"A skydiver was killed when her parachute failed to properly deploy during a jump today in Lodi, California," Ian Gregor with the Federal Aviation Administration said in an email sent to The Record. "The skydiver was using her own parachuting equipment."

With a pair of leading Republicans, Reps. Doug Lamborn and Mike Coffman, sitting in powerful positions on the House Armed Services Committee, Colorado has had a relatively easy ride in recent years.

A 68-year-old woman was killed in a skydiving accident in Chester County Thursday afternoon during an annual "CarolinaFest" skydiving event. The coroner was requested when a hard landing was reported in a skydiving incident.

The landscape of sexual discrimination is expanding - the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled sexual orientation discrimination constitutes sex discrimination in violation of Title VII. This creates a clear split among federal courts of appeal that may have to be resolved by the Supreme Court.

A 60-year-old man died following what is believed to be a parachute malfunction while skydiving in Pepperell on Saturday afternoon. The unidentified man worked as an independent contractor filming jumps with Pepperell Skydiving Center on Nashua Road, according to a press release from the Middlesex District Attorney's Office.

The Federal Aviation Administration says it cannot sanction a skydiving center in Central California for the 2016 deaths of two men killed in a tandem jump. The Sacramento Bee reports the FAA announced Monday that under federal regulations it will not take action against the Skydive Lodi Parachute Center in the deaths of 25-year-old Yong Kwon, of South Korea, and 18-year-old Tyler Nicholas, of Los Banos.

A couple from San Francisco waves a rainbow flag and hold a sign against a proposed ban of transgendered people in the military at a protest Wednesday. The Justice Department, intervening in an important private employment case, urged a federal appeals court to rule that civil rights law does not bar job discrimination based on sexual orientation.

The Federal Aviation Administration has found that a sky-diving instructor and a first-time jumper died after both of the instructor's parachutes failed to open during their tandem jump near Lodi. Instructor Yong Kwon and 18-year-old Tyler Turner died on Aug. 6 near the Parachute Center in Acampo.

The crash occurred around 9:30 a.m. local time outside the fence line of the Port Allen Airport, said He said five people were on the plane at the time - a pilot, two skydiving instructors and two clients - and that no one on the ground was injured. He said it appeared that each of the clients intended to perform a tandem jump with an instructor.