Train strikes, drags charter bus in Biloxi, Mississippi; 3 dead, 35 injured - WLS
BILOXI, Miss. (WLS) -- A freight train smashed into a charter bus in Biloxi, Mississippi, on Tuesday, dragging the bus 300 feet down the tracks and leaving at least four people dead, authorities said. The train was a CSX freight with a lot of weight up front: three engines pulling 52 rail cars, with half of them full. And dead ahead of it was a bus stuck on the tracks filled with senior citizens who had almost arrived for a casino outing. The bus from Austin, Texas was broadsided at Main Stre..>> view originalInternational Women's Day 2017: 5 women changing their world for the better
The theme of this year's International Women's Day, a holiday now more than a century old, is "Be Bold For Change." It's a message intended to push people toward concrete action on gender equality. Here are the stories of five women from around the world who are doing just that in their communities. *** England | By Karla Adam 'You either just give up, or you think, 'one life at a time' Sarah Fane is an optimist, a smile never far from her lips. Ask her about educating girls in Afghanistan, a na..>> view originalThe Statue of Liberty went dark overnight and the timing was just 'too perfect'
New Yorkers were left confused late on Mar. 7 when the lights illuminating the Statue of Liberty turned off for more than an hour. (Editor's note: This video has no sound.) (AP) For about an hour Tuesday night, a cloak of darkness covered Lady Liberty. Some of the lights that normally illuminate the statue went off 11 p.m., leaving only her still-lit torch and crown visible to most in New York Harbor. As one Twitter post opined, the timing was “just too perfect.†Definitely, tweeted..>> view originalHow Planned Parenthood Could Derail Obamacare Repeal
Abortion is a side issue in the debate over repealing the Affordable Care Act, but just as it nearly did for Democrats seven years ago, the polarizing procedure could end up scuttling the Republicans’ effort to usher in a new healthcare law.The House GOP bill to replace Obamacare also blocks about $500 million in federal funding for Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest single abortion provider. The provision mirrors language that Republicans included in a repeal bill two years ago, and it ..>> view originalWhat we know about the Jewish center bomb threats
In the third month of continued threats to Jewish community centers, schools and institutions, there are very few answers.It's unclear who's making the threats, why and what the state of the investigation is. Some of the bomb threats are emailed. Some of them are phone calls from muffled and distorted voices. Other calls are automated. They are chilling with threats such as "The Jews will be decimated" and that bombs have been planted in children's backpacks. When it began Since January, Jewish..>> view originalLA Election Results: Measure H, to beef up homeless services, ahead in early votes - The Pasadena Star
A quarter-cent sales tax aimed at raising hundreds of millions of dollars to help end homelessness across Los Angeles County was falling short of passage at the ballot box late Tuesday, according to early returns. With 142 of 2,685 precincts reporting, 61.21 percent of the voters – or 136,286 – said yes to Measure H, and 86,375 – or 38.79 percent – said no.Measures calling for taxes need two-thirds of the vote to pass.The measure, also known as the Los Angeles County Sales Tax for Homeless Ser..>> view originalTrump's New Travel Ban Blocks Migrants From Six Nations, Sparing Iraq
The new order retains central elements of the old one, cutting the number of refugees admitted to the United States each year to 50,000 from about 110,000. Mr. Trump is also leaving open the possibility of expanding the ban to other countries, or even putting Iraq back on the banned list if the country’s leaders fail to comply with a requirement that they increase intelligence sharing, officials said. “Unregulated, unvetted travel is not a universal privilege, especially when national security ..>> view originalWikiLeaks reveals vast CIA spying, cyberwar operation
WikiLeaks reveals vast CIA spying, cyberwar operation 8 March 2017 The bitter internecine struggle within the US state apparatus and ruling political establishment, featuring unsubstantiated Democratic claims of Russian hacking in support of Trump, on the one hand, and Trump’s own charge that his campaign was bugged by Obama, on the other, was overshadowed Tuesday by a massive release of CIA documents by WikiLeaks.The 8,761 documents contained in what WikiLeaks has described as..>> view originalNew anti-Obamacare ads conflate the exchanges with the entire health-care system
Supporters of the Affordable Care Act (Brennan Linsley/AP) “Obamacare has been a disaster for Ohio families. … We’re paying more for health care. A lot more. … It’s time to repeal and replace the health-care mess voted for by Senator Sherrod Brown. … Congress can start by eliminating Obamacare’s one trillion dollars in tax hikes.” —voiceover in new radio ad by One Nation, a GOP nonprofit, released March 7 “Under Obamacare, our choices are limited and people have lost the coverage they liked...>> view originalHouse intelligence chair says he has seen no evidence Obama administration ordered wiretap of Trump
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said he has seen no evidence that President Trump was being wiretapped. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) said Tuesday that he had seen no evidence supporting President Trump’s claim that his phones were tapped by the previous administration. But unlike many other members of Congress, Nunes did not demand that the administration explain the basis of Trump’s accusa..>> view original
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