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Thursday, December 28, 2023

Flyers say airlines careless with wheelchairs

More than 30 flyers who rely on mobility devices shared their stories of damage by airlines in 2023. Here's what we learned.

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Thu Dec 28 2023

 
Airlines report thousands incidents of mobility device damage every year

More than 30 flyers who rely on mobility devices shared their stories of damage by airlines in 2023. Here's what we learned.

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Shooting survivor and Anti-Gun Violence activist Taronn Sloane, age 36, works at Brownsville In Violence Out offices and canvases streets in the neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY. Sloane was shot in the staircase of the building where he lives at the Tilden Houses in Brooklyn. He is seen in the stairwell where he was shot.
 

I found the people who stop America's daily mass shooting

 

I spent this year writing about people who work to stop gun violence in their own communities, only to become victims of gun violence themselves.

People walk on the campus of UW-La Crosse Tuesday, November 21, 2023 in La Crosse, Wisconsin.        Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
 

University of Wisconsin chancellor fired for appearing in porn videos

 

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow was fired Wednesday after he and his wife appeared in porn videos as "sexy happy couple."

Capitol security footage from Jan. 6. This angle shows the man in the blue coat, who is also wearing pink shoes, turn around and walk back down the corridor.
 

Ex-GOP student leader's links to Jan. 6 Capitol riot, neo-Nazi web site

 

Asked if he crossed the Capitol threshold on Jan. 6, Oliver Krvaric, scion of a powerful GOP family, replied, "What do you mean by 'the threshold'?"

Cher attends the grand opening of Fontainebleau Las Vegas on Dec. 13, 2023, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
 

Cher files for conservatorship of son citing substance abuse issues

 

Cher has filed for a conservatorship of her son Elijah Blue Allman due to "severe mental health and substance abuse issues."

Antonio Gates ranks first among tight ends in career touchdown receptions with 116.
 

Pro Football Hall of Fame reveals 15 finalists for '24 class

 

The Pro Football Hall of Fame on Wednesday revealed the 15 modern-era finalists who made the penultimate cut for the 2024 class.

Powerball's winning numbers aren't as random as they seem.
 

Powerball continues to soar: Jackpot now at staggering $700 million

 

If there is a winner on Wednesday and they choose the cash option, they could now go home with $352.3 million after taxes.

Former US President and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event in Waterloo, Iowa, on December 19, 2023. An appeals court in Colorado on December 19, 2023 ruled Donald Trump cannot appear on the state's presidential primary ballot because of his involvement in the attack on the Capitol in January 2021.
 

Colorado Republicans appeal decision disqualifying Trump from 2024 primary ballot

 

The Colorado Republican Party appealed that state's supreme court decision that found former President Donald Trump is ineligible for the presidency.

Police rescue a man from his damaged vehicle Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023 along Interstate 94 near Portage, Ind. Authorities say the man drank rainwater to survive the ordeal while pinned in the wreckage beneath the Indiana highway bridge.
 

Man trapped in truck for six days after crash survived on rainwater

 

Authorities said Matthew Reum, 27, was transported by a medical helicopter to a hospital for severe, potentially life-threatening injuries.

The discovery of gold in California's streams and rivers brought starvation, terror and mass murder to Indigenous peoples. Some accounts estimated that settlers massacred about 80% of Indians in California between 1850, when California became a U.S. state, and 1875.
 

How Klamath River dam removals could open lands to tribes

 

Taking down the four dams that changed the Klamath River region will help restore fish habitat and could allow some Native people to reclaim homes.

 

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