Chuck Yeager, 1st to break sound barrier, dies at 97
GRASS VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles “Chuck” Yeager, the World War II fighter pilot ace and quintessential test pilot who showed he had the “right stuff” when in 1947 he became the first person to fly faster than sound, has died. He was 97.
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Chuck Yeager, 1st to break sound barrier, dies at 97
GRASS VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles “Chuck” Yeager, the World War II fighter pilot ace and quintessential test pilot who showed he had the “right stuff” when in 1947 he became the first person to fly faster than sound, has died. He was 97.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Volunteer killed by lion
DUNLAP, Calif. - A lion killed a volunteer intern at an exotic animal park in Central California after she entered its enclosure, and authorities were trying to determine what might have provoked the animal to maul her.
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Yosemite officials say visitors risk disease
FRESNO, Calif. - About 1,700 people who stayed in tent cabins at Yosemite National Park this summer were warned Tuesday they may have been exposed to a deadly rodent-borne virus blamed for the deaths of two campers.
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USDA eyes whether tainted beef entered food supply
FRESNO, Calif. - Federal regulators who shut down a Central California slaughterhouse after receiving an animal welfare video were investigating Tuesday whether beef from sick cows reached the human food supply.
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Burger King promises cage-free eggs, pork
In a boost to animal welfare activists looking to get livestock out of cramped cages, Burger King will be the first major U.S. fast-food chain to give all of its chickens and pigs some room to roam.
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Horrific murder no surprise in meth capital
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