OMAHA, Neb. -- OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Pilots aboard a commercial jet mistakenly thought someone was trying to breach the cockpit Monday, leading the flight to return to the Omaha airport less than 40 minutes after departing for Los Angeles. T...
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You stick cookie dough into an oven, and magically, you get a plate of warm, gooey cookies. Except it's not magic; it's science. Stephanie Warren explains via basic chemistry principles how the dough spreads out, at what temperature we can kill salmo...
Some ex-pats living abroad, including active-duty service members and their family members, are sounding the alarm after Republicans in three swing states have tried to delay accepting and counting overseas absentee ballots. And there is already fea...
Time is running out for people in evacuation zones to get out before Hurricane Milton slams Florida. Hurricane Milton, which re-strengthened to a Category 5 hurricane Tuesday afternoon, is taking aim at Florida's west coast. Landfall is ex...
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Czech police are working to uncover the motive behind the country's worst-ever mass shooting, which saw a student open fire at a university in central Prague, killing 14 and wounding 25 others. Czech President Petr Pavel has appealed for...
The world's oil and gas industry has been warned it faces a "moment of truth" at next week's UN climate talks. Dr Fatih Birol, head of energy watchdog the International Energy Agency, was speaking as the IEA published a new repo...
Pop star Raye used the Ivor Novello Awards to challenge a room full of record label executives to pay songwriters more fairly. Her comments came as she accepted the prize for best contemporary song. "It would be an insult to...
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UK visitor attractions are suffering from "long Covid" due to fewer tourists travelling from abroad, an industry body has warned. Millions returned to museums and galleries in 2022 as Covid restrictions ended, the Associati...
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Nearly 4 feet of snow has paralyzed Buffalo, New York, leaving many stranded and turning to their neighbors for help....
On 27 December 2012, the UK's first hand transplant took place at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT). A decade on, we spoke to the patient and his pioneering surgeon. "Many patients say after surgery it is the small things that ...
President Joe Biden has told President Volodymyr Zelensky the US will stick by Ukraine \\"for as long as it takes\\" in its war with Russia. \\"You will never stand alone,\\" Mr Biden told Mr Zelensky as he visited the White H...
The Japanese yen touched a 32-year low against the US dollar after official figures showed that prices had risen faster that expected in America. The yen fell to 147.66 against the US dollar before regaining some ground. Japanese F...
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All poultry in Norfolk, Suffolk and parts of Essex must be kept indoors from Wednesday, as part of a ramping-up of measures to prevent avian flu spreading, the government has said. The affected areas were placed in an Avian Influenza P...
The UK has become the first country to approve a dual vaccine which tackles both the original Covid virus and the newer Omicron variant. Ministers say the vaccine will now form part of the autumn booster campaign. Moderna thinks 13...