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Judge orders wife of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ to stay in jail

A federal judge has ordered the wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to remain temporarily jailed after she was arrested and accused of helping her husband run his multibillion-dollar cartel.

 
Supreme Court deals Trump defeat on tax records

In a significant defeat for former President Donald Trump, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to step in to halt the turnover of his tax records to a New York state prosecutor.

 
777s with engine that blew apart should be grounded, Boeing says

Boeing has recommended that airlines ground all 777s with the type of engine that blew apart after takeoff from Denver this weekend, and most carriers with the planes in their fleets said they would temporarily pull them from service.

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US surpasses 500K COVID-19 deaths

Despite the rollout of vaccines since mid-December, a closely watched model from the University of Washington projects more than 589,000 dead by June 1.

 
Passengers, people on ground share scare of engine explosion

The plane landed safely at Denver International Airport, and no one on board or on the ground was hurt, authorities said.

 
Debris falls from plane during emergency landing near Denver

The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that the Boeing 777-200 returned to the Denver International Airport after experiencing a right-engine failure.

 
Texas, Southern cities hit hard by water troubles after storms

Southern cities slammed by winter storms that l eft millions without power for days have traded one crisis for another: Busted water pipes ruptured by record-low temperatures created shortages of clean drinking water.

 
NASA rover completes tricky Mars landing

A NASA rover streaked toward a landing on Mars on Thursday in the riskiest step yet in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer whether life ever existed on the red planet.

 
Water woes grow in Texas, some power restored

Power was restored to more homes and businesses Thursday in states hit by a deadly blast of winter that overwhelmed the electrical grid and left millions shivering in the cold this week.

 
US life expectancy drops 1 year during pandemic

Life expectancy in the United States dropped a staggering one year during the first half of 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic caused its first wave of deaths, health officials are reporting.

 
Texas endures another frigid night, millions told to boil water

Millions of Americans shivered through another cold day without electricity or heat in the aftermath of a deadly winter storm as utility crews raced to restore power before another blast of snow and ice arrives.

 
2 dead in Texas as subfreezing cold sweeps most of US

Officials warned that homes still without power would likely not have heat until at least Tuesday, as frustration mounted and Texas’ electric grid came under growing demand and criticism.