A dramatic rescue unfolded in New York City on Sunday when firefighters swiftly responded to a seaplane crash landing in the East River. All eight passengers were successfully saved after the plane went down close to the city’s sole seaplane terminal, officials reported.

At precisely 12:01 p.m., the New York City Fire Department received an urgent call about a seaplane incident in the water near the NY Skyport located at East 23rd Street and FDR Drive in Manhattan, News Media was informed.

Upon their arrival, fire crews found the aircraft upright on the river’s surface. FDNY personnel swiftly evacuated all eight individuals onboard, and the plane was subsequently towed to a nearby dock, according to department statements.

The FDNY reported that two passengers sustained minor injuries but opted out of receiving medical treatment on-site. No further injuries have been announced.

The Federal Aviation Administration identified the aircraft as a Kodiak 100 seaplane and told News Media the pilot made a hard landing in the East River at about noon local time, causing a wing strut to snap.

The aircraft departed East Hampton Airport on Long Island and was headed to the Skyport seaplane terminal in Manhattan, according to The New York Times and CNN.

The NY Skyport on Manhattan’s East Side is New York City’s only seaplane terminal, serving scheduled and charter flights to destinations throughout the Northeast.

The FAA said eight people were aboard the aircraft, which is registered as N726SH. The agency said it is investigating the incident and noted the information released Sunday is preliminary and subject to change.

Air traffic control recordings captured the moments surrounding the incident, including the pilot declaring a mayday before the aircraft came down in the river. Separate radio traffic captured a New York City Police Department helicopter responding to reports of a “plane down in the water.”

Authorities have not identified the pilot or passengers, and it was not immediately clear what led to the hard landing.

Video from the scene showed first responders surrounding the aircraft as it floated upright in the East River while rescue crews worked to remove those aboard. Additional video showed the seaplane being towed back toward the dock after the rescue operation concluded.

The incident prompted a large emergency response to the East River waterfront as FDNY marine units and other first responders converged on the area.

The FAA directed questions regarding the people on board to local authorities. News Media has reached out to the New York City Police Department for additional information.

Actor Ryan Phillippe bears a striking resemblance to his children, whom he had with Oscar-winning actress Reese Witherspoon. However, beyond this shared likeness with his daughter Ava Phillippe, there may not be much else connecting them these days.

At 51, the Cruel Intentions star seems to maintain a distant relationship with his 26-year-old daughter Ava, largely stepping back after his breakup with their mother, as reported by the Daily Mail.

Reese Witherspoon, known for her role in Legally Blonde, built a ‘very close’ relationship with Ava during her upbringing. It was her second husband, Jim Toth, aged 55, who is said to have filled the ‘father’ role in the lives of Phillippe’s children.

Even after Witherspoon and Toth’s separation in 2023, sources indicate that the former talent agent played a significant part in raising Ava and her brother Deacon, 22.

Now, with Reese Witherspoon appearing alongside her new partner, German financier Oliver Haarmann, at the launch of her Legally Blonde spin-off series, insiders reveal how the actress’s close-knit family is adjusting to her relationship with the businessman.

But between Witherspoon’s blossoming relationship with Haarmann and her amicable co-parenting status with Toth, will Phillippe be pushed even further on the outs?

‘Ava was very close with her mom’s ex, Jim,’ one source exclusively told the Daily Mail. 

‘He was around for a lot of the important years she was growing up. He was a really good father figure to her. Jim had a big hand in helping raise Ava.’

After filing for divorce from Phillippe in October 2006, Witherspoon began a relationship with Toth in January 2010 and they were engaged by the end of the year.

Witherspoon made sure to include her children in the wedding ceremony, with then 11-year-old Ava serving as the maid of honor and seven-year-old Deacon being the ring bearer. The nuptials took place in March 2011 on Witherspoon’s ranch in California.

The couple expanded their family in September 2012, when Witherspoon gave birth to her third child, son Tennessee James Toth.

Her mother’s second marriage and the arrival of a new baby came as a welcomed change for Ava, the source explained, as she had witnessed the ‘tense’ relationship between her parents during her early childhood.

‘Things were tense growing up because it took a really long time for Reese and Ryan to get to an amicable place, especially when it came to co-parenting,’ the source said.

‘She’s really close with her mom, so that couldn’t have been easy to see. But that was years ago. Things have gotten much better [between Witherspoon and Phillippe], but their kids are now adults.’

Ava was born in September 1999, just three months after Witherspoon and Phillippe were married. The actress was just 23 years old when she became a first-time mom, while her husband was 24.

In the years since, Phillippe has gushed over his eldest daughter in interviews and on social media, claiming the day Ava was born was the day he ‘learned what love truly is.’

In 2014, he described how he had raced by helicopter from Utah, where he was shooting thriller The Way Of The Gun, to Beverly Hills for her birth.

‘With my stomach in knots, exhausted & dirty, covered in syrupy fake blood & shards of candy glass the heli[copter] found the pad and I was taken to an area to sterilize myself,’ he posted on X.

‘I made it to my then wife’s bedside w/ two hours to spare before my baby girl first entered the world. Fifteen years ago I learned what love truly is.’

However, Witherspoon has told a different story, suggesting she felt abandoned by Phillippe during those early months.

‘I did not have a lot of support with my first baby and I learned really early, like, this is not going to work,’ the actress told the We Are Supported By podcast in 2021.

‘I tried to muscle through for five months with Ava, just not sleeping and I became delirious. I was lucky enough to have money saved and I didn’t have to work, but it’s just not a one-person job. I would even say it’s not a two-person job.’

The Cruel Intentions co-stars welcomed their second child, son Deacon, in 2003 but announced they were separating three years later.

Phillippe went on to describe their divorce as the ‘toughest time in my life,’ but credited Ava with getting him through it.

‘As difficult as it is, my daughter has been the inspiration,’ he said on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2007.

‘She is beyond, in terms of conscientiousness and maturity, and she has gotten me through this. I know it sounds pathetic – I’m a 32-year-old guy, but my seven-year-old daughter is getting me through the toughest time in my life, and that’s beautiful too.’

However, it seemed that their close father-daughter bond had taken a turn at some point during Ava’s teen years, according to Phillippe’s Instagram activity. 

While the actor has made sure to celebrate his daughter’s birthday each September with a tribute posted to Instagram, his social media posts featuring Ava began to dwindle after her 19th birthday.

It was around that same time that Phillippe’s ex-girlfriend, former Playboy model Elsie Hewitt, accused Phillippe of assault in a $1 million lawsuit in 2018.

In the legal filing, Hewitt – who now shares a seven-month-old daughter with comedian Pete Davidson – accused Phillippe of throwing her down the stairs in her Los Angeles home, before ‘kicking and striking’ her.

She also claimed in the legal filing that he used drugs, alcohol and steroids, which caused mood swings and extreme anger. In 2023, Phillippe announced on Instagram that he was sober.

Phillippe denied Hewitt’s allegations and emphasized his support for ‘women’s rights, feminism and advocacy.’ The lawsuit was settled out of court for an undisclosed amount in 2019, just days before they were set to go to trial.

Despite Phillippe denying the allegations, the Daily Mail previously reported that the lawsuit had driven a wedge between the actor and his daughter, who is an outspoken advocate on issues like body positivity, mental health awareness and LGBTQ+ rights.

Instead, her brother Deacon continued to make appearances on his dad’s social media page, including snaps from his high school graduation in 2022 and photos from Deacon’s album release party in 2023.

‘Ryan is super close to Deacon. They do a lot of things together as a father and son, so much so that Ryan is more of a best friend,’ a source told the Daily Mail.

‘Deacon hangs out with his father more than his mom because they go unrecognized, whereas when he’s with his mom, they’re always seen in the public and paps are taking photos. He can live somewhat of a more normal life with his father.’

It wasn’t until May this year, when Deacon graduated from New York University, that Phillippe decided to post a photo of his daughter and son from the ceremony. 

However, Ava noticeably doesn’t follow her dad on the platform.

The insider shared that Phillippe has ‘made an effort’ to work on his relationship with his daughter, but it will take some time to ‘repair’ their once-close bond.

‘Ryan wants to repair his relationship with Ava. He’s made an effort to be apart of her life but it’s not being reciprocated,’ the source said. ‘He would never want to not be apart of her life. It’s a sad situation. Their relationship is not what it used to be.’

Although the source acknowledged how Phillippe and Ava ‘put on a united front to support Deacon’ at his college graduation, they maintained that Ava’s ‘mind has been made up and it seems like it’s just going to take time to repair.’ 

Although her relationship with Phillippe has had its ups and downs, that hasn’t stopped Ava from following in her father’s footsteps. 

She has made appearances in music videos for singers Role Model and Ella Langley, and landed one-episode stints on the TV series Doctor Odyssey and Ransom Canyon.

Ava is expected to make her feature film debut in the upcoming movie Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me, adapted from the young adult graphic novel by Mariko Tamaki.

She recently starred in a social media campaign for the new Vince Camuto fragrance, Wonderbloom Bliss, and launched a limited-edition clothing collection for Bloomingdale’s in-house brand Aqua last year.

In addition to her two siblings, Ava was raised in Los Angeles and graduated from high school in 2018. She went on to attend the University of California, Berkeley, where she studied social welfare, and graduated in 2022.

Although she continues to spend time in Los Angeles thanks to her burgeoning acting and modeling career, a separate source shared how Ava has come to appreciate her life outside of the spotlight and away from Hollywood.

‘Ava has spent many years in the Nashville event and party scene on the down low. She loves it out there, just like her mom, and seems to prefer it to the Hollywood lifestyle,’ the second insider told the Daily Mail.

Following her divorce from Toth in 2023, Witherspoon reportedly relocated from Los Angeles to her hometown of Nashville, Tennessee, where she owns a 15,000-square-foot estate worth $18 million and lives full-time.

It is understood that Witherspoon rarely spends any time in Los Angeles these days, as she ‘hates the Hollywood life,’ and only finds herself traveling to the city for work.

Luckily for Witherspoon, it appears that her new romantic partner happens to agree with having a slower-paced lifestyle.

Witherspoon has been romantically linked to Haarmann, a German financier, since July 2024. While it is unclear how the pair met, they have been spotted packing on the PDA during romantic getaways to France and date nights in New York City.

The divorced father of two boasts an impressive resume, having attended Brown University and Harvard Business School. He was a former partner at a global investment firm in London, before becoming a founding partner at his own private equity firm, Searchlight Capital Partners.

The businessman, who is also a minority co-owner of NHL’s New York Islanders, has a jaw-dropping net worth estimated around $440 million.

In May, Witherspoon and Haarmann made their first official appearance as a couple at the New York City premiere of Prime Video’s Legally Blonde prequel series, Elle. Witherspoon, who is an executive producer for the series, also walked the red carpet with her son Deacon.

Her relationship with the private, successful businessman appears to be a perfect match for the equally ambitious Witherspoon, who transitioned her own career from Oscar-winning actress to executive producer and founder with an estimated $400 million fortune.

It is also a plus that Haarmann has no ties to Hollywood unlike her previous husbands, who were both involved in the entertainment industry.

A third source said about her businessman boyfriend, ‘She likes that he’s just a normal guy. She hates the Hollywood life.’

The pair have seemingly found a healthy balance, with Haarmann ‘visiting [Witherspoon] on set’ and the actress ‘spending time with him in New York,’ as they’ve been frequently photographed grabbing dinner at celebrity hotspots like Cafe Cluny and L’Artusi.

Witherspoon has even introduced her boyfriend to her close friends and fiercely ‘protective’ children, sources say.

‘Oliver seems to get along with everyone in Reese’s inner circle including her kids,’ the third insider said. ‘They are very protective of their mom and extremely close with her. They are a tight-knit family and really nice kids.’

Indeed, the blended family’s bond was on full display at Deacon’s graduation from NYU last May, where both of Witherspoon’s ex-husbands were also in attendance.

Outside the ceremony, Witherspoon and Phillippe were seen smiling and snapping photos of their son in his purple graduation robes. The exes posed for photos with Deacon, as well as his siblings Ava and Tennessee.

At one point, even Phillippe and Toth appeared to be chatting amongst the crowd of proud family members, though Haarmann was not in attendance.

The Daily Mail has contacted representatives for Witherspoon and Phillippe for comment. 

Governor Gavin Newsom appears to be aware of the pitfalls associated with implementing a wealth tax in California, yet he is now advocating for its adoption across the entire nation.

Gavin, unfortunately, your initial assessment was correct: a wealth tax is a poor choice both for California and for the nation as a whole.

Newsom has consistently opposed a California ballot initiative that seeks to impose a one-time 5% tax on individuals with a net worth surpassing $1 billion.

Even with the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West offering to lower the proposed tax rate from 5% to 2%, Newsom remains unconvinced of its feasibility.

It is evident that he recognizes such a tax would likely prompt billionaires to leave the state, ultimately destabilizing California’s economy.

Indeed, the mere proposal, which got over 900,000 signatures, already has the uber-rich heading for the exits.

Google co-founder Sergey Brin moved 15 of his LLCs out of state. DoorDash co-founder Andy Fang called the levy “stupid” and said it would be irresponsible for him to stay if it passed. 

Ex-Uber boss Travis Kalanick skedaddled to Austin, Texas, in December to avoid the tax.

Yet now that he’s eyeing a run for president in 2028, Newsom wants folks to believe a national wealth tax won’t push folks abroad. Big mistake. 

Palantir Chairman Peter Thiel recently bought real estate in Argentina, seeking refuge in part just from Cali’s billionaire tax — even after he spent $3 million to oppose it. 

Other billionaires are similarly eyeing Latin America for its lower taxes. 

Felipe Silva, a Uruguay–based adviser with real-estate firm Engel & Völkers, says Uruguay is attracting the wealthy, particularly from California and New York, thanks to its its business climate and safety.

Note, too, that wealth taxes haven’t done well for nations that tried them.

Of the 12 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries that imposed them in the 1990s, eight ultimately rescinded them — as government revenues fell short, their economies suffered and administrative tasks proved daunting.

In 1997, Germany declared its wealth tax unconstitutional. In 2021, the Netherlands ruled it violated European property-rights law.

Such a tax may well be unconstitutional in America, too.

As for claims about fairness: The top-earning 1% of Americans are already overtaxed, accounting for 40% of federal income taxes, while earning just 22% of income.

By comparison, the bottom half account for just 3%.

Newsom’s sudden shift may play well with Democrats’ tax-the-rich crowd, but it won’t help with anyone who understands economics — and actual fairness.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce turned their wedding celebration at Madison Square Garden into a lavish affair, treating guests to a raffle of luxurious items.

While marking the momentous occasion of Swift, 36, and Kelce, 36, saying “I do,” attendees were reportedly invited to engage in a unique bidding game designed for the day.

According to TMZ, the wedding reception delighted guests with a chance to collect tickets and participate in raffles. Prizes included luxury items like Cartier watches, designer handbags, and even a car.

A highlight of the raffle was the chance to win a 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle, as shared by attendees with NBC News.

The vintage, red classic also held sentimental value as it was the exact model the couple used for their first date.

The Daily Mail has reached out to Swift and Kelce’s reps for comment. 

In photos obtained by the outlet, the classic car the newlyweds had thrown in the raffle had the addition of two white stripes down the middle and a license plate that read: ‘JUST&T MRD.’

Back in September 2023 – when they publicly confirmed their relationship with Swift’s first appearance at one of the tight end’s games – the couple were spotted leaving together, driving away from the Kansas City Chiefs’ Arrowhead Stadium in the vintage convertible. 

It is unclear who ended up winning the prizes the bride and groom had prepared for the night.  

Over the weekend, the now-newlyweds tied the knot with around 1,000 of their close friends and family in attendance, and a bevy of A-listers across different genres and fields made up that guest list. 

The couple’s wedding, which is estimated to have cost around $50 million, was attended by the likes of the singer’s closest friends, including actress Selena Gomez, supermodel Gigi Hadid and writer Lena Dunham. 

Swift and Kelce’s nuptials were officiated by actor Adam Sandler. 

Sir Paul McCartney serenaded the newlyweds and sang I Want to Hold Your Hand. 

After the singer and the NFL star got married, at one point, screens outside of Madison Square Garden announced that they were ‘JUST&T MARRIED.’ 

And even the Empire State Building lit up like a sapphire as the bride’s ‘something blue.’ 

Jennifer Lopez was one of many A-listers who joined the couple at their starry soirée. 

Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, Brad Pitt, Sacha Baron Cohen, Hugh Grant, Reese Witherspoon, Graham Norton, Ethan Hawke, Ed Sheeran, Cindy Crawford, Suki Waterhouse and Emma Stone were all spotted entering the venue. 

Beyoncé and Jay-Z are understood to have attended as did Dua Lipa, Jessica Alba, Chris Rock, Bradley Cooper and Dakota Johnson.

Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks performed at the reception and was followed by Sir Paul. 

GENEVA, Ill. (WLS) — A tragic incident unfolded in the west suburbs on Saturday night as a man faces DUI charges following a catastrophic head-on collision that claimed the life of a woman and left her son with critical injuries, according to police reports.

The collision prompted immediate action from the Geneva police and fire departments, who swiftly arrived on the scene along the 1000-block of South Randall Road just shy of 9:15 p.m.

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Authorities revealed that Christian Mares, a 40-year-old resident of Aurora, was at the helm of a blue 2013 Chevrolet Camaro. Travelling northbound on Randall Road, Mares allegedly crossed the double yellow line, colliding with a southbound red 2019 Nissan Versa.

The devastating impact proved fatal for the 71-year-old driver of the Nissan, a resident of Geneva, who was declared dead at the scene. Her identity has not yet been disclosed by officials.

Meanwhile, the driver’s 26-year-old son, who was also in the vehicle, sustained serious injuries. He was first transported to Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital in Geneva and subsequently airlifted to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital in Chicago for advanced care.

Mares was treated for injuries at Delnor Hospital before being taken to the Kane County Jail. He is facing several charges, including Reckless Homicide, Aggravated Driving Under the Influence, and Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol.

Investigators shut down Randall between Fargo and Kelsinger for several hours. The roadway reopened just after 3 a.m.

Geneva police, the Kane County Accident Reconstruction Team, the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office, and the Kane County Coroner’s Office are investigating.