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Month: February 2021

United Airlines flight returns to airport as police receive reports of airplane debris in neighborhoods outside Denver

A United Airlines flight bound for Honolulu was forced to return to Denver International Airport Saturday after suffering an engine issue, a spokesperson for the airport told CNN. The flight returned safely to the airport around 1:30 p.m. local time, the spokesperson said. That was about 20 minutes after police in Broomfield, Colorado, said via

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Snowmobiler killed in Idaho avalanche

A man snowmobiling in the Sawtooth National Forest in central Idaho died Friday after triggering a large avalanche. The snowmobiler was riding up a steep slope in the Smoky Mountains, roughly 8 miles from Galena Summit, when he triggered the avalanche, according to the Sawtooth Avalanche Center. “We are saddened to report that a snowmobiler

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‘You did the unthinkable’: Ohio’s Anthony Gonzalez faces fury over impeachment vote

To Shannon Burns, the betrayal that local Republicans felt when Ohio State wide receiver-turned-Republican-congressman Anthony Gonzalez voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump was analogous to only one other disloyalty: Suiting up for Michigan. “This is like him playing for the Buckeyes again, getting down to the two-minute warning, running into the locker room, getting a

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Are dogs self-aware? Scientists say there’s a good chance

Click here for updates on this story     Toronto, Ontario (CTV News) — A new study suggests that dogs, like humans, are self-aware and likely understand the consequences of their actions. The findings, published in the Scientific Reports journal Thursday, say that dogs are able to display “body awareness,” a manifestation of self-representation. Self-representation is a

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Sanders says $15 minimum wage not ‘incidental’ to federal budget as its place in Covid relief bill questioned

Sen. Bernie Sanders argued Saturday that raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour isn’t “incidental” to the federal budget, despite skepticism from Capitol Hill and the White House of its future in President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 relief package. “I’m very proud of the strong arguments our legal team is making to the parliamentarian that

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Alexey Navalny remains in jail as court rejects his appeal. Then he’s fined $11,500 in defamation case

Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny will remain behind bars after a Russian court partially rejected his appeal over a two-and-a-half year jail sentence handed down earlier this month. Then, in a separate case also heard on Saturday, Navalny was found guilty of defaming a World War II veteran and fined 850,000 rubles ($11,480). In the morning

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Ingenuity helicopter phones home from Mars

The Ingenuity helicopter, sidekick and traveling companion of NASA’s Perseverance rover, has checked in with a good report and is “operating as expected,” according to the agency. If successful, Ingenuity will be the first helicopter to fly on another planet, leading to an “extraterrestrial Wright Brothers moment,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA’s Science

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Full ‘stay-at-home’ lockdowns not necessary with vaccinations, strict distancing: U.K. study

Click here for updates on this story     Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (CTV News) — A robust vaccination program and strict physical distancing rules could be enough to prevent future COVID-19 outbreaks without the need for stay-at-home restrictions, according to a new U.K. study. This was the case in most cities, according to epidemiologists and demographers at the

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