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Month: February 2021

Raptors president Masai Ujiri calls for racial equality after NBA Finals incident

Raptors president Masai Ujiri calls for racial equality after NBA Finals incident

ABC NewsBy KELLY MCCARTHY, ABC News (NEW YORK) — In 2019, when the Toronto Raptors won their first NBA Championship title, the dream moment quickly turned into a nightmare for the team’s president, Masai Ujiri. ABC News’ Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts sat down exclusively with Ujiri for his […]

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FAA orders inspections of some Boeing 777 engines after United failure

FAA orders inspections of some Boeing 777 engines after United failure

TommyIX/iStockBy MINA KAJI, ABC News (NEW YORK) — After an engine on a United 777 failed minutes after takeoff in Denver this past weekend, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is ordering operators to conduct high-tech inspections of all Boeing 777s powered by the same Pratt and Whitney engine that failed […]

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Woman trapped for 10 hours under collapsed backyard awning in frigid weather lucky to be alive

Woman trapped for 10 hours under collapsed backyard awning in frigid weather lucky to be alive

Schiller Park Fire Department/FacebookBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News (CHICAGO) — A woman is lucky to be alive after being trapped for more than 10 hours under an awning in her own backyard when it collapsed on top of her after being weighed down by heavy ice and snow. The incident […]

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Wreckage of TWA Flight 800 to be destroyed 25 years after crash

Wreckage of TWA Flight 800 to be destroyed 25 years after crash

Alex Wong/Getty ImagesBy SAM SWEENEY, ABC News (NEW YORK) — The National Transportation Safety Board said it will destroy the remaining wreckage of TWA Flight 800 after nearly 20 years as a training tool. TWA Flight 800 grabbed the world’s attention when shortly after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International […]

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Ghislaine Maxwell, associate of Jeffrey Epstein, requests release on bail for third time

Ghislaine Maxwell, associate of Jeffrey Epstein, requests release on bail for third time

allanswart/iStockBy AARON KATERSKY, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Ghislaine Maxwell offered to renounce her British and French citizenship and put her assets into a monitored account Tuesday as she tried for a third time to get released on bail. Maxwell has been held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, […]

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75-year-old man shoved to ground at Buffalo protest files lawsuit against city, police

75-year-old man shoved to ground at Buffalo protest files lawsuit against city, police

DNY59/iStockBy EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — The 75-year-old man shoved to the ground by Buffalo, New York, police during a George Floyd protest has filed a lawsuit against the mayor and the city as well as the police commissioner, deputy commissioner and several officers. According to the lawsuit, […]

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Scoreboard roundup — 2/23/21

Scoreboard roundup — 2/23/21

iStockBy ABC News (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONDetroit 105, Orlando 93Cleveland 112, Atlanta 111Brooklyn 127, Sacramento 118Golden State 114, New York 106Philadelphia 109, Toronto 102Dallas 110, Boston 107Milwaukee 139, Minnesota 112Denver 111, Portland 106LA Clippers 135, Washington 116 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUEBuffalo […]

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Ancient dog bone reveals when man’s best friend migrated to North America

Ancient dog bone reveals when man’s best friend migrated to North America

JeanUrsula/iStockBy JULIA JACOBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Researchers have narrowed down a timeline for when man’s best friend may have migrated to North America based on a 10,000-year-old bone fragment of a dog found in southeast Alaska. The femur fragment, smaller than the size of a dime, was uncovered […]

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Massachusetts schools may soon return to full-time in-person learning

Massachusetts schools may soon return to full-time in-person learning

Oleksi Liskonih/iStockBy MARLENE LENTHANG, ABC News (BOSTON) — Elementary school students in Massachusetts may return to in-person learning five days a week by April, education officials said Tuesday. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley announced Tuesday morning that he plans to ask for the authority to reverse […]

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NBA chooses All-Star reserves, with Zion among first-timers

NBA chooses All-Star reserves, with Zion among first-timers

New Orleans forward Zion Williamson now can be called an NBA All-Star, and only three others in the game’s 70-year history have gotten there at a younger age. The reserves for the March 7 game were revealed Tuesday. Williamson is one of four first-time All-Stars, along with Boston’s Jaylen Brown, […]

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