Author: Andrew Degrandpre
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A woman was found dead in a hotel freezer. Video shows her last-known moments
Police have released hotel surveillance video showing Kenneka Jenkins’s last known footsteps through a Crowne Plaza outside Chicago last weekend, when the teen staggered in the early morning hours through empty halls and a deserted kitchen — toward the freezer she would be found dead inside nearly 24 hours later. The video was released Friday,…
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Jose, ‘still a dangerous Category 4 hurricane,’ threatens second blow to Irma-ravaged islands
CABARET, Haiti – Hurricane Jose, a powerhouse tropical cyclone barreling northwest toward the Caribbean islands already hammered by Irma, is now a “little weaker but still a dangerous Category 4 hurricane,” officials said. The National Hurricane Center said Saturday morning that Jose’s maximum sustained wind speed is at 145 mph, as the storm churned toward…
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The tiny islands ravaged by Hurricane Irma are in trouble – and begging for help
As the worst of Hurricane Irma departed Antigua and Barbuda early Wednesday, Prime Minister Gaston Browne boasted that “no other country in the Caribbean would have been as well prepared as we were.” The problem with this statement, as he later acknowledged, was that Barbuda was left “barely habitable.” Barbuda sustained damage to about 95…
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A 66-million-year-old skull found in Colorado could unlock secrets about triceratops
There’s more excitement than usual at Marco’s Pizza in Thornton since news spread Tuesday that a rare dinosaur fossil was unearthed at a construction site up the street. General Manager Daniel Perez, 24, who’s lived in the Denver suburbs all his life, called the discovery “one of the biggest, most exciting things” he’s ever experienced.…
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An Iranian drone just threatened a US fighter as it tried to land on an aircraft carrier
U.S. military officials say an Iranian drone harassed and nearly collided with a Navy attack jet Tuesday as it prepared to land on an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf. The two aircraft – an Iranian QOM-1 and a U.S. F/A-18E Super Hornet – came within 100 feet of one another as the Super Hornet…
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NASA is hiring a ‘planetary protection officer’ to guard us against alien life — and vice versa
There’s a vacancy at NASA, and it may have one of the greatest job titles ever conceived: planetary protection officer. It pays well, between $124,000 and $187,000 annually. You get to work with really smart people as part of the three- to five-year appointment but don’t have to manage anyone. And your work could stave off an alien invasion of Earth…
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One small step for criminals: Someone burglarized the Armstrong Air and Space Museum
Wapakoneta, Ohio, population 9,816, is exemplary of many Midwestern communities. It’s encircled by farmland — corn and soybeans, mostly — and prone to spontaneous rainstorms that can erupt on a hot, dry summer day. Most everyone follows high school football, and they love the American icon who was born there. There’s crime, but not a lot of it — making…
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Soldier who survived 48 hours of terror in Vietnam receives the Medal of Honor
President Trump on Monday presented the Medal of Honor to an Army veteran who 48 years ago repeatedly risked his life to save 10 fellow soldiers during a deadly days-long fight along Vietnam’s central coast. In recognizing James McCloughan, now a 71-year-old retired schoolteacher from Michigan, Trump recounted a gripping tale of selflessness and bravery, sliding off…