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Freezing Rain, Travel Chaos, Blackouts: The US Winter Storm In Photos
A massive winter storm headed towards the northeast United States after sweeping across much of the country, threatening tens of millions of Americans with blackouts, transportation chaos and bone-chilling cold.
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13,000 Flights Cancelled As Massive Winter Storm Hits US
About 13,000 flights were cancelled Saturday and Sunday across the US, according to the flight tracking website FlightAware.
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US Woman Arrested 'Trying To Be A Mermaid' In Neighbour's Pond, Assaulting Police Officer
A woman was arrested in Louisiana for trespassing and assaulting a deputy after swimming nude in a neighbour's pond while claiming to be a mermaid.
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US Resident Arrested For Helping Hamas In Oct 7 Attack. He Lied On Visa Form
The FBI has accused a Louisiana resident of participating in the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, then lying about his past and fraudulently obtaining a visa to live in the US.
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Olympic Gold Medallist Puts $1.2 Million Mansion On Sale: "I Can't Make A Living"
Former Olympic gold medalist, figure skater Oksana Baiul, is selling her Louisiana mansion due to financial difficulties and a lack of local work opportunities.
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Serial Sex Offender In US Who Tried To Rape 7-year-old Agrees To Be Castrated
In Louisiana, Thomas Allen McCartney, a 37-year-old repeat sex offender, has been sentenced to both surgical and chemical castration as part of a plea deal.
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Indian-Origin Businessman, 3 Police Chiefs Charged With US Visa Fraud
An Indian-origin businessman and the police chiefs of three cities in the US have been charged with visa fraud, allegedly by exploiting a provision to help crime victims.
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Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil Files $20 Million Claim Against Trump Administration
On a recent afternoon, Mahmoud Khalil sat in his Manhattan apartment, cradling his 10-week-old son as he thought back to the pre-dawn hours spent pacing a frigid immigration jail in Louisiana, awaiting news of the child's birth in New York.
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US "Doomsday Plane" That Can Withstand Nuclear Blast Lands In Washington As Trump Mulls Iran Strike
As US President Donald Trump considers a potential strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, one of America's "doomsday planes" made a flight to Joint Base Andrews in Washington on Tuesday night.
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US Woman Beats Man With Bat, Abandons Him On Street To Be Hit By Cars
A Louisiana woman has been charged with manslaughter after she allegedly beat a man with a baseball bat and abandoned him on the road where he was run over by two cars, police said.
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Manhunt In US Tourist Hub New Orleans After 10 Escape Jail
Ten prisoners escaped a New Orleans jail after breaking through a wall behind a toilet, law enforcement said, slipping away without being detected.
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Video Shows 4 Men Riding Horses Through Walmart In US: "That's My Emotional Support Animal"
The footage captured the group on horseback, calmly trotting past cashiers and down the store's aisles in Baker, leaving stunned shoppers and employees in their wake.
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Oil Giant Chevron To Pay $744 Million For Polluting Louisiana Wetlands
A US jury has ordered oil giant Chevron to pay $745 million for polluting marshland near New Orleans and subsequently failing to rehabilitate the affected area.
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Louisiana Issues 1st Nitrogen Gas Execution For Death Row Killer Jessie Hoffman
Convicted rapist and murderer Jessie Hoffman became the first death row inmate in Louisiana, and only the fifth in the United States, to be executed using nitrogen gas on Tuesday.
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3D Mapping Reveals 52-Foot Megaripples from Chicxulub Asteroid in Louisiana
Massive megaripples, formed by the tsunami after the Chicxulub asteroid impact 66 million years ago, have been mapped deep beneath Louisiana using 3D seismic data. The formations, averaging 52 feet in height and spanning 900 square miles, offer new insights into the force of the ancient tsunami and its global impact. Scientists suggest these findin...
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Freezing Rain, Travel Chaos, Blackouts: The US Winter Storm In Photos
A massive winter storm headed towards the northeast United States after sweeping across much of the country, threatening tens of millions of Americans with blackouts, transportation chaos and bone-chilling cold.
-
13,000 Flights Cancelled As Massive Winter Storm Hits US
About 13,000 flights were cancelled Saturday and Sunday across the US, according to the flight tracking website FlightAware.
-
US Woman Arrested 'Trying To Be A Mermaid' In Neighbour's Pond, Assaulting Police Officer
A woman was arrested in Louisiana for trespassing and assaulting a deputy after swimming nude in a neighbour's pond while claiming to be a mermaid.
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US Resident Arrested For Helping Hamas In Oct 7 Attack. He Lied On Visa Form
The FBI has accused a Louisiana resident of participating in the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, then lying about his past and fraudulently obtaining a visa to live in the US.
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Olympic Gold Medallist Puts $1.2 Million Mansion On Sale: "I Can't Make A Living"
Former Olympic gold medalist, figure skater Oksana Baiul, is selling her Louisiana mansion due to financial difficulties and a lack of local work opportunities.
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Serial Sex Offender In US Who Tried To Rape 7-year-old Agrees To Be Castrated
In Louisiana, Thomas Allen McCartney, a 37-year-old repeat sex offender, has been sentenced to both surgical and chemical castration as part of a plea deal.
-
Indian-Origin Businessman, 3 Police Chiefs Charged With US Visa Fraud
An Indian-origin businessman and the police chiefs of three cities in the US have been charged with visa fraud, allegedly by exploiting a provision to help crime victims.
-
Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil Files $20 Million Claim Against Trump Administration
On a recent afternoon, Mahmoud Khalil sat in his Manhattan apartment, cradling his 10-week-old son as he thought back to the pre-dawn hours spent pacing a frigid immigration jail in Louisiana, awaiting news of the child's birth in New York.
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US "Doomsday Plane" That Can Withstand Nuclear Blast Lands In Washington As Trump Mulls Iran Strike
As US President Donald Trump considers a potential strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, one of America's "doomsday planes" made a flight to Joint Base Andrews in Washington on Tuesday night.
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US Woman Beats Man With Bat, Abandons Him On Street To Be Hit By Cars
A Louisiana woman has been charged with manslaughter after she allegedly beat a man with a baseball bat and abandoned him on the road where he was run over by two cars, police said.
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Manhunt In US Tourist Hub New Orleans After 10 Escape Jail
Ten prisoners escaped a New Orleans jail after breaking through a wall behind a toilet, law enforcement said, slipping away without being detected.
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Video Shows 4 Men Riding Horses Through Walmart In US: "That's My Emotional Support Animal"
The footage captured the group on horseback, calmly trotting past cashiers and down the store's aisles in Baker, leaving stunned shoppers and employees in their wake.
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Oil Giant Chevron To Pay $744 Million For Polluting Louisiana Wetlands
A US jury has ordered oil giant Chevron to pay $745 million for polluting marshland near New Orleans and subsequently failing to rehabilitate the affected area.
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Louisiana Issues 1st Nitrogen Gas Execution For Death Row Killer Jessie Hoffman
Convicted rapist and murderer Jessie Hoffman became the first death row inmate in Louisiana, and only the fifth in the United States, to be executed using nitrogen gas on Tuesday.
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3D Mapping Reveals 52-Foot Megaripples from Chicxulub Asteroid in Louisiana
Massive megaripples, formed by the tsunami after the Chicxulub asteroid impact 66 million years ago, have been mapped deep beneath Louisiana using 3D seismic data. The formations, averaging 52 feet in height and spanning 900 square miles, offer new insights into the force of the ancient tsunami and its global impact. Scientists suggest these findin...
