Word: columbus
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...thousands of individuals from almost 2,000 communities and tribes. And to ensure a degree of "purity," the study was confined to groups that were in their present locations as of 1492, before the first major migrations from Europe began -- in effect, a genetic snapshot of the world when Columbus sailed for America...
...engine Jetstream turboprop, the smallest type flown by American Eagle. Fifteen of 20 people on board died. A larger American Eagle craft crashed in Indiana Oct. 31, killing all 68 aboard. A Jetstream 41 -- similar to the plane in the North Carolina accident -- crashed Jan. 7 near Columbus, Ohio, killing five people; authorities believed pilot error caused...
Italians gathered Sunday to celebrate the occasion with the annual Columbus Day parade...
...People still say Columbus 'discovered' America, as if there were no indigenous people here already," Lawson said. "I would like to see it called Indigenous People's Day, as I believe it is called in Berkeley and in some other communities across the country...
...certain Harvard students, Columbus Day weekend was just really long...