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Analysis by avalanche experts questions decisions by guides on deadly California backcountry trip
Two months after the deadliest avalanche in modern California history, an analysis by leading U.S. experts is questioning the decisions by the guides to lead such a large group through dangerous terrain amid avalanche warnings.
The backcountry skiers were traveling in a tightly packed line, when the tour leaders with Blackbird M ... (full story)
Descendants of Choctaw code talkers gather in Fort Worth for historical marker unveiling
Nuchi Nashoba grew up looking at a photograph of her great-grandfather Ben Carterby inside her grandmother’s Oklahoma home. But, she didn’t know much about the man in the frame other than that he was a World War I veteran.
It wasn’t until 1989 — when Nashoba was in her late 20s — that she learned a ... (full story)
Legal Legacy: Sam Sheppard “The Fugitive”
In 1954, a violent crime inside a lakefront Bay Village home drew national attention. Marilyn Sheppard was bludgeoned to death, and her husband, osteopathic physician Sam Sheppard, became the prime suspect. The subsequent trial and appeals were among the most highly publicized in Ohio history and later set the standard for how court ... (full story)
How a blind man made it possible for others with low vision to build Lego sets
NEWTON, Mass. (AP) — Like a lot of young children, Matthew Shifrin loved building Lego sets. But because he was blind, Shifrin had to rely on friends and family to help him complete his creations — sometimes bribing them with tea to get them to come by his house.
That all changed when he was 13. A family friend and b ... (full story)
Appeals court reinstates $656M judgment against the PLO and Palestinian Authority
NEW YORK (AP) — A $656 million judgment against Palestinian authorities has been reinstated by appeals judges, following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of Americans killed or wounded in attacks in Israel.
The decision from the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals comes a decade after it first tossed out a verdict agains ... (full story)