The United States Navy has called off the active search for a sailor who disappeared last Wednesday.

The sailor went missing after an MH-60S helicopter crashed in the Arabian Sea. The search efforts, which were extensive, were officially concluded early Sunday morning.

“Following a thorough search by both the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force in the U.S. Central Command region, the search has concluded,” the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command announced via social media. “In line with Navy policy, the sailor’s name will remain undisclosed until 24 hours after their next-of-kin have been informed.”

The missing sailor was part of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 5 and was stationed on the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush, according to the U.S. 5th Fleet. The Navy announced that the search was suspended at 8 a.m. Eastern Time (3 p.m. Arabian Standard Time) on Sunday.

“For more than 102 hours, an extensive and coordinated search and rescue effort spanning over 14,000 square miles was conducted,” the U.S. 5th Fleet wrote in a statement.

Navy and Air Force assets involved in the search included aircraft from Carrier Air Wings 7 and 9, helicopter squadrons from the USS George H.W. Bush and USS Abraham Lincoln, two P-8 Poseidon squadrons, and multiple U.S. Air Force aircraft.

Several Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers also joined the operation, including the USS Ross, USS Donald Cook, USS Higgins, USS Mason and USS John Finn.

MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier made an emergency water landing in the Arabian Sea early at about 3:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday. Three of the helicopter’s four crew members were successfully recovered and were in stable condition aboard the Bush, according to officials.

Military officials said there is no indication the emergency landing was the result of “hostile action.”

The cause of the incident remains under investigation.

Hints of what was hailed as the wedding of the year have come to light, thanks to an unexpected source: Taylor Swift’s new mother-in-law.

The wedding, tightly wrapped in secrecy, involved non-disclosure agreements for guests to preserve its privacy. As a result, scant details about the lavish event have emerged.

Breaking the veil of silence, Donna Kelce, mother of the groom, has finally spoken out about her son’s grand celebration with Swift.

“I really can’t say a heck of a lot except it was magical, man! Magical,” 73-year-old Donna revealed during Macy’s 50th Fourth of July Celebration held in New York City.

Despite months filled with teasers, rumors, and conflicting reports, the couple eventually exchanged vows in an extravagant ceremony attended by 1,000 of their closest friends and some of the most prominent figures in the entertainment world at Madison Square Garden on Friday.

They kept fans guessing until the very end, refusing to confirm when exactly they would say ‘I Do’, or indeed, if they already had.

But at exactly 7.30pm, the couple shared the news in blockbuster style, lighting up the iconic music venue with video ads which read ‘JUST&T MARRIED!’, in a romantic nod to their shared initials.

Both the bride and groom were dressed in Christian Dior, her publicist later announced.

There were no bridesmaids, instead, Taylor’s brother Austin acted as her ‘man of honor’, and Travis’s brother Jason was the best man.

The couple’s Love Story began three years ago this week, when Kelce first laid eyes on the songstress at her Kansas City Eras Tour concert on July 8, 2023.

The Chiefs tight end tried to meet Swift that evening, bringing along a friendship bracelet that contained his phone number. However, his attempt at handing her the jewelry was unsuccessful.

At the same time, Swift was at her own professional peak, traveling the world for her sold-out stadium shows, with Kelce flying in to support her.

Despite their hectic schedules and intense public interest in their romance, Kelce claimed that he felt calmed by both his girlfriend’s presence and down-to-earth nature.

‘Whenever I’m with her, it feels like we’re just regular people.… When there is not a camera on us, we’re just two people that are in love,’ he told GQ.

When the couple announced their engagement in August of last year, social media exploded in celebration, with fans immediately speculating about their wedding.

Details of the nuptials were shrouded in secrecy since that day, with scant details leaking to the press.

In a statement confirming the marriage, Swift’s publicist said in a statement obtained by People: ‘The bride and groom’s wedding ceremony looks have been created by Christian Dior Haute Couture. 

‘They are designed by Jonathan Anderson, Creative Director of Dior Women’s, Men’s and Haute Couture Collections, in close collaboration with the Bride and Groom. This is the designer’s first couture wedding dress for a world-renowned celebrity. Their shoes were custom made by Christian Louboutin and the bride wore Cartier jewelry

‘Taylor & Travis did not have bridesmaids or groomsmen. Instead, her brother Austin Swift served as Taylor’s Man of Honor and Jason Kelce was Travis’ Best Man. The ceremony joined both families together and was officiated by friend Adam Sandler.’

A searing heat wave that had enveloped parts of the central and eastern United States is being blamed for the suspected deaths of at least 19 individuals in New Jersey. As the high temperatures subside, they are making way for severe storms that have already disrupted power supply to nearly 1 million homes and businesses.

Officials in New Jersey reported on Saturday that the state began witnessing potential heat-related fatalities as early as last Thursday, predominantly in the central and northern regions.

“Sadly, many of these people were discovered in homes lacking air conditioning,” explained Dr. Raynard Washington, the New Jersey Health Commissioner, during a press briefing on Saturday. “A number of others were found outside their homes, with some located on streets and even in parked vehicles.”

Governor Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey described the ongoing weather as “the hottest period we’ve experienced in over 14 years.”

“This heat wave is affecting everyone, not just the elderly or those with pre-existing health issues, but people of all age groups,” Sherrill remarked.

On Thursday, LaGuardia Airport in New York set a new record high of 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius), topping the previous record of 101 F (38.3 C) set in 1966, according to Bryan Jackson, a meteorologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Weather Prediction Center.

Trenton, New Jersey, reached 101 F, which broke the record of 100 F (37.7 C) set in 1901. Newark’s high Thursday was 105 F (40.5 C).

Atlantic City, New Jersey, hit 103 F (39.4 C) on Thursday, breaking the city’s record of 100 F set in 1966, Jackson said. Atlantic City reached 105 F on Friday and 106 F (41.1 C) on Saturday.

Heat domes can be dangerous and combine very high temperatures with high moisture, Jackson said.

“In a lot of cases they also had direct sunshine,” he said. “It was relentless. It was multiple days. It was not as cool overnight, as well. The low Friday morning in Atlantic City was 80. The body can’t recover as well. You just have that multiple day buildup and too much added stress on the body.”

But even as the heat moved to the east, lowering temperatures a bit, severe storms blew in with heavy winds that toppled utility poles and split trees, causing their boles and branches to fall onto power lines.

About 900,000 utility customers in parts of the central, eastern and southern United States were without electricity early Sunday afternoon, according to PowerOutage.com.

More than 223,000 customers in Michigan and close to 170,000 in Pennsylvania had lost power.

PPL Electric reported 121,417 without power Sunday morning, including about 47,000 in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, area.

Central Hudson in New York State reported that it had more than 430 reported downed wires on Sunday. The utility said about 50,000 customers were affected by the storm and that about 650 still were without power Sunday.

Amanda Vesper was putting her children to bed Friday evening when the first storm rolled through the Detroit area, knocking out her power.

“It didn’t seem that awful. It got quite windy,” said Vesper, 40, of Commerce Township.

As of late Sunday morning, the electricity still was out.

“We’ve been going back and forth between a hotel and our home because we have dogs there,” she said. “We really can’t stay there. I have a small child with autism. Our well runs on an electric pump.”

The outage also ruined the family’s July 4 celebration.

“We had planned on having company over at the house, but had to cancel,” Vesper said. “I went grocery shopping. I’m hoping my freezer holds.”

Jackson, with the Weather Prediction Center, said Sunday will see heavy thunderstorms in and around the Cleveland area. Those storms then will shift eastward and move into Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York — where chances exist for flash flooding, he added.

WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced that the company responsible for originally applying the “American flag blue” sealant to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool will also handle its repairs.

Officials from the Trump administration have initiated plans to partially drain the 6.75 million-gallon Reflecting Pool to fix its compromised liner. The decision comes after sealant fragments began detaching from the pool.

“We’re going with the same company for the repairs because their initial work was remarkable,” Burgum stated during an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday.

Burgum addressed the issue by saying, “Even with the damage—which is quite minimal compared to the overall structure—we’re looking at a surface equivalent to eight football fields. It covers eight acres, and the damage is around just 0.001%.”

“The repair job on the Reflecting Pool was executed exceptionally well,” he emphasized.

Tthe Trump administration drained the Reflecting Pool in April and spent an estimated $16 million to put a liner on the bottom, repair leaky joints, and install an ozone nanobubbler system intended to combat algae.

Shortly after the Reflecting Pool reopened, it was plagued by an algae bloom. Crews poured in gallons of hydrogen peroxide, a compound used in paint removers, as one of the steps taken to rein in the algae.

Then observers began noticing shards of blue sealant peeling off the Reflecting Pool.

Given President Trump’s fixation on fixing up the Reflecting Pool, which has long been plagued by leaks and algae under previous administrations, the debacle turned into a local spectacle.

Trump and top Justice Department officials have alleged that vandals are responsible for the sealant coming off, with US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro announcing charges last week against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn, accusing him of damaging the liner.

Hearn faces up to 10 years behind bars, and his attorney has vowed to fight the charge.

The Department of the Interior had tapped the Virginia-based Atlantic Industrial Coatings to apply the sealant to the 2,030-by-167-foot pool.

While the renovations were underway, Trump took the presidential motorcade across the Reflecting Pool itself, something that some of the president’s detractors speculated may have led to the sealant peeling.

“No. I was with him when we came that night. He didn’t take the Beast,” Burgum said, referring to the heavily armored presidential limo.

“We were driving in a Cadillac Escalade. It is one of the presidential fleet of cars, but substantially lighter than what you’re talking about.

“At the time that we were there … the whole base level of this industrial rubber layer was not yet completed, and so there was no damage that night whatsoever.”

As President Donald Trump praised the Brooklyn Bridge as “one of the greatest architectural feats of all time” during a speech at the National Mall, firefighters in New York City were engaged in a battle to save the iconic structure from a fire late Saturday night.

The contrasting scenes unfolded amid spectacular America 250 fireworks shows that lit up the skies over both New York City and the nation’s capital from Saturday night into early Sunday morning.

During New York City’s July Fourth fireworks display, a fire erupted on the Brooklyn Bridge. Onlookers on Saturday watched as flames spread across the bridge, sending a cloud of smoke skyward, before firefighters managed to bring the situation under control. Luckily, there were no reports of injuries.

According to the city’s fire department, two fire engines were deployed to extinguish the blaze on the bridge, which was temporarily closed to traffic during the event. The timing of the fireworks show was adjusted earlier due to forecasts of severe weather, which caused disruptions and cancellations for other celebrations along the East Coast.

The rough weather also hit Washington, D.C., where a storm led to the evacuation of crowds gathered on the National Mall.

Coincidentally, Trump was hailing that very bridge in his Salute to America 250 speech.

“We also have the first flag ever to fly over one of the greatest architectural feats of all time, a thing called the Brooklyn Bridge: One of the most beautiful bridges anywhere in the world – built a long time ago,” Trump said in his 37-minute speech, which was also delayed by summer thunderstorms.

Trump’s mention of the Brooklyn Bridge came during his address, highlighting historic American flags, along with ancestors of some of America’s iconic figures.

“American grit, boldness and daring forged heroes like Davy Crockett, Wyatt Earp, Annie Oakley, Teddy Roosevelt, and the legend of the Wild West, Buffalo Bill Cody: These were great, powerful people whose incredible grandchildren happened to be with us tonight,” Trump said, as one presented a flag that first waved over the Brooklyn Bridge.

“And they stand alongside one of the first American flags ever to fly over our expanding nation. It was carried west just as Lewis and Clark began their journey in 1803.

“Thank you very much. Great to have you. Great to have you to honor this audacious and indomitable soul of America.”

The day seemed bleak for the British drivers until the airwaves crackled with a distressing call from the world championship leader, sending a ripple of anticipation through the crowd.

Kimi Antonelli, while not destined to claim victory at Silverstone—an honor reserved for Charles Leclerc—was comfortably stationed in second place. He was steadily racking up more points than his competitors in the championship race.

Among his closest challengers, Lewis Hamilton trailed right behind in third, while George Russell was positioned even further back. These standings in the race bolstered Antonelli’s situation, offering a favorable outlook for the Italian driver.

However, the tide turned when Antonelli’s car clipped the curb at the exit of Stowe, impacting his Mercedes and slowing him down significantly. As panic set in during the 41st lap of the 52-lap race, he urgently radioed, “Something is broken in the car.”

In response, his race engineer, Peter Bonnington, requested more details about the issue. “I don’t know,” Antonelli confessed. That prompted a swift pit stop for a front wing replacement. Despite his efforts to continue, further distress signals emanated from the cockpit.

He pitted again in a final and futile attempt to mend the injury, then thought to be a wheel shield out of joint or, as Antonelli feared, a wrecked suspension. He was weaving off track and so attracting a five-second penalty for exceeding track limits.

All this was delight for Hamilton and Russell. They were running third and fourth at the time. Antonelli was second and applying his foot to their jugular, extending his point advantage by stealth. Not now.

A further twist really fell Russell’s way. He had not been in the contest, never a match for his Silver Arrows team-mate Antonelli. But Max Verstappen, then running third, a place ahead of him, lost control at Stowe and ended up facing the wrong way in front of the Landostand, the 16,000-seater haven of Norris’s fans decked out in fluorescent yellow shirts.

The Dutchman cursed his car as the gravel flew around him.

Hamilton pitted and Russell moved up to second as the late safety car came out.

Would the green light be waved and a final lap contested? It seemed it would, the screens flashing that the safety car would be withdrawn. Inexplicably, it wasn’t. What a damp squib. It was as if the driver forgot to turn in? More likely, the message didn’t reach him.

The upshot was that Russell climbed from 43 points back at the start of the afternoon to only 25 points off the top as Sir Mo Farah waved the chequered flag; Hamilton went down from 47 to 32.

A farcical end, but a happier one for the home drivers than could have been imagined during a pretty dull first two-thirds of the race.

Norris took fourth for McLaren, way ahead of Antonelli, cursed on the day and now with something to think about. With his penalty applied, the 19-year-old finished 16th. He has failed to score in two of the last three races. His lead once stood at 66.

Hamilton, however, faces a post-race investigation for a possible yellow flag infringement.

As for Leclerc, it was his first win since the American Grand Prix of 2024, 624 days before. How will his win swing moods and minds at Maranello, where Hamilton’s win in Barcelona last month went down well, his ‘new’ team warming to him.

The Monegasque was impeccable, very cleanly away from second on the grid, capitalising on a wheel-spinning getaway by Antonelli. Hamilton also passed the Mercedes from third, but he had jumped the start. His wheels turned a quarter of their circumference as he dropped the clutch a fraction early. He paused. But he was still hit with a five-second penalty. Other than for his overeagerness he might have finished runner-up and not third.

There were a few highlights earlier, most notably when Verstappen, Russell and Hamilton were nose-to-tail just after the mid-point of the race. All kept it clean. Russell, who was on his way to his first podium at Silverstone, passed Verstappen for third place but then had to pull in to have a slow puncture dealt with.

This was before the late drama unfolded and Antonelli’s bad luck struck.

Remarkable video footage has emerged showing a teenager with a handgun racking a round into its chamber before unexpectedly approaching an NYPD vehicle and opening fire. The shocking attack resulted in a veteran detective being shot in the back.

The shooter, aged 18, was caught on surveillance waving the firearm while pacing along Nostrand Avenue in Crown Heights early Sunday morning, around 4:45 a.m. The incident took place just half a block away from an unmarked police car, as reported by The Post.

In the video, the unidentified suspect is seen moving along the sidewalk, at one point pulling back the slide of the pistol and then sprinting toward the unmarked police vehicle. Officers, who were on duty from a sex-offender monitoring unit, noticed the individual with the semi-automatic weapon and quickly exited their car, leading to a shootout.

During the gunfire exchange, NYPD Detective Robert Karroll was struck in the back. Fortunately, his bulletproof vest prevented any life-threatening injuries. His partner, sustaining minor injuries, managed to apprehend the gunman.

Detective Karroll, who sources mention is set to retire in less than two weeks, is expected to fully recover from his injuries. Meanwhile, detectives are interrogating the suspect, who remains in custody.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.