NTSB says United engine failure caused by metal fatigue

After a preliminary onsite exam, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says the engine failure on a United Airlines aircraft on 20 February was likely caused by metal fatigue.

Two fan blades of the Boeing 777-200’s right-hand Pratt & Whitney PW4077 engine were severed 

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Here's why experts and lawmakers say you can't compare Black Lives Matter protesters to the US Capitol mob

Hours before President Donald Trump was impeached on Wednesday for his role in inciting last week's deadly attack, several lawmakers described the rioters as White supremacists. "Let us be clear, this was a domestic terror

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'This isn't the final chapter': Analyst warns, again, about rise of right-wing extremists

WASHINGTON — In April 2009, a senior Homeland Security intelligence analyst named Daryl Johnson wrote an internal report warning that right-wing extremism was on the rise in the United States and that it could lead to violence. The report leaked, and the backlash was swift. Republican lawmakers were furious.

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