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Month: February 2021

Damaged fan blade from United engine failure showed signs of metal fatigue

Damaged fan blade from United engine failure showed signs of metal fatigue

Broomfield Police/TwitterBy AMANDA MAILE and MINA KAJI, ABC News (NEW YORK) — One of the fan blades that was fractured in the Pratt and Whitney engine that failed during United Airlines Flight 328 showed signs of “metal fatigue,” National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) officials said Monday night. The blade is […]

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Independent investigators in Elijah McClain’s death issue scathing report

Independent investigators in Elijah McClain’s death issue scathing report

Rich Fury/Getty ImagesBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (AURORA, Colo.) — An independent review of the death of Elijah McClain, the 23-year-old Black man who died in Colorado after being placed in a carotid hold by police and injected with ketamine, was made public on Monday and alleges the officers had […]

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Representative urges 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics boycott in letter to Biden

Representative urges 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics boycott in letter to Biden

Kevin Frayer/Getty ImagesBy LUKE BARR, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The ranking member on the Homeland Security Committee on Monday urged President Joe Biden to boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. In a letter sent to Biden and obtained by ABC News, Republican New York Rep. John Katko cited suspected […]

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A year after his death, Ahmaud Arbery’s mother plans to celebrate his life

A year after his death, Ahmaud Arbery’s mother plans to celebrate his life

Sean Rayford/Getty ImagesBy BILL HUTCHINSON and SABINA GHEBREMEDHIN, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Since her son was allegedly hunted down by three white men and shot to death while out for a jog, Wanda Cooper-Jones said the memories of the life her son led and her quest for justice have […]

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Dad-to-be killed when gender reveal device explodes: Police

Dad-to-be killed when gender reveal device explodes: Police

AB Photography/iStockBy EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A 28-year-old father-to-be was killed when a device he was building for his baby’s gender reveal party exploded, authorities said. The deadly incident took place shortly before noon on Sunday in Liberty, New York, the New York State Police said. The […]

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Scoreboard roundup –2/22/21

Scoreboard roundup –2/22/21

iStockBy ABC News (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONChicago 120, Houston 100Dallas 102, Memphis 92Phoenix 132, Portland 100Miami 108, Oklahoma City 94Utah 132, Charlotte 110Washington 127, LA Lakers 124 (OT)San Antonio at Indiana (Postponed) NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUENY Islanders 3, Buffalo 2Calgary 3, […]

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New Jersey legalizes recreational marijuana

New Jersey legalizes recreational marijuana

iStock/grandriverBy: IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (NEW YORK) — New Jersey has officially become the latest state to permit recreational marijuana use. The New Jersey state legislature approved a series of bills Monday that regulates the sale of cannabis to anyone over the age of 21. Gov. Phil Murphy said he […]

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US crosses new COVID-19 milestone: Half a million Americans dead

US crosses new COVID-19 milestone: Half a million Americans dead

iStock/koto_fejaBy: IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (NEW YORK) — America surpassed another deadly coronavirus milestone Monday. The country has recorded 500,071 deaths related to COVID-19, according to data from John Hopkins University’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The U.S. leads the world in coronavirus-related deaths, and is the location for 20.3% of the […]

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As US surpasses half a million COVID-19 deaths, Latinos continue to feel impact of virus

As US surpasses half a million COVID-19 deaths, Latinos continue to feel impact of virus

iStock/narvikkBy: LAURA ROMERO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — During the coronavirus pandemic’s deadly peak last summer, Maggie Saldana begged her parents to stay home and not work. Saldana feared that her father, a grape picker, and her mother, an employee at a meatpacking house, would be exposed to the virus […]

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Inmate allegedly stabs corrections officers, killing one and injuring another

Inmate allegedly stabs corrections officers, killing one and injuring another

iStock/ChiccoDodiFCBy: EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (INDIANAPOLIS) — An inmate at Indiana State Prison allegedly stabbed two correction officers, killing one and wounding the other, state police said. Tymetri Campbell, 38, is accused of attacking Sgt. Padrick Schmitt, stabbing him multiple times, on Sunday afternoon, Indiana’s Department of Corrections said. When […]

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