"The Voice" alum Ryan Whyte Maloney was locked in a custody battle with his ex-wife in the months leading up to his suicide ... and the dispute was taking a toll on his mental health, at least according to his fiancée.
Ryan's fiancée, Zana, tells TMZ ... Ryan and his ex-wife were fighting over custody of their four children for the past eight months. Zana says Ryan wanted to split custody with his ex, but she wanted primary custody -- and the back-and-forth was torturing him inside.
Zana says Ryan had a history of mental health struggles and was working on his issues before fatally shooting himself in Las Vegas.
U.S. Figure Skating is sharing a glimpse of the immense talent lost in last week's tragic Washington, D.C. plane crash.
Less than a week after 28 athletes, coaches and loved ones perished in the aircraft collision above the Potomac River, the American skating world's governing body has paid tribute to them all, publishing footage of some of the rising star skaters' best routines.
Watch the video ... set to a somber music score, U.S. Figure Skating shows several clips from the sport's promising talent ... including Cory Haynos, who notably landed a triple axel at the U.S. National Development Camp in Wichita, Kansas ... hours before he boarded Flight 5342. He was only 16.
The final member of the three-person crew in the Black Hawk that crashed into an American Airlines passenger jet leading to the death of 67 people has been identified.
Captain Rebecca Lobach -- the pilot of the helicopter -- was identified by the U.S. Army as the final member of the ill-fated crew. She was 28 years old.
While the U.S. Army initially declined to name Lobach at the behest of the family, they changed course Saturday when the family released their own statement about her death.
11:17 AM PT -- In a Saturday press conference, Philadelphia officials said it might take days to know the total death toll from the crash ... specifically how many were killed on the ground. So far, one ground fatality has been confirmed.
All six people aboard a medical ambulance plane that crashed shortly after takeoff Friday in Philadelphia were killed ... a grim confirmation from Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, who says aboard were all nationals.
In a statement posted to X ... translated to English, Pardo said, "I regret the death of six Mexicans in the plane crash in Philadelphia, United States. The consular authorities are in permanent contact with the families; I have asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to support them in whatever way is required. My solidarity with their loved ones and friends."
The final moments before a medical ambulance plane crashed in Philadelphia Friday night were captured on an air traffic control tower audio ... and it's bone-chilling.
First obtained by Fox News Digital, the frantic audio from Northeast Philadelphia Airport reveals the instant operators realized something catastrophic occurred shortly after the plane took off.
While one operator makes desperate pleas for the Learjet 55 medical ambulance to respond ... another asks "What's going on down there?" A beat later, the first operator responds, "We have a lost aircraft. We’re not exactly sure what happened." He adds, "The field is going to be closed so no inbounds-outbounds."
It's been days since a military helicopter collided with an American Airlines jet flying into Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport ... and the Army still refuses to ID the female Black Hawk pilot.
In a Friday update ... the Army said her name is not being disclosed at the behest of her family -- even though the names of the two other soldiers in the chopper who died were officially identified as Staff Sgt. Ryan Austin O'Hara and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Loyd Eaves.
No additional explanation was offered as to why the family made the request ... but there is speculation it has to do with President Trump casting blame for the deadly accident on the chopper pilot ... which he did immediately after the catastrophe that killed a total of 67.
Shocking new video has emerged showing the moment a medivac plane nosedived and exploded in a ball of flames in Pennsylvania, killing all 6 people on board.
The dramatic footage was shot on a dashcam affixed to a car stopped at a red light in Philadelphia Friday night.
Check it out ... the medivac jet transporting a young patient and her mother with 4 crew members aboard plummets from the night sky and hits the ground, turning into a fireball before everyone's eyes in the near distance. One stunned motorist jumps out of their car to get a better look at all the destruction.
5:30 PM PT -- New reports claim 6 people were aboard the small plane before its crash in Philadelphia ... including 2 pilots, 2 doctors, a patient and a family member.
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy confirmed the number to 6ABC.
Emergency responders are working to put out flames in northeast Philadelphia after a small plane crashed down on Friday evening ... leaving a chaotic aftermath and a number of suspected casualties.
It's currently unclear what caused the crash, which took place after 6 PM near Cottman Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard in the region ... but police have shared that 2 people were onboard the aircraft when it plummeted down.
The status of the passengers is unknown at this time.
Heart-wrenching videos of Ian Epstein, one of the American Airlines flight attendants who tragically died in the Washington, D.C. plane crash, are going viral – and the devastating impact of his loss is really hitting home.
The clip shows Ian entertaining passengers on past flights, cracking jokes, making witty remarks, and even singing and dancing down the aisle -- his family tells TMZ he died doing what he loved.
His family said he loved his career because he truly enjoyed traveling and meeting new people -- something that's clearly evident in the clips flooding online ... featuring him brightening the cabin with his humor and personality.
John Erwin, the voice of several well-known TV characters from the 1960s through the '80s ... including He-Man and Morris The Cat ... has died, TMZ has learned.
Erwin's rep tells TMZ John passed away from natural causes on December 20, 2024, in his California home ... but the information is just coming out now.
John was from Cambridge, Massachusetts, and spent most of his career in voice work for animation roles. He voiced the character Reggie Mantle on "The Archie Show" in the late '60s.
An OnlyFans porn star’s hotel balcony threesome in Brazil took a tragic turn when she plunged to her death.
Anna Beatriz Pereira Alves -- AKA "Anna Polly" -- was found dead in the ground-floor courtyard of the upscale Mont Blanc Apart Hotel, just northwest of Rio de Janeiro, last week ... according to The Sun.
Brazilian authorities are digging into details of her death ... as her two male scene partners are telling totally different stories about what went down during their wild filmed hookup.
We've only scratched the surface of the impact the Washington, D.C. plane crash has had on the figure skating community ... especially as new victims are identified in the wake of the catastrophe.
Jinna Han, a 13-year-old figure skater from Mansfield, Mass., has been identified among the 67 people tragically killed in Wednesday night's midair collision between an American Airlines flight and a military helicopter.
Jinna had been traveling with 16-year-old Spencer Lane, a fellow skater from the prominent Skating Club of Boston, as well as their respective mothers, Jin Han and Christine Lane.
14 people died and dozens of others were injured during the New Year's Day terror attack in New Orleans ... and now, as the NFL rolls into town for the Super Bowl, an organization made up of football wives is doing something awesome for the surviving family members.
The Off The Field NFL WivesOrganization, co-founded by Sherice Brown, Tim Brown's wife, Ashley Brown, Ray Brown's wife, and Romonda Jordan, wife of Randy Jordan, will host a fashion show on February 7, themed "A Legacy of Strength and Resilience," at Canal Place.
The event will not only feature 50 WAGs of active and retired NFL players walking the runway ... but the family members of some of the people killed or injured during the terror attack will also model the clothes in front of the crowd!
The Federal Aviation Administration says staffing levels were below the "normal" amount when the deadly plane crash occurred over Washington, D.C. ... and, it looks like it was a decision made by a supervisor.
The New York Times -- citing an anonymous source -- says an air traffic control supervisor combined the responsibilities of handling both helicopters and plane flight paths before the usual time ... though it's currently not clear why.
Basically, before 9:30 PM, Reagan Washington National Airport has two controllers -- one to handle the choppers and the other to handle the airplanes -- and, after 9:30 they transition to only one person because traffic lessens significantly.
New video of the Washington, D.C. plane catastrophe shows a crystal clear, up-close view of the moment of impact between the commercial jet and the Army helicopter -- and the images are downright shocking.
CNN obtained 2 clips of the Black Hawk colliding with the American Airlines plane over the Potomac River Wednesday night, killing 67 people in total. The outlet reports cell phones recorded the footage from surveillance cameras that captured the tragic incident.
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In the first video, the helicopter is moving rapidly toward the plane before they collide in midair, triggering a massive fireball. You then see the wreckage rain down into the river below.
A flight to Reagan National Airport was forced to abort its initial landing due to helicopter activity in the D.C. area ... one day before the catastrophic crashthat left dozens dead.
Check out the video ... Republic Airways Flight 4514 is clearly on a smooth track from Connecticut and begins its descent ... and then abruptly circles around before touching down.
In an audio recording published by LiveATC.net, air traffic control is heard warning the pilot ... "There’s a helicopter over Georgetown northbound 300 feet."
