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The Passengers Who Have the Toughest Time Flying

The Passengers Who Have the Toughest Time Flying

That’s just one of many issues for passengers with disabilities. The planes themselves present more. As buses and trains have accommodated wheelchair customers, planes often haven’t. Airlines are exem...

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Two children among four dead in light plane crash off Queensland coast

Two children among four dead in light plane crash off Queensland coast

Two men and two children have died after a light plane crashed into mangroves off the Queensland coast on Sunday morning.An investigation is under way into why the four-seater aircraft crashed shortly...

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Residents Survey Damage After Powerful Japan Quake

Residents Survey Damage After Powerful Japan Quake

People in northeast Japan were cleaning up and surveying the damage on Thursday after a powerful 7.4-magnitude quake derailed a bullet train, opened cracks in highways and initially cut power to over...

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Dining at Gastown’s Kozak Ukrainian Restaurant has become an act of solidarity for many

Dining at Gastown’s Kozak Ukrainian Restaurant has become an act of solidarity for many

Name:Kozak Ukrainian RestaurantLocation:1 West Cordova St., Vancouver, B.C.Phone:778-955-9135Website:kozakeatery.caCuisine:UkrainianPrices:Appetizers, $7 to $24; mains, $8 to $34Additional information...

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Growing Up Catholic in a Small Texas Town: The Evolution of Kolaches Part Three: Buc-ee’s

Growing Up Catholic in a Small Texas Town: The Evolution of Kolaches Part Three: Buc-ee’s

A few years ago, I was driving from Houston to Austin on Highway 71, and looking forward to my usual stop at Hruska’s, a convenience store with a Czech bakery where I always treated myself to a piment...

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Robots vs. Fatbergs: High-Tech Approaches to America’s Sewer Problem

Robots vs. Fatbergs: High-Tech Approaches to America’s Sewer Problem

Keeping those aging, subterranean arteries from spilling their toxic contents is enormously complicated and costs tens of billions of dollars a year more than U.S. cities can afford to pay. Which is w...

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How the world's deepest shipwreck was found - BBC Future

How the world's deepest shipwreck was found - BBC Future

On 23 October 1944, the first engagements of a gigantic naval battle began in Leyte Gulf, part of the Philippine Sea. It was the biggest in modern human history.Over the following three days, more tha...

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The End of Oil Drilling in L.A.

The End of Oil Drilling in L.A.

Millions of years ago, the Pacific Ocean covered the span of shallow land today known as the Los Angeles Basin. Sediments of phyto- and zooplankton accumulated in warm and stagnant water more than two...

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25 cool kitchen gadgets and unique utensils to buy on Amazon in 2022

25 cool kitchen gadgets and unique utensils to buy on Amazon in 2022

No matter how you slice it, finding a gift for the home chef or foodie who has everything can be dicey.Good thing we have the vast internet and all of TikTok’s viral recommendations to keep up. Kitche...

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War in Ukraine increases pressure for US oil; the industry faces obstacles

War in Ukraine increases pressure for US oil; the industry faces obstacles

BILLINGS, Mont. (TBEN) – In the oil fields of northern Montana, industry veteran Mac McDermott watched crude prices soar from $75 a barrel in January to more than $120 as Russia continued its war in U...

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Airlines Brace for Flight Restrictions in 5G Standoff

Airlines Brace for Flight Restrictions in 5G Standoff

Carriers are taking steps to prepare for potential FAA flight limits when a new 5G wireless service goes live Jan. 5ByAndrew TangelandDrew FitzGeraldAirlines have begun planning for possible flight di...

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Why 5G Rollout Is Concerning Airlines and Flight-Safety Regulators: What to Know

Why 5G Rollout Is Concerning Airlines and Flight-Safety Regulators: What to Know

Still, a handful of carriers canceled a few flights on the first day. Air-safety regulators have been working to clear aircraft to operate in low-visibility conditions and said some flights could stil...

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Happy Nowruz: Five traditional dishes to celebrate Iranian New Year Register for free to continue reading

Happy Nowruz: Five traditional dishes to celebrate Iranian New Year Register for free to continue reading

Meaning “new day” in Farsi, Nowruz marks the first day of spring and the start of the new year in Iranian culture. Beginning on the spring equinox, it marks the beginning of Farvardin, the first month...

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Mediterranean-style house in McLean, Va., is for sale for $8.9 million

Mediterranean-style house in McLean, Va., is for sale for $8.9 million

When Christine Ciccone first laid eyes on this land in McLean, Va., where she would eventually build a Mediterranean-style house, she fell in love with it.“The lot has got to be one of the top 20 lots...

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Paleontology ‘a hotbed of unethical practices rooted in colonialism’, say scientists

Paleontology ‘a hotbed of unethical practices rooted in colonialism’, say scientists

The public image of palaeontologists as dusty, but rather affable academics, could be due an update. The study of ancient life is a hotbed of unethical and inequitable scientific practices rooted in c...

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