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Month: February 2021

Coast Guard: 10 rescued after becoming stranded on ice floes in Lake Erie

Coast Guard: 10 rescued after becoming stranded on ice floes in Lake Erie

krisblackphotography/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Ten people were rescued from sheets of ice floating in Lake Erie on Sunday afternoon, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. Seven adults and three children became stranded on the ice floes, which had drifted nearly a mile off shore from Edgewater […]

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Family of boy who died in Texas deep freeze files $100M suit against power companies

Family of boy who died in Texas deep freeze files $100M suit against power companies

domnicky/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (HOUSTON) — Texas power providers Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and Entergy Corporation have been hit with a $100 million lawsuit accusing them of gross negligence in the death of a child whose family suspects he suffered hypothermia when they lost electricity and heat […]

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United Airlines passengers, pedestrians recall horror of watching engine rain debris

United Airlines passengers, pedestrians recall horror of watching engine rain debris

gk-6mt/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, MINA KAJI and AMANDA MAILE, ABC News (BROOMFIELD, Colo.) — Eyewitnesses in the air and on the ground said they watched in horror and shock as parts of a United Airlines jet engine exploded and broke apart shortly after takeoff from Denver, raining debris over homes. Although […]

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Independent report into deadly police encounter with Elijah McClain to be released

Independent report into deadly police encounter with Elijah McClain to be released

vmargineanu/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (AURORA, Colo.) — The results of an independent investigation are to be made public Monday in the case of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old autistic musician who died following a 2019 encounter with Colorado police officers who placed him in a chokehold and paramedics who injected […]

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Postpartum depression survivors speak out on common plight

Postpartum depression survivors speak out on common plight

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gov. Spencer Cox has declared February Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month. The Deseret News reports an analysis of state data shows more than 40% of Utah women with a recent live birth experienced depression or anxiety. Nationally, research shows that about 1 in 8 women […]

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Jasmine Harrison becomes youngest woman to row solo across the ocean

Jasmine Harrison becomes youngest woman to row solo across the ocean

itchySan/iStockBY: JULIA JACOBO, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — A British woman has become the youngest woman to ever row solo across the ocean by completing a 3,000-mile journey across the Atlantic. Jasmine Harrison, 21, was inspired to take part in the challenge after she saw a similar race in 2018, […]

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Hiker found dead in Zion National Park

Hiker found dead in Zion National Park

HURRICANE, Utah (AP) — A hiker has been found dead in Zion National Park in Utah. The man’s identity was not released by park rangers late Friday. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that rangers were searching for an overdue hiker when they found the body below the Angels Landing trail, […]

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Scoreboard roundup — 2/21/21

Scoreboard roundup — 2/21/21

iStockBY: ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from yesterday’s sports events:      NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION  Final  Charlotte   102  Golden State  100  Final  Miami       96  L.A. Lakers   94  Final  Phoenix     128  Memphis       97  Final  Chicago     […]

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350-pound crocodile undergoes major surgery to remove tourist’s shoe from stomach

350-pound crocodile undergoes major surgery to remove tourist’s shoe from stomach

University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine/FacebookBY: JON HAWORTH, ABC NEWS (ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.) — A 10.5-foot-long crocodile weighing almost 350 pounds has undergone successful surgery two months after it ate a tourist’s shoe. The problem started when Anuket, who lives at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park in […]

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Heavy snow across Rockies and Cascades, seasonable air returns to the Gulf Coast

Heavy snow across Rockies and Cascades, seasonable air returns to the Gulf Coast

ABC NewsBY: BRITTANY BORER, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — Heavy snow is expected for the Cascades and Rockies today with rounds of rain for the coast and this pattern is forecast to continue for the next couple of days. A foot of snow is likely for parts of the Northern […]

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