NASA rover sends back its first images from Mars
NASA’s Mars rover successfully touched down on Thursday and sent back its first images of the red planet.
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Woman lies between train tracks to avoid being run over
A woman escaped being run over by a train by lying still between the railway tracks in northern India’s Haryana on February 17.
Omegle: el sitio donde niños se exponen a extraños y a posibles depredadores sexuales
Una investigación de la BBC logró determinar que en este sitio web decenas de menores se exponen a adultos extraños en una serie de videollamadas en vivo.
Vacunagate: claves para entender el escándalo de la vacunación secreta de políticos y funcionarios en Perú
Para muchos es el mayor escándalo que ha vivido el país en esta pandemia y ha generado mucha decepción entre los peruanos, que atraviesan una feroz segunda ola de casos por covid.
Drone video shows aftermath of deadly North Carolina twister
A state of emergency was declared in Brunswick County, North Carolina on Wednesday after a 260km/h tornado destroyed dozens of properties and claimed the lives of three people on Monday night.
‘Bambi’ boar slips and slides across frozen lake
A young wild boar got stuck on a frozen lake in Germany on Sunday. The animal was desperately trying to get off the ice. Fortunately, a skater intervened.
4,000+ cold-stunned turtles recovering at Texas convention center
Like their human counterparts, this week’s cold snap in Texas has been disastrous for sea turtles living along the state’s coast. Over 4,000 cold-stunned sea turtles have been transported from the Gulf of Mexico to a convention center in South Padre Island, where volunteers are warming the reptiles in an attempt to revive them.
Trump’s former Atlantic City casino imploded in seconds
The former Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey was imploded on Wednesday morning. Once thriving, the 39-story structure has been an eyesore on the city’s boardwalk since its closure in 2014.
Psaki: FEMA sending generators, supplies to Texas
White House press secretary Jen Psaki says FEMA is supplying Texas with power generators, and sending diesel fuel, water, blankets as and other supplies as part of an effort to provide relief from widespread power outages due to winter storms.
Footage shows a massive crater in Siberia
A massive crater appeared violently and explosively in the Siberian tundra last year — a powerful blowout of methane gas throwing ice and rock hundreds of feet away and leaving a gaping circular scar in the empty and eerie landscape.
Calif. efforts more doses, spending in virus fight
Gov. Gavin Newsom says California is among the states that will see some increases in the share of COVID-19 vaccine supplies from the U.S. government, as the state also seeks to deliver more doses to farmworkers and at-risk populations.
Power outages, cold causing Texas pipes to burst
Millions of Texas residents are without power amid frigid temperatures. Now, some must also cope with bursting water pipes – the latest effect of a winter storm that has pummeled much of the U.S. (Feb. 17)
