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Disney Skyliner reopens with modified hours after stranding passengers last week
Disney's Skyliner is back in action after the new aerial cable car system stranded passengers for hours the night of Oct. 5.
U.S. to pull last troops from north Syria; Syrian army to redeploy on border
The California power outages show how dire the wildfire crisis has gotten — 9 of the state's 10 biggest fires came in the last 16 years
Francis Currey, one of the last surviving World War II Medal of Honor recipients, dies at 94
Francis Currey, one of three living World War II Medal of Honor recipients, died on Tuesday, NEWS10 reports. He was 94.Currey, from Selkirk, New York, joined the U.S. Army at 17, and was a technical sergeant. He was in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge, and because he wasn't given proper winter gear, was suffering from frostbite. On Dec. 21, 1944, German tanks approached Currey and his company while they were guarding a bridge crossing. A rifleman, Currey exposed himself to enemy fire as he shot and killed several Germans. During the intense fighting, he also used anti-tank grenades and a bazooka against the Germans, and was able to rescue five Americans who were taking fire inside a building.Currey received the Silver Star, Purple Heart, and Medal of Honor, the highest decoration of valor. In 1998, his likeness was used to create the Medal of Honor G.I. Joe.
A new study reveals how the last woolly mammoths died out 4,000 years ago. That's after the Egyptians had built the pyramids.
Iran's Zarif says Saudi, UAE want to "fight Iran to the last American"
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday that U.S.-allied Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates seem to wish to “fight Iran to the last American”. Zarif has in the past said that a so-called “B-team” including Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Abu Dhabi’s crown prince could goad the U.S. president into a conflict with Tehran.
In last words, Khashoggi asked killers not to suffocate him
White House says it has killed ‘1,000 Taliban’ in last 10 days, hours after Trump called off talks
In a Major Milestone, the James Webb Space Telescope Is Whole at Last
Eggs from last northern white rhinos fertilized, scientists say
