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Delta Air Lines employees learn how to de-ice planes in summer

Delta Air Lines has learned that summer is a good time to prepare for winter — and how to de-ice planes so they can keep flying safely in freezing temperatures. Every summer, Delta brings about 400 workers to Minneapolis to a three-day summer de-ice “boot camp.” They go through computer-based… Read More

Connecticut town gets its revenge on arsonist Benedict Arnold

A month before the British surrender at Yorktown ended major fighting during the American Revolution, the traitor Benedict Arnold led a force of Redcoats on a last raid in his home state of Connecticut, burning most of the small coastal city of New London to the ground. It has been… Read More

Watch: Biden confuses audience by walking off camera

On Tuesday, President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Honor to Capt. Larry Taylor, the Army pilot who risked his life during the Vietnam War by flying into heavy enemy fire to save four members of a reconnaissance team from almost certain death as they were about to be overrun…. Read More

Shocking poll: Donald Trump drops to 2nd ahead of next debate

Former President Donald Trump’s decision to skip the first Republican presidential primary debate on August 23 may have been a mistake. Trump’s poll numbers declined sharply and his massive lead has shrunk according to Emerson College’s first post-debate poll — and a second stunning poll even shows him falling behind… Read More

American Airlines fined $4.1 million for dozens over these delays

The federal government is fining American Airlines $4.1 million for dozens of instances in which passengers were kept on board planes without a chance to exit during long ground delays. The U.S. Department of Transportation said Monday it is the largest such fine against an airline since rules covering long… Read More

Dirty divers compete in bog snorkeling championships

Intrepid athletes donned snorkels and slithered through slime on Sunday during one of Britain’s quirkiest sporting events: the World Bog Snorkeling Championships. The annual competition in the tiny town of Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales, sees competitors race to complete two lengths of a 60-yard (55 meter) water-filled trench cut through a… Read More

Video: India releases lunar rover after landing on moon’s south pole

A lunar rover slid down a ramp from the lander of India’s spacecraft within hours of its historic touch-down near the moon’s south pole, Indian space officials said Thursday, as the country celebrated its new scientific accomplishment. “India took a walk on the moon,” the state-run Indian Space Research Organization… Read More

Russia’s space program embarassed by failed launch Monday

An ambitious but failed attempt by Russia to return to the moon after nearly half a century has exposed the massive challenges faced by Moscow’s once-proud space program. The destruction of the robotic Luna-25 probe, which crashed onto the surface of the moon over the weekend, reflects the endemic problems… Read More

These 8 candidates can debate Wednesday, RNC just confirmed

The stage is set for the first Republican presidential debate of the 2024 campaign, with the Republican National Committee saying late Monday that eight candidates had met the qualifications to be on stage in Milwaukee. To qualify for the Aug. 23 debate, candidates needed to satisfy polling and donor requirements… Read More