Chuck Yeager, pilot who broke the sound barrier, dies at 97
Yeager broke the sound barrier when he tested the X-1 in October 1947, although the feat was not announced to
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Month: December 2020
What Joe Biden reads and watches
With help from Renuka Rayasam and Myah Ward HOW THE PRESIDENT-ELECT GETS HIS NEWS — In the Biden administration, the
Read moreBiden needs to take the Wayne Gretzky approach to foreign policy
Vice President Joe Biden meets with US troops in Afghanistan, January 11, 2011. Omar Sobhani/Reuters President-elect Joe Biden’s instinct is
Read moreMeredith Kercher killer Rudy Guede released from prison to finish 16-year sentence doing community service
Rudy Guede has been released early to serve the remainder of his sentence via community service – TIZIANA FABI /AFP
Read moreHow a blow to Australian wine shows tensions with China
Australian red wine had become a popular drop in China Imagine, just for a second, the Australian wine industry as
Read moreHong Kong politician who fled to UK has bank accounts frozen
Former pro-democracy lawmaker Ted Hui Chi-fung is currently living in exile – Lam Yik/Reuters A Hong Kong pro-democracy politician who
Read moreCalifornia wildfires: 1,000 firefighters battle to curb blazes as ‘less than third contained’
Firefighters work to extinguish flames on a hillside during the Bond Fire in Lake Forest, California (EPA-EFE) More than 1,000
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California exits give Newsom rare chance to pick 3 high-profile leaders
Gov. Gavin Newsom will select the next state attorney general and the state’s next U.S. senator, at the least. |
Read moreSome Colleges Plan to Bring Back More Students in the Spring
Pradeep Khosla, the chancellor of U.C. San Diego, walks through campus on Dec. 3, 2020. (John Francis Peters/The New York
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Zappos founder Tony Hseih planned to enter drug rehab in Hawaii
Former Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, 46, died of smoke inhalation as a result of a Connecticut house fire last month. He
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