FAA demands probe into Falcon 9 booster rocket

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

A Federal Aviation Administration sign hangs in the tower at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, March 16, 2017. Congressional negotiators have agreed on a $105 billion bill designed to improve the safety of air travel after a series of close calls between planes at the nation’s airports. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Three members of Gospel Music Hall of Fame quartet The Nelons among 7 killed in Wyoming plane crash

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Streamlining commercial space: A national imperative

By U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford

A Federal Aviation Administration sign hangs in the tower at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, March 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

FAA investigating Southwest Airlines for diverted low-altitude flight in Florida

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

A Federal Aviation Administration sign hangs in the tower at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, March 16, 2017. Congressional negotiators have agreed on a $105 billion bill designed to improve the safety of air travel after a series of close calls between planes at the nation’s airports. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Plane crashes at Ohio airport, killing all 3 aboard

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

A Boeing 737 Max jet, piloted by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) chief Steve Dickson, prepares to land at Boeing Field following a test flight on Sept. 30, 2020 in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Here’s what to know about Boeing agreeing to plead guilty to fraud in 737 Max crashes

By David Koenig and Alanna Durkin Richer - Associated Press

2 killed in Cessna that crashes into Texas construction site

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times