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Boeing 757 loses tire as it taxis to depart Atlanta

A Delta Air Lines flight taxiing to take off from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport heading for Colombia on Saturday was delayed after the Boeing 757 lost a tire.

January 24, 2024

CEO of Illinois-based tech company dies after falling from a lift during a company party in India

The CEO of Illinois-based tech company Vistex died and the company's president was injured when they fell from a cage lift at a company event last week in Rangareddy, India.

January 23, 2024

Emergency crew plucks injured D.C. worker from roof with construction crane

D.C. Fire and EMS used a crane Tuesday to rescue an injured worker from the roof of a building under construction in Northwest D.C.

January 23, 2024

20 people survive ice floe on Lake Erie

U.S. Coast Guard and local fire officials helped recover 13 people from ice floating on Lake Erie Monday. Seven others escaped the floe via their own vessels.

January 23, 2024

Manatees flooding warm water, says Florida park

A record 932 manatees crowded into Florida's Blue Spring State Park over the weekend seeking warm water amid the cold winter, officials said.

January 23, 2024

Plane crash in Florida injures pilot, 2 passengers

A single-engine turbo propeller plane carrying five passengers crashed in a remote area of Lorida, Florida, Friday, injuring the pilot and two passengers.

January 20, 2024

Tennessee man dies clearing snow off roof after 20-ft. fall through skylight

A man died this week after falling through a skylight while clearing the snow off a business along Tennessee State Route 100.

January 20, 2024

Bombs away: Contractor finds World War II grenade behind Seattle home’s bathtub

A maintenance worker at a home in Seattle made an explosive discovery this week when he found a grenade hidden by a bathtub.

January 20, 2024

Semitruck hauling water bottles incinerates in California’s Death Valley

A semitruck with a cargo full of water bottles suffered an ironic fate in Death Valley National Park this month when it caught fire and was scorched.

January 20, 2024

Want to go to the Lions-Bucs game? Be ready to fork out more than $1,000

Fans clamoring to see the Detroit Lions host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Ford Field in Detroit Sunday will have to fork out big bucks, the most in the history of the NFL's divisional round.

January 19, 2024

Staff of storied Sports Illustrated magazine let go in licensing fight

The entire staff of Sports Illustrated was let go Friday after license holder Authentic Brands Group revoked the right of The Arena Group, the famed sports magazine's publisher, to use the brand name.

January 19, 2024

Commuter plane lands on Virginia parkway minutes after takeoff from Dulles International Airport

A small commercial plane was forced to land in a snowstorm on Loudoun County Parkway in Virginia on Friday shortly after taking off from Dulles International Airport, blocking the southbound lanes near the airport, the Virginia Department of Transportation said.

January 19, 2024

Los Angeles Innocence Project looks at new evidence in case of convicted murderer Scott Peterson

A Los Angeles nonprofit that uses forensics to exonerate people has taken on the case of Scott Peterson, who was convicted in 2004 of murdering his pregnant wife.

January 19, 2024

No joke: Feds frown on funny highway signage

Road safety is no laughing matter for the Federal Highway Administration, which warned against humor and pop culture references in an updated manual of traffic sign standards.

January 19, 2024

U.S. Coast Guard finds two dead, rescues three from overturned vessel in Alaska

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued three people from an overturned boat near Chichagof Island off the coast of Alaska earlier this week. Two more people were found dead in the boat's cabin.

January 11, 2024

Electrician dies at NIH campus after plunging through grate

An electrician working at the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda, Maryland, died Wednesday after falling through a storm grate.

January 11, 2024

Avalanche at California ski resort near Lake Tahoe kills one, injures three others

An avalanche at the Palisades Tahoe ski resort near Lake Tahoe in California killed one person and injured three others.

January 11, 2024

Fruit Stripe gum discontinued after more than 50 years of sales

Fruit Stripe gum lovers will need to stock up while supplies last because the Ferrara Candy Co. has decided to stop selling it after 55 years.

January 11, 2024

Americans bring a record amount of guns to airport security for third straight year

Americans have broken the record for the amount of guns caught by the Transportation Security Administration at airport checkpoints for the third straight year, the agency announced Wednesday.

January 10, 2024

Membership ID scanners reportedly being tried out at Washington state Costco

A Costco warehouse store in Issaquah, Washington, is reportedly trying out the use of membership ID scanners at the entrance, according to Business Insider.

January 10, 2024