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  • Lena Dunham announces birth of first baby via surrogacy

    Lena Dunham announces birth of first baby via surrogacy

    Acclaimed writer, director and actress Lena Dunham, best known as the creative force behind the hit HBO series *Girls*, has welcomed her first child, a baby daughter, alongside her husband Luis Felber through gestational surrogacy. The 40-year-old entertainment industry figure shared the joyful news in a personal op-ed published by *Vogue* on Wednesday, opening up about the overwhelming emotion of becoming a first-time mother, saying she feels “bashful and dizzy with joy”.

    Dunham’s journey to parenthood has been shaped by years of public struggles with chronic illness and infertility. At just 31 years old, she underwent a hysterectomy to manage complications from endometriosis, a painful gynecological condition that has upended her life and long-held dreams of starting a family. She has long been open about her health journey and grief over losing the ability to carry a child naturally, documenting her experiences across books, essays and public interviews.

    In her heartfelt *Vogue* piece, Dunham reflected on the unexpected speed of her connection with her surrogate, noting that while she has always been quick to form friendships in the most random of spaces, from airport waiting areas to veterinary clinics, the bond that formed between them was unusually rapid — moving from that first introductory coffee to coordinating medical care faster than any relationship she had built before.

    She also vividly described the emotional moment she first met her newborn daughter, who arrived 13 days past her due date, coinciding with a rare solar eclipse and meteor shower. “I sat on a hospital bed, between the legs of a woman I hadn’t known a year ago, waiting for a glimpse of this person who I had been waiting for with something related to patience, but also none at all,” she wrote. “I forgot to look down until I heard our baby’s cry. I saw her face, gasping just as she did. Her eyes, wide and unfocused, taking in the light and shadow, blinking rapidly.”

    The path to this joyful moment was far from easy, as Dunham has detailed in her 2026 memoir *Famesick*. “The moment I lost my fertility, I started searching for a baby,” she wrote in the book. She opened up about the grueling, emotionally draining process of extracting her eggs during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, describing constant emotional swings: one day she would fixate on adoption, the next she would be desperate to find a surrogate; some days she felt convinced she could live a full life without children, and other days she was consumed by the feeling that her life would be incomplete without starting a family.

    As early as June 2025, Dunham hinted at her family expansion plans in an interview with *The Times*, telling the outlet that she and Felber were “in the process of expanding our family in new ways” but declined to share further details at the time, saying “I want to safely meet our children and then figure out how to talk about it.”

    In a 2020 essay for *Harper’s Magazine*, Dunham reflected on the bittersweet irony of her fertility journey, writing that “knowing I cannot have a child – my ability to accept that and move on – may be the only reason I deserve to be anyone’s parent at all. I think I finally have something to teach somebody.” The long-awaited arrival of her daughter marks a joyful milestone after years of hardship and uncertainty for the creator.

  • Photos show charred wreckage from deadly crash of news helicopter in LA

    Photos show charred wreckage from deadly crash of news helicopter in LA

    A devastating news helicopter crash in Los Angeles that claimed three lives has left the local media community and broader public in mourning, with federal investigators now launching a thorough probe into what caused the Tuesday night tragedy.

    On Wednesday, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the independent U.S. government agency leading the investigation, released stark new photographs documenting the charred aftermath of the collision. Images show the burned-out hull of the helicopter and a scorched nearby storage container, as investigators worked through the day to collect evidence at the crash site. Once on-scene documentation is complete, the wreckage will be transported to a secured facility for continued detailed forensic analysis.

    The three victims have been formally identified: two employees from NBC Los Angeles – veteran pilot George Marciniw and photojournalist Eliana Moreno – and 29-year-old Edy Gutierrez Mejia, a pedestrian on the ground. According to NBC News reports, Mejia was a Guatemalan national who had only arrived in Los Angeles earlier that week. Two additional people were injured in the crash and transported to local hospitals for treatment.

    At the time of the crash, the helicopter, NewsChopper4, which also served NBC’s sister Spanish-language outlet Telemundo 52, was on assignment covering a separate deadly bus crash in a Los Angeles suburb that had already killed two people. Multiple other news helicopters were also operating in the same airspace covering the bus crash, which has already resulted in the arrest of the bus driver on suspicion of murder.

    Investigator-in-charge Fabian Salazar told reporters during a Wednesday press conference that a preliminary public update on the crash will be released within 30 days, but a full final report pinpointing the root cause of the crash could take as long as 18 months to complete. When asked about widely circulated social media video that appears to capture footage from the helicopter’s on-board camera in the seconds before the crash, Salazar confirmed the clip is currently considered “probably the most important evidence” in the ongoing investigation.

    Officials have emphasized that no definitive cause has been determined at this early stage. Those close to the case have noted that Marciniw was a highly experienced pilot, ruling out inexperience as an obvious contributing factor. The tragic loss has also drawn renewed attention to Los Angeles’ unique reliance on helicopter news coverage: unlike many other major U.S. metro areas, local LA stations regularly deploy aerial crews to cover everything from high-speed police chases and wildfires to accidents, protests, and holiday traffic, making constant use of unscripted live aerial broadcasting a staple of local news.

  • No fire alarms or sprinklers at Pakistan neonatal unit where fire killed 14, report finds

    No fire alarms or sprinklers at Pakistan neonatal unit where fire killed 14, report finds

    Last month, a devastating blaze that broke out in the neonatal intensive care unit of Pakistan’s largest public hospital, the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in Islamabad, claimed the lives of 14 newborns, most of whom were premature or medically fragile. Now, a government-ordered official inquiry has exposed a cascade of preventable systemic and institutional failures that turned a small electrical spark into an unconscionable catastrophe.

    The investigative committee, led by a retired senior civil servant, confirmed that the blaze most likely originated from an overheated electrical cable connected to a faulty air conditioning unit in the ward, matching initial accounts from authorities released on the day of the fire. While the exact electrical defect remains unconfirmed, the report documents how the fire spread rapidly through flammable plastic medical equipment and waste containers unchecked, amplified by a complete lack of basic fire safety infrastructure.

    Most alarmingly, the inquiry confirmed the neonatal unit had no functioning smoke detectors, fire alarms, or automatic sprinkler systems to suppress the blaze or alert staff and visitors in its earliest stages. Back in 2018, the hospital received official approval to replace and upgrade all outdated air conditioning units across the facility, but eight years later, the critical upgrade was never carried out. The unit had recently undergone routine maintenance, but the report emphasizes that general maintenance does not replace mandatory electrical safety inspections.

    Witnesses and first responders described chaotic conditions that compounded the danger. The first sign of trouble was recorded on corridor CCTV at 6:38 a.m. on August 26, when a nurse was spotted fleeing the neonatal ward to call for help, returning just 20 seconds later with a security guard. Another nurse, Razia Noreen, rushed into the smoke-filled ward immediately and emerged seconds later with the only infant who survived the disaster. Within one minute of the first alert, dense smoke completely obscured the CCTV camera feed.

    For many patients and visitors inside the hospital that morning, the only warning of the fire came from shouted alerts from staff, not official alarms. Abdul Ghafoor, who was in a nearby ward with his hospitalized mother when the fire broke out, told the BBC he ran upstairs to help after hearing the warnings. “The entire ward was filled with smoke, we could not see anything,” he recalled. Hivsa Walid, who was in an adjacent ward with her sister-in-law and newborn niece, added that widespread panic left no coordinated response: “There should have been fire extinguishers and protocols, but no one was doing anything. Everyone was just running.” Ghafoor and a small group of civilian bystanders broke glass corridor panels to vent toxic smoke before emergency crews arrived, the only proactive response to the emergency.

    The inquiry also confirmed multiple critical failures that delayed and blocked rescue efforts. Emergency services were not notified of the fire until 6:54 a.m., nearly 16 minutes after the first staff member spotted the blaze. First responders arrived on scene at 7:01 a.m., but encountered locked and blocked escape routes and entry points, the report found. A serving firefighter, who spoke to the BBC on condition of anonymity, said rescue teams had to break through glass windows to enter the building because all access doors were locked. “Even after getting inside, the doors leading towards the ward were locked,” he explained. The firefighter, who arrived after the blaze was extinguished, described a horrific scene: “It was difficult for me to even describe what we saw. The medical equipment above the babies had melted and collapsed onto them.”

    Hospital leadership previously defended the locked ward door, claiming access was restricted for security reasons following past incidents of infant abduction from Pakistani public hospitals. However, the inquiry rejected this justification, noting that “ordinary access restrictions may be legitimate for security purposes… they cannot render designated emergency routes inaccessible when needed.”

    Beyond infrastructure and access failures, the report found no evidence that neonatal unit staff had received any fire safety training or participated in emergency evacuation drills for the ward, which houses medically vulnerable newborns many dependent on continuous oxygen support. Staff also had no training to shut off oxygen supplies in an emergency, and while oxygen likely intensified the heat of the blaze, the inquiry found no evidence it facilitated the fire’s spread.

    The inquiry also highlighted that PIMS management ignored explicit prior warnings about fire safety gaps. Just one month before the neonatal unit fire, a separate blaze broke out at the hospital’s on-site nursing hostel, which already exposed major deficiencies in smoke detection, alarm systems, and overall emergency preparedness. The report concludes that PIMS and its senior leadership “bear the principal institutional responsibility for failing to convert known risks, prior warnings and assigned duties into an effective safety system.”

    In response to the inquiry’s findings, Pakistan’s Prime Minister has ordered that all short-term fire safety reforms outlined in the report be implemented within three months, and mandated comprehensive fire safety audits for all public and private buildings across the country. Eight senior PIMS officials have already been suspended from their posts, and the prime minister has directed that criminal proceedings be initiated against the officials held responsible for the failures that led to the deaths. Funeral services were held for the 14 newborn victims in the weeks following the tragedy. PIMS has not yet issued any public comment on the inquiry’s findings.

  • Family ‘devastated’ as missing girl case stays closed

    Family ‘devastated’ as missing girl case stays closed

    It has been more than five and a half decades since a three-year-old British toddler vanished from an Australian beach, and the long-running fight for justice for the young victim has hit another devastating roadblock.

    Cheryl Grimmer, a native of Bristol, had only just relocated with her family to Australia when she disappeared in January 1970 from Fairy Meadow Beach near Wollongong, just outside Sydney. The toddler was waiting in beach changing rooms while her older brother, who was supervising her at the time, turned away for a matter of seconds – by the time he looked back, Cheryl was gone. Extensive searches across the area turned up no clues about what happened to her, leaving the family trapped in decades of unresolved grief.

    Decades after the disappearance, the case saw a major breakthrough in 2017, when investigators charged a man in his 60s with Cheryl’s abduction and murder. The case, however, collapsed before it could go before a full trial in 2019, after a judge ruled that a confession the suspect had given as a teenager was inadmissible in court. The man, who cannot be named publicly for legal reasons and is only referred to as ‘Mercury’, has consistently denied any involvement in Cheryl’s death, and prosecutors were forced to drop all charges.

    In the years that followed, Cheryl’s family mounted a years-long public campaign to pressure authorities to revisit the case. The 2022 BBC podcast *Fairy Meadow*, which explored the full details of the disappearance and its aftermath, brought renewed attention to the cold case, and at least one new witness came forward with potential information after the series aired.

    Earlier this year, New South Wales Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Sally Dowling agreed to revisit the original 2019 decision to drop the case, in response to repeated requests from the Grimmer family. But in a recent letter to the family, Dowling confirmed she would not reverse the original decision, upholding the judge’s ruling to exclude the confession.

    In the letter, Dowling explained that she had conducted a full fresh review of the case to determine whether the original decision to end proceedings was justified. She noted that the core question of the review was whether the trial judge’s ruling to throw out the recorded confession could be reasonably challenged. After careful examination, she concluded the ruling was sound, and the original decision to drop further prosecution would stand. Acknowledging the outcome would be hard for the family, Dowling offered to meet with them to discuss the decision further.

    The Grimmer family, who submitted hundreds of pages of detailed legal arguments to support their request to reopen the case, says they have been left furious and heartbroken by what they describe as a cursory, brief response to their years of campaigning. They have now sent a formal reply to the DPP demanding a more thorough explanation of how their legal arguments were addressed in the review.

    Ricki Nash, Cheryl’s eldest brother, said the decision and its limited explanation was ‘incredibly difficult to accept’. He reflected on the life the toddler was never able to live: ‘Cheryl was three years old. She never got the opportunity to grow up, have a career, fall in love, have children or live the life that was taken from her. Our family has spent more than half a century living with that loss.’

    Despite the setback, the family says they will not abandon their fight. ‘We have continued fighting because we believe Cheryl deserves to have the circumstances surrounding her disappearance and death properly examined,’ Nash said. ‘Our family is devastated and angry, but we are not going to stop asking questions – we owe that to Cheryl.’

  • Michelin-starred Seoul restaurant fined for using ants as garnish

    Michelin-starred Seoul restaurant fined for using ants as garnish

    A high-profile fine has been handed down to a prestigious two-Michelin-starred restaurant in Seoul for serving an unapproved food ingredient: imported ants used as a fancy dessert garnish, in a case that has sparked public discussion around food safety regulations and unconventional culinary practices in South Korea.

    Evett, the fine-dining establishment at the center of the case, saw its owner hit with a 15 million won ($10,965; £8,144) fine, while the restaurant’s operating company received an additional 10 million won penalty for breaking the country’s Food Sanitation Act, local media outlets have confirmed. Prosecutors had initially pushed for a harsher sentence, requesting a one-year prison term and a 20 million won fine for the owner, but the judge ultimately reduced the penalty after accounting for the owner’s guilty plea and lack of prior criminal history. Even so, the judge emphasized that the violation was not minor: tests of the ants found heavy metal levels exceeding national safety standards, compounding the breach of food regulations.

    South Korea currently only approves 10 insect species for human consumption, a list that includes common edible insects such as grasshoppers, locusts, and select silkworm varieties — ants are not included on this registry. The owner told investigators they were unaware that serving ants was prohibited under South Korean law, noting that ants are consumed as food in many other regions across the globe.

    The unregulated practice was first uncovered by South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, which discovered the ant garnish through customer-shared online reviews that included photos of the finished dishes. Investigation found that the restaurant had been adding between three and five ants to select menu items to impart a signature sour flavor for nearly four years, totaling roughly 49,000 ants used over that period. According to the ministry’s import records, most of the ants were sourced from the United States, with a smaller share brought in from Thailand.

    The restaurant’s defense argued that the ants only featured in a small section of the establishment’s 14-course tasting menu, and that all diners were informed they could request an alternative garnish without ants if they preferred.

    It is worth noting that ants are regarded as a delicacy in many culinary traditions around the world, beyond South Korea. Across parts of Southeast Asia, weaver ants and their eggs are a common ingredient in traditional Thai and Cambodian dishes, while in Colombia, queen ants hold a gourmet reputation comparable to caviar. The Michelin Guide, which awarded Evett its two-star rating, describes two-star restaurants as delivering excellent cooking that is worth traveling out of one’s way to experience.

  • Obamas’ ‘fiery and gorgeous’ dog Sunny dies

    Obamas’ ‘fiery and gorgeous’ dog Sunny dies

    Thirteen years after joining the Obama family, the beloved Portuguese Water Dog Sunny, who spent years as one of the official White House pets during Barack Obama’s presidency, has passed away, the former U.S. president confirmed in a public announcement.

    In a heartfelt post shared to X on Wednesday, Obama mourned the loss of what he called a core, cherished member of his family. He described Sunny as a steadfast, loyal companion who remained by the family’s side through every stage of her life, noting that from the moment she joined the Obamas in early 2013, at the start of his second presidential term, the entire family fell in love immediately.

    Sunny was one of two Portuguese Water Dogs that called the White House residence home during the Obama administration. The first, Bo, was gifted to Obama’s daughters Sasha and Malia in 2009, shortly after Obama’s first inauguration, to help the young girls adjust to their new life in the executive mansion. Bo preceded Sunny in death, passing away in 2021, and Obama noted that Sunny is now reunited with her “big brother.”

    During her years in the White House, Sunny gained widespread public attention and met dozens of high-profile figures, ranging from foreign heads of state to Pope Francis. In a notable 2015 meeting, both Sunny and Bo greeted the pontiff during his visit to the White House in the residence’s Blue Room. Beyond official meetings, she was a regular fixture at White House community events, including annual Christmas parties where she interacted with young visitors.

    Reflecting on Sunny’s vibrant personality, Obama shared warm, playful memories of his late dog. He remembered her as a creature of endless energy, who would clear the South Lawn hedges in a single leap as if the green barriers did not exist at all. Her favorite moments were unplanned, quiet joys: running around with family members, rolling across the floor, and having her belly rubbed for extended stretches, no matter how long the family was willing to stay. Even when Sasha and Malia bothered her during naps, she adored the girls, and she often trailed behind the Obama household staff, “helping” them complete their daily work. Obama also added two playful, affectionate quirks: Sunny was a notoriously loud and sloppy drinker, and despite being a water dog by breed, she hated getting wet.

    “For thirteen years, she would be by our side – always loyal, always sweet, always ready for adventure, still fiery and gorgeous till the very end of her days,” Obama wrote, adding that the entire family would miss her beyond measure.

    Pete Souza, the former official White House photographer who documented the Obama administration for eight years, also shared a tribute, calling it an honor to photograph Sunny during her time at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. He noted that Sunny held the rare distinction of being petted by both a sitting U.S. president and the Pope, and was always a willing, approachable subject for photographs.

    Sunny’s death adds a new chapter to the long, well-documented tradition of presidential pets at the White House, a custom that stretches back to the earliest days of the United States presidency. Over the past century, every U.S. president except Donald Trump has kept at least one pet during their time in office.

  • Moment NBC presenters confirm live on air that their helicopter crashed in LA

    Moment NBC presenters confirm live on air that their helicopter crashed in LA

    In a raw, emotional segment aired live on Los Angeles NBC affiliate NBC4, veteran news anchor Colleen Williams delivered the devastating confirmation that a downed aircraft in the area was indeed a helicopter owned and operated by the local news outlet. The live on-air announcement unfolded as breaking coverage of the crash was already underway, with the confirmation shocking both the newsroom team and viewers tuning in across Southern California. Williams, a well-known and trusted figure in LA local news, delivered the confirmation with visible emotion, as the gravity of the incident settled over the live broadcast. The crash, which was already being investigated by local authorities at the time of the announcement, marked an unprecedented incident for the regional news station, marking one of the rare occasions a local media outlet has had to cover the loss of one of its own aircraft in real time. As the confirmation spread, first responder teams were already dispatched to the crash site in Los Angeles to assess the scene, attend to any casualties, and begin the initial investigation into what caused the helicopter to go down.

  • Runaway horse captured by police on motorbikes

    Runaway horse captured by police on motorbikes

    A loose horse that broke free from its owner shortly before a scheduled community parade in New Mexico has been successfully apprehended by a team of police officers on motorbikes, authorities confirmed. The incident, which unfolded ahead of the planned public procession, sparked brief concern among event organizers and local onlookers, who worried the spooked animal might wander into high-traffic areas or disrupt the planned festivities.

    Law enforcement quickly deployed motorbike patrols to track and contain the escaped equine, leveraging the maneuverability of their vehicles to navigate local streets and open areas near the parade starting point. After a short pursuit, the officers successfully cornered and secured the animal without incident. Crucially, the horse emerged from the entire episode completely unharmed, with no reported injuries to the animal, responding officers, or any members of the public in the area. It has since been returned safely to its owner, and organizers confirmed the parade was able to proceed on schedule with no major delays stemming from the escape.

  • NZ apologises to children forced to live in bush for years with fugitive dad

    NZ apologises to children forced to live in bush for years with fugitive dad

    Four years after fugitive father Tom Phillips vanished into the New Zealand wilderness with his three young children, and months after he died in a fatal police confrontation, an independent public inquiry has exposed widespread failures across state agencies that left the children trapped in harmful isolation for nearly half a decade. On Wednesday, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon issued a formal public apology to the children and their mother, acknowledging repeated missed opportunities to locate the group and intervene to protect the minors.

    In December 2021, Phillips, who had a prior history of disappearing with his children, took the then 5-, 7-, and 8-year-old siblings into remote bushland. What should have triggered an urgent search never materialized immediately, the inquiry found. Authored by former High Court Justice Simon Moore, the inquiry’s report, released Tuesday, revealed that police initially declined to launch a search and rescue operation based on what it called a “misconceived view” that the children were not at risk. The report also slammed multiple agencies for repeatedly downplaying warnings raised by the children’s mother, including her concerns about Phillips’ access to firearms, dismissing her alarms as typical conflict in a messy parenting dispute.

    Over the 44 months the group remained missing, inquiry investigators uncovered a string of unaddressed sightings that could have led to an earlier rescue. Contrary to initial assumptions that Phillips had cut himself and the children off from all outside contact, the inquiry found he made multiple trips into populated areas to resupply. In February 2022, he visited his mother without the children, who gave him NZ$1,000 in cash and emergency food supplies. Two years later, in August 2023, Phillips spent a full day shopping in Waikato region businesses, spending almost NZ$6,000 on a wide range of goods including groceries, children’s clothes, fishing equipment, gardening supplies, knives and lighters. He passed through the community unnoticed by authorities the entire time.

    The standoff ended on September 7, 2025, when police located Phillips in the small North Island town of Piopio, and he died during a subsequent shootout. The three children were taken into state protective custody, where they remain today. After the confrontation, police released photos of one of the squalid, overgrown campsites where the family had hidden, showing a stockpile of firearms, ammunition, and discarded beer cans scattered in the dense bush.

    The inquiry concluded that all involved agencies – including New Zealand Police, national child welfare service Oranga Tamariki, the New Zealand Defence Force, and the Ministry of Education – failed to coordinate effectively and share critical information that could have speeded up the rescue. Investigators confirmed that agencies consistently “underplayed, minimised or overlooked” the severe harm caused by the children’s prolonged isolation, a finding that has sparked widespread public outrage across New Zealand over the systemic failures.

    Alongside Luxon’s apology, top government and law enforcement leaders have publicly accepted the inquiry’s findings and taken responsibility for the missed chances. Social Development Minister Louise Upton directly addressed the children in a statement Tuesday, saying “this report has found that our agencies did not take all practical steps to protect you. For that we are deeply sorry.” She added that the children had been forced to endure four years in squalid conditions that robbed them of a “happy and healthy childhood.”

    Deputy Police Commissioner Jill Rogers acknowledged the force’s mistakes in an interview with 1News’ *Breakfast*, saying “Did it take too long? Did we miss opportunities? Yes, we did. You can’t unsee the images of where those children were living in those campsites… It’s heart-breaking.” While she noted that the investigators assigned to the case had worked tirelessly on the case, Rogers admitted that the force needed to implement sweeping improvements to prevent similar failures in the future, while pointing out that the core mission of recovering the children alive had ultimately been completed.

  • Three dead in Los Angeles helicopter crash

    Three dead in Los Angeles helicopter crash

    A tragic helicopter crash in the Chatsworth neighborhood of suburban Los Angeles has claimed three lives and left one person hospitalized with an unknown condition, Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) officials confirmed Wednesday. The incident unfolded shortly before 19:00 local time Tuesday, between two commercial structures near the intersection of Lurline Avenue and Nordhoff Street, as multiple news helicopters were already in the area covering an earlier deadly road collision.

    Scene footage captured thick plumes of smoke and large flames rising from the crash site, where multiple vehicles and two shipping containers caught fire after the aircraft went down. LAFD crews quickly responded to the emergency and fully extinguished the blaze, preventing the fire from spreading to adjacent commercial buildings. According to LAFD Captain Branden Silverman, one victim was found outside the downed helicopter and was pronounced dead at the scene by first responders. Three fatalities have been confirmed in total, while the injured survivor was transported to a local medical facility for treatment, with no update on their condition as of Wednesday morning.

    Early local media reports have indicated the crashed helicopter was a news-gathering aircraft deployed to cover a separate fatal collision that occurred earlier the same day in Chatsworth. In that earlier incident, an SUV collided with a city bus, killing two people and injuring six others, according to CBS, the BBC’s US partner. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) noted in a post on X Tuesday night that investigators have not yet finalized the number of people on board the helicopter or confirmed its owner, as first responders continued to clear and secure the crash site overnight.

    Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass issued a statement of mourning on X Tuesday evening, saying, “I am absolutely devastated by the loss of life in Chatsworth tonight. My heart is with the families and loved ones of those we lost in the tragic bus collision and helicopter crash.” The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has been assigned to lead the official investigation into the cause of the helicopter crash, with a preliminary report expected to be released in the coming weeks as investigators piece together details of the sequence of events that led to the tragedy.