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Emily S. Rueb

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Uganda New York Times world
13 Nov 2019
In recent years, expectant parents have gone to extreme lengths to create splashy, Instagrammable moments to announce the sex of their child. Some of the celebrations, however, have ended in calamity: a 45,000-acre forest fire, a flaming car, a deadly explosion.
'Gender Reveal' Celebration in Texas Led to a Plane Crash
Uganda New York Times world
12 Oct 2019
From disposable headphones and plastic cutlery to food scraps and toilet waste, the average airline passenger leaves behind over 3 pounds of garbage, according to one estimate. To get travelers and airlines thinking — and talking — about that rather large pile of trash, a British design firm has refashioned the economy meal tray, replacing plastic with renewable materials such as coffee grounds, banana leaves and coconut wood.
Airline Food Waste Is a Problem. Can Banana Leaves Be Part of the Solution?
Uganda New York Times world
20 Jul 2019
The camera panned to the water’s edge on St. Simons Island’s East Beach in Georgia, where a row of short-finned pilot whales writhed, clicked and whistled as their shiny black bodies caught breaking waves in the late afternoon light on Tuesday.
Georgia beachgoers save stranded pilot whales in dramatic rescue
Uganda New York Times world
16 May 2019
The world watched in December as a 72-year-old funeral director pushed the coffin of President George Bush into a polished Cadillac hearse in Houston. He had done the same before at services for Presidents Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan, first ladies Betty Ford and Nancy Reagan, and many other well-known figures.
When Important People Die, He's There
Uganda New York Times entertainment
1 May 2019
Almost as quickly as the floodwaters rose in the cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach were trapped for more than two weeks in northern Thailand in July, filmmakers and authors raced to tell their story.
Uganda New York Times world
30 Apr 2019
The identities of seven victims, including a 12-year old girl and three relatives of a suspect, discovered in a grisly series of homicides in Sumner County, Tennessee, were released by the state’s Bureau of Investigation on Monday, as multiple agencies struggled to determine a motive.
Tennessee officials identify 7 victims in 'Gruesome' series of killings