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2/18/21
No electricity, no water, Texans struggle through historic cold with more dark days ahead
Texas officials warned of "disasters within the disaster" of historic cold weather that left millions without heat for a third day on Wednesday, telling residents to prepare for energy to not return until the weekend.
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2/21/21
'I thought we were done': Passengers put driver's licences in their pockets after engine explodes
The Boeing 777-200 had just reached cruising altitude and the captain was making an announcement when one of the plane's engines exploded and showered a US town with debris.
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2/21/21
Why a predictable cold snap crippled the Texas power grid
As Texans cranked up their heaters early Monday to combat plunging temperatures, a record surge of electricity demand set off a disastrous chain reaction in the state's power grid.
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3/5/21
U.S. probes role of human smuggling in Mexico border collision that killed 13
At least 13 people, 10 of them Mexican nationals, were killed on Tuesday when a tractor-trailer slammed into an SUV crammed with 25 adults and children on a dusty Southern Californian road near the U.S.-Mexico border, officials said.
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3/5/21
Ex-police chief in Maryland charged with 12 arsons targeting enemies
A former police chief in Maryland was labeled as a serial arsonist by law enforcement officials on Thursday, a day after he was charged with setting a dozen fires over a span of nine years targeting his enemies.
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3/11/21
Hawaii declares emergency due to floods, orders evacuations
Hawaii Governor David Ige declared an emergency in the U.S. state after heavy rains brought floods, landslides and fear of dam failures, and authorities ordered the evacuation of several thousand people from communities threatened by rising waters.
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3/11/21
Houston Police says three people killed in shooting
Three people were killed and a fourth person was wounded and taken to hospital after a shooting in Houston, police said early on Thursday.
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3/14/21
Dangerous spring snow storm takes aim at U.S. Rockies, High Plains
A powerful spring snow storm was expected over the next three days to blanket parts of the U.S. Rockies and central High Plains where forecasters warned of whiteout conditions, power outages and avalanches.
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4/13/21
Unrest flares again in Minnesota after fatal police shooting of Black motorist
A suburban Minneapolis police officer apparently drew her gun by mistake, instead of her Taser, when she shot a young Black man to death during a traffic stop, a police chief said on Monday, hours before a second night of unrest sparked by the killing.
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4/13/21
Student shot dead at Knoxville high school after police say he fired on them
Police shot and killed a Knoxville, Tennessee, high school student on Monday after they said he opened fire on them in a campus bathroom, wounding an officer.
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