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Nepali Climbers 1st To Scale K2, World’s 2nd Highest Mountain, In Winter

Climbing to the top requires technical skills. K2 is the second-highest peak after Mount Everest. Kathmandu:  A team of 10 Nepali summiteers climbed K2, setting a record as the first team ever to climb the world’s second-highest mountain in the winter season. The 28,251-foot summit of K2 has never been reached in winter due to […]

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Max Holloway defeats Calvin Kattar in one-sided UFC main event

With 90 seconds left, Max Holloway turned away from his opponent, Calvin Kattar, and told the broadcast team cageside that he was the best boxer in the UFC. On ABC, the network that has been a home for boxing since the 1940s, Holloway more than proved his point with his punches. Holloway dominated Kattar via […]

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Heavily Armed Man Arrested At Washington Security Checkpoint Near US Capitol

Heavily Armed Man Arrested At Security Checkpoint Near US Capitol. (Representational) Washington: A heavily armed man has been arrested in Washington at a security checkpoint near the US Capitol, where he tried to use a phony credential to access the restricted area where President-elect Joe Biden will be inaugurated next week, authorities said. Wesley Allen […]

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Alabama assistant Charles Huff set to be hired as Marshall’s new football coach

Marshall is expected to hire Alabama associate head coach/running backs coach Charles Huff as its new head coach, pending approval by the university’s board of governors on Monday, sources confirmed to ESPN on Saturday. Huff, 37, is regarded as one of the top recruiters in college football, and he also helped develop running backs Saquon […]

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Man Arrested With Handgun, Ammo At Checkpoint

WASHINGTON: The Latest on the fallout and increased security efforts after the attack of the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump loyalists (all times local): 4:25 p.m. Police have arrested a man with a handgun and 500 rounds of ammunition at a checkpoint in Washington set up ahead of President-elect Joe Bidens inauguration. Wesley Allen Beeler was […]

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No. 23 Minnesota romps No. 7 Michigan for Wolverines’ first loss

MINNEAPOLIS — Liam Robbins had 22 points and eight rebounds in 22 minutes to lead No. 23 Minnesota to a 75-57 victory over No. 7 Michigan on Saturday, handing the Wolverines their first loss. Marcus Carr scored 17 points and Gabe Kalscheur added 10 points for the Gophers (11-4, 4-4 Big Ten), who played their […]

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This is how U.K. scientists found the variant.

All at once, the coronavirus seemed to change. For months, Dr. Steven Kemp, an infectious disease expert, had been scanning a global library of coronavirus genomes. He was studying how the virus had mutated in the lungs of a patient struggling to shake a raging infection in a nearby Cambridge hospital, and wanted to know […]

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Joe Biden To Sign Inauguration Day Orders On Covid, Economy, Says Aide

As he inherits the White House from Trump, Biden’s plate is overflowing with acute challenges. Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden will sign executive orders on Inauguration Day next week to address the pandemic, the ailing US economy, climate change and racial injustice in America, a senior aide said Saturday. “All of these crises demand urgent […]