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Severe cracks can affect air pressure within the cabin, so fire crews and paramedics were waiting for the plane as it landed at 3:54 p.m. on Monday, April 18. The American Airlines flight 3130, with 54 passengers plus crew on board, had left Phoenix, Arizona, bound for Humboldt County, California. It was flying over the Golden State when pilots reported the fissure in the glass as they approached the skies above Mono Lake....

After the failed U.S. 2018 World Cup qualification campaign that saw the teenager frequently shine, Pulisic could at least take heart in his situation at Borussia Dortmund. He was in a three-way battle for playing time for a team that sat on top of the Bundesliga after a great start to the campaign. Things have gone downhill since for Dortmund. The club has won just one game since September ended — a DFB-Pokal victory over third-division Magdeburg....

The upper chamber of Congress broke for recess last month with no deal in place for a relief package amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis, with bipartisan talks between Democratic figureheads and White House representatives subsequently stalling. Stimulus checks have support across both sides of the aisle, as well as between both Democrat and Republican voters, and President Donald Trump has also voiced his backing for their distribution. But while this key aspect has been a point of agreement, other factors and costs have posed hurdles to a wide proposal likely to pass the House and the Senate respectively....

Canadian officials on Monday are set to re-open the U.S.-Canada border to American citizens and permanent U.S. residents who can show proof they are fully vaccinated. The ensuing end of the 17-month pandemic border closure came with a warning and new public health restrictions for air travelers, including threats of a $750,000 fine or prison time for a failure to comply. Canada Border Services Agency announced that those coming into the country must prove they’ve been fully vaccinated for at least 14 days, show a negative, non-antigen COVID-19 test, and be asymptomatic at the time of crossing....

Political tradition requires office-seekers to sing the praises of their fellow countrymen and to declare their love of country. The DNC speakers largely followed that tradition—when they were not gutting it. America is a “great nation,” Biden said on Thursday night, adding also that “we are a good and decent people.” Vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris asked God to bless the America that “we love.” Former First Lady Michelle Obama had come to the podium, she said, “because I love this country with all my heart....

Public support for the death penalty in murder cases is at its lowest point since 1972, based on annual U.S. polling from Gallup, which found in October that 56 percent of the people surveyed said they support capital punishment—down from its peak 80 percent in Gallup’s 1994 survey. Over the same period, the push to end the death penalty has gained traction among a mixed-bag of supporters, including fiscal conservatives, religious adherents, criminal justice reform advocates and others....

Duke senior Amile Jefferson will not return to the court this season, the team announced in a press release on Saturday afternoon. He sustained a fracture in his right foot in December and has been sidelined ever since. MORE: Ranking the best Duke-UNC games Team doctors had initially put Jefferson’s timeline for recovery at about two months, and the 6-9 forward was in and out of a walking boot for the last several weeks....

Amnesia: Rebirth trades the creepy halls of Brennenburg Castle for a much different setting. It sees engineer Tasi Trianon stranded in the harsh Algerian desert, exposed, lost, and in typical Amnesia fashion, missing some of her memories. Soon she finds herself exploring pitch-black caves, abandoned cities, and stranger, otherworldly areas that she can access with a special amulet that players acquire early on in the game. While the argument can be made that Brennenburg Castle makes for a creepier setting, Amnesia: Rebirth gets points for originality....

Among Trees is a single-player exploration game set within a lush forest. Developed by the FJRD Interactive indie studio in Sweden, the aim is bringing nature to life with rich details and environments. Starting today, the game can be previewed by purchasing it through the Epic Games Store. RELATED: The Last Campfire From No Man’s Sky Studio is Epic Games Store Exclusive As shown during the Among Trees’ PC Gaming Show 2020 trailer, players have many choices in exploring a world of vibrant colors and wonders....

On top of celebrating the year’s best games, The Game Awards has become one of the top venues for teasing what’s to come in the next year and beyond. Highly-anticipated games like Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and Tekken 8 are slated to make an appearance, and plenty more have been rumored to be showing up at some point, including Final Fantasy 16, a new Crash Bandicoot game, and Hideo Kojima’s next game....

Initially released in 2017, the game witnessed a sudden upsurge recently when more and more eminent streamers began to play the game. Everyone from CouRageJD to Valkyrae, have all been hosting gargantuan collaborations, as the game continues to explode all over the internet. Even one of the most renowned gamers of all time, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins has become a fan of the game, so much so that he recently updated his Twitter profile pic to that of an ‘Impostor’:...

Because of this, some players simply leave the lobby once they get killed. Among Us developer InnerSloth has interpreted these players’ actions to mean that playing as a Ghost in the game is “boring,” so they’re working on an update that will fix that. While discussing Among Us on Twitch’s Weekly Gaming Show, InnerSloth programmer Forest Willard stated that he and his team have thought about turning players that become Ghosts into some sort of guardian angels....

In the video, Amouranth says that she doesn’t know the exact reason for her latest Twitch ban, which shouldn’t be surprising to anyone familiar with Twitch bans. There are many times when Twitch streamers aren’t given specific reasons as to why their channel has been banned, and it seems that Amouranth is in the same boat. However, her video response to her Twitch and Instagram bans is mostly tongue-in-cheek, as she describes her content as “family friendly” and goes as far as to say that priests have been sending her DMs praising her work....

Klobuchar, who has endorsed Democratic front-runner Joe Biden, published a Medium post revealing the family’s news, noting the emotional toll her husband’s infection was taking on her. The Minnesota senator pointed out that she is not able to be by her husband’s side, as he has been quarantined. “I have news that many Americans are facing right now: my husband John has the coronavirus. We just got the test results at 7 a....

The Eero 6 (but not the Pro version) is now on sale in the UK after a five month wait. It costs £279 for the three pack – 1 router and 2 extenders – but you can get the router on its own for £139 and additional extenders for £99. In the US, the the Eero 6 router costs US$129 and a three-pack including two extenders is US$229. Additional extenders will set you back US$89....

The issue was first reported on Saturday by ABC reporter Gio Benitez, noting that an overnight glitch in the American Airlines system had allowed pilots to drop flights for the month of July. As a result, roughly 12,000 flights are now without pilots, starting as soon as Sunday and including the Fourth of July weekend, one of the biggest times for air travel in the U.S. “We have become aware of a technical issue with our Trip Trade with Open Time System (TTOT),” American Airlines said in response to an inquiry from ABC News....

At first glance, you might wonder why the state would go after Ladies’ Night, a time-honored tradition which encourages women to go to bars because they get to drink at greatly reduced prices, which then draws men to the same bars because they get to hit on drunk women. Considering that many states forbid same-sex couples from marrying, one wonders whether the state also wants to keep men and women from coupling....

Research published by the American Bus Association (ABA) on Monday warned that the private motorcoach industry stands to lose $4.7 billion and cut as many as 27,350 jobs, even if coronavirus lockdowns are largely lifted by the end of May. The report released by the bus industry trade group, and conducted by John Dunham & Associates economists, also projected that the industry would lose more than 82,000 jobs and make $14....

Big Tech oligarchs moved in unison to kneecap upstart Parler, a would-be Twitter competitor, and ban former President Donald Trump and scores of other conservatives. Simon & Schuster, one of the nation’s most reputable book publishers, canceled a book deal that it had commissioned with the conservative Senator Josh Hawley. President Joe Biden, in direct defiance of his campaign-season vows to unify the country, oversaw a deeply divisive and ideological first week in office....