6. Triassic-Jurassic Extinction When: 199-215 Million Years Ago Death Toll Estimate: 65 % to 80% of all species on the planet Smack bang during the rise of the Dinosaurs, it was, in fact, a time ...

A worker with the Department of Environmental Protection was killed Saturday morning in a "large" explosion while working on a docked boat in the Hudson River, the agency and the FDNY said. The 59 ...

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