Tag Archives: U.S.

Mauricio Pochettino hired as U.S. mens national soccer team coach

Former Tottenham and Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino was hired Tuesday to succeed Gregg Berhalter as the U.S. men’s national team coach, 21 months before the Americans host the 2026 World Cup. A 52-year-old Argentine, Pochettino became the 10th U.S. coach in 14 years and its first foreign-born leader since Jurgen Klinsmann from 2011-16. Pochettino has coached Espanyol in Spain (2009-12), …

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2 Delta planes collide on tarmac at Atlanta airport, FAA says

Officials are investigating after a Delta plane collided with an Endeavor Air flight on the tarmac at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Georgia. Endeavor Air is a Delta subsidiary. Delta Air Lines Flight 295, an Airbus A350, was taxiing for departure to Tokyo, Japan, shortly after 10 a.m., the Federal Aviation Administration said, when its wingtip struck the tail of …

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Bodycam video shows accused Georgia school shooter and his father interviewed by police in 2023

Newly-released bodycam video from 2023 shows the teenager accused of killing four people at Apalachee High School in Georgiabeing interviewed along with his father by police. The May 2023 interview, conducted by a deputy from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office more than a year before last week’s deadly shooting, came after Colt Gray allegedly made online threats to “shoot up” …

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JD Vance repeats baseless claim Haitian immigrants are eating pets as Ohio officials say there is no evidence

Officials in Springfield, Ohio, said Monday they have not received any credible reports of Haitian immigrants abducting and eating pets, despite viral claims on social media that have been amplified by Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance and others. References to the claim, which allege Haitian migrants have been eating cats, as well as ducks and geese, have garnered millions …

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Francine becomes Category 1 hurricane ahead of expected Louisiana landfall

Francine, which developed in the Gulf of Mexico Monday, strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane Tuesday night and was forecast to make landfall Wednesday over Louisiana, the National Hurricane Center said. The hurricane center said Francine “is anticipated to move across the northwestern Gulf of Mexico” Tuesday night and then “make landfall in Louisiana on Wednesday or Wednesday night. After …

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Missouri patient contracts bird flu despite no known contact with animals

A hospitalized patient in Missouri was infected with bird flu despite having had no known contact with dairy cows or other animals associated with an ongoing outbreak, health officials said Friday. This is the 14th person in the U.S. sickened with bird flu since March, when the virus was detected in cows, after infecting wild birds and mammals worldwide. One …

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Its a shark eat shark world. Researchers find evidence that large sharks may be hunting each other.

In the ocean food chain, large sharks generally only have to worry about keeping orcasat bay — but a new study suggests the apex predators may have to watch out for their own. Researchers have discovered evidence pointing to the first known case of a porbeagle shark — which can grow up to 12 feet long and 500 pounds — …

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Suspected homicide victim identified 31 years after human remains found by children in Indiana field

Human remains discovered 31 years ago south of Indianapolis have been identified as a man from South Carolina, authorities said. Relatives of Michael Benjamin Davis said they had lost contact with him in the late 1980s, the Johnson County coroner’s office said. In 1993, children found the remains in a field near Interstate 65 in what is now a golf …

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James Darren, Gidget actor, singer and director, dies at 88

James Darren, a teen idol who helped ignite the 1960s surfing craze as a charismatic beach boy paired off with Sandra Dee in the hit film “Gidget,” died Monday at 88. Darren died in his sleep at a Los Angeles hospital, his son Jim Moret confirmed to CBS News. Moret told CBS News that Darren was admitted to the hospital …

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New images of Titanic reveal part of iconic bows railing collapsed, other discoveries

Striking new images from a recent expedition to the Titanic wreckage show the decay on the iconic ship’s bow with a large section of railing now on the sea floor, as well as the discovery of a bronze statue from the ship that was feared lost forever. The railing – immortalized in James Cameron’s 1997 blockbuster film – was discovered …

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