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May 8, 2021 at 4:45 pm

4 dead in shooting, fire near Baltimore, police say

Four people died, including a gunman who was shot by police, after officers and firefighters responded to reports of a shooting and a two-alarm fire...

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May 2, 2021 at 1:04 pm

In a First, Researchers Discover a Pregnant Egyptian Mummy

An Egyptian mummy that for decades was thought to be a male priest was recently discovered to have been a pregnant woman, making it the...

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April 29, 2021 at 4:37 pm

5 People, Including 2 Deputies, Dead After North Carolina Standoff

Two sheriff’s deputies were among four people killed in Boone, North Carolina, during a 13-hour standoff that authorities said started Wednesday morning when they were...

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Rickey Tyler of OneCall Plumbing with a map and posts indicating requests for help, in Houston, Feb. 18, 2021. Since a winter storm and hard freeze swept through the state last week, knocking out power and heat, homeowners have swamped plumbers with urgent repair calls. (Mark Felix/The New York Times)

February 21, 2021 at 3:36 pm

What a Texas plumber faces now: A state full of burst pipes VIEW

Up and down the state, residents' pipes and valves and tanks froze and burst. So when the weather warmed, plumbers were suddenly like roofers after...

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February 17, 2021 at 5:50 pm

Desperate for light and warmth, Texans see no end for winter storm

HOUSTON — Halfway through the week that Texas froze over, everything seemed to be in a state of frigid chaos. Some homes had no water...

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FILE – In this April 1, 2017, file photo, a service dog named Orlando rests on the foot of its trainer, John Reddan, while sitting inside a United Airlines plane at Newark Liberty International Airport during a training exercise in Newark, N.J. The Transportation Department issued a final rule Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, covering service animals. The rule says only dogs can qualify, and they have to be specially trained to help a person with disabilities. For years, some travelers have been bringing untrained dogs and all kinds of other animals on board by claiming they need the animal for emotional support.(AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

December 29, 2020 at 6:16 pm

Alaska Airlines clamps down on emotional-support animals on flights

Alaska Airlines says only qualified service dogs that are trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities will be allowed on flights...

December 27, 2020 at 10:55 am

Man Sues Police After Being Pepper-Sprayed While Filming Son’s Arrest

Marco and Dillon Puente, a father and son, say that living in the city of Keller, Texas, often means looking over their shoulder. As Hispanic...

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In a photo provided by NASA, the iceberg A68a in the South Atlantic was more than 200 miles away from the coast of the British island territory of South Georgia. An iceberg roughly the size of Delaware that is headed toward the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia has experts worried about the possibility of it blocking wildlife from food sources and threatening the island’s ecosystem. (NASA via The New York Times) — EDITORIAL USE ONLY — XNYT25 XNYT25

November 7, 2020 at 6:50 pm

Iceberg headed for sub-Antarctic island could threaten wildlife

An iceberg roughly the size of Delaware that is headed toward the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia has experts worried about the possibility of it...

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President Donald Trump arrives at Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., after testing positive for COVID-19, Oct. 2, 2020. A timeline of events about the president’s illness is drawn from his tweets, news conferences, statements from the White House and reporting from The New York Times. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) XNYT104 XNYT104

October 4, 2020 at 10:05 pm

A timeline of Trump’s COVID-19 symptoms and treatments VIEW

This timeline of events about President Trump’s illness is drawn from his tweets, news conferences, statements from the White House and reporting.

October 3, 2020 at 4:05 pm

What to Know About Sean Conley, the White House Physician

As President Donald Trump remains hospitalized at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after testing positive for the coronavirus, one doctor is at the center...

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