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Two hunters who ate meat from deer known to have chronic wasting disease − or “zombie deer disease” − developed similar neurological conditions and died, raising concerns that it can pass from animals to . . .
Longtime U.S. Rep. William D. Delahunt died on Saturday. By BRIAN P. D. HANNON Associated Press March 31, 2024, 4:31 AM ET • 3 min read Longtime U.S. Rep. William D. Delahunt of Massachusetts, a Democratic stalwart who postponed his own retirement from Washington to help pass former President Barack Obama’s legislative agenda, has died […]
The 34-year-old died from “a non-combat related incident,” officials said. March 23, 2024, 11:08 PM ET • 2 min read A Florida sailor is dead after going missing from the USS Mason on Wednesday in the Red Sea, The Department of Defense announced Saturday. The soldier was identified as 34-year-old Oriola Michael Aregbesola, an Aviation […]
DALLAS (AP) — David E. Harris, who flew bombers for the U.S. military and broke barriers in 1964 when he became the first Black pilot hired at a major U.S. airline, has died. He was 89. Harris’ family said he died March 8 in Marietta, Georgia. No cause was given. Harris spent 30 years flying […]
by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton March 16, 2024 The former pilot was hired after serving in the Air Force in 1964. David E. Harris, who became the first Black pilot hired at a major U.S. airline in 1964, has died at the age of 89 years old. The Associated Press reported that Harris, who worked […]
David Harris, the first Black pilot hired by a major U.S. airline, has died at 89 The Caledonian-Record Source link
DALLAS (AP) — The first Black pilot hired at a major U.S. airline has died at age 89. David E. Harris broke barriers in 1964 when he went to work for American Airlines. Before then, Harris had struggled to find work in the airline industry despite having spent six years flying bombers for the Air […]
Nearly 160,000 Blacks are among the 1.1 million people in America who have died from COVID-19 since the pandemic began in 2020, according to a Crusader analysis of data by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The data shows America’s Hispanic residents had more deaths than Blacks and other minority groups during the […]
A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday wrestled with whether the video-based social media platform TikTok could be sued for causing a 10-year-old girl’s death by promoting a deadly “blackout challenge” that encouraged people to choke themselves. Members of a three-judge panel of the Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals noted during oral arguments that […]