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Snyder v. United States could make it legal for public officials to accept rewards for their corrupt actions. | |
Submitted at Today, 04:18 AM by sleeppoor | |
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At least six are presumed dead, authorities say
The six construction workers who fell to their death when Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed were all Latino immigrants ranging from ages 26 to 49. They were described as hardworking, humble men, dedicated to their spouses, children and families in their homelands. Foreign embassies have confirmed the men to be from Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and Mexico.
Divers found two of the men trapped inside of a red pickup truck in 25 feet of water Wednesday evening, Maryland State Police Superintendent Col. Roland L. Butler Jr. said at a somber press conference. They were identified as Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes, 35, and from Veracruz in Mexico, and Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera, 26, who is from San Luis in Guatemala.
Eight workers were atop the bridge repairing potholes when the container ship struck it, sending it plummeting into the water within seconds. Two of the construction workers survived, including one who was from Michoacán in Mexico and is currently recovering from injuries. | |
Submitted at Today, 03:49 AM by sleeppoor | |
There's a growing rift forming between COVID-19 experts and the COVID-cautious public. | |
Submitted at Today, 02:57 AM by sleeppoor | |
Holy Joe Lieberman has died. Born in 1942 in Stamford, Connecticut, Lieberman was the future blowhard of all blowhards. | |
Submitted at Today, 02:34 AM by Mordant | |
An investigation into the marketers and scammers responsible for X’s most visible — and most memeable — spambot problem. | |
Submitted at Yesterday, 10:07 PM by sleeppoor | |
Lieberman died Wednesday afternoon in New York after suffering complications from a fall, his family said a statement. | |
Submitted at Yesterday, 10:07 PM by Mordant | |
The Francis Scott Key Bridge tragedy in Baltimore is a reminder that sudden changes to how we move goods around the world can happen anytime. | |
Submitted at Yesterday, 12:46 PM by thirteen3seven | |
His tilted walls of rusting steel, monumental blocks and other immense and inscrutable forms created environments that had to be walked through, or around, to be fully experienced. | |
Submitted at Yesterday, 12:59 AM by sleeppoor | |
A Gothamist analysis shows decades of alleged abuse in the Rikers Island women’s jail. | |
Submitted at 03-26-2024, 10:35 PM by sleeppoor | |
Once a part of the urban fabric, pay phones are disappearing. In Hawaii, some are being removed, but others seem to be decaying in place. | |
Submitted at 03-26-2024, 02:36 PM by Mordant | |
Nelson Peltz criticized Disney's 'woke' strategy, specifically casting doubt on Marvel's 'Black Panther' and 'The Marvels.' | |
Submitted at 03-26-2024, 02:32 PM by Mordant | |
Baltimore Police Department told NBC News it was notified ofa partial bridge collapse early Tuesday, with workers possibly in the water, at the Francis Scott Key Bridge. | |
Submitted at 03-26-2024, 07:33 AM by sleeppoor | |
A 'secret' Royal Canadian Mounted Police report paints a dark picture of Canada's future due to climate change, misinformation, a global recession and other troubling trends. | |
Submitted at 03-26-2024, 05:59 AM by sleeppoor | |
All criminal charges have been dropped against three Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers who were accused in a deadly 2020 police shooting that killed a father and toddler in Kawartha Lakes, Ont. | |
Submitted at 03-26-2024, 04:04 AM by sleeppoor | |
Federal officials say milk from dairy cows in Texas and Kansas has tested positive for bird flu. The virus has also been detected in New Mexico. | |
Submitted at 03-26-2024, 03:15 AM by sleeppoor | |
Elon Musk and X postured as defenders against government surveillance but sold user data to Dataminr, which facilitates such surveillance. | |
Submitted at 03-25-2024, 05:18 PM by sleeppoor | |
The former Tarheel Army Missile Plant in east Burlington, which contaminated the groundwater, scored too low to be eligible for Superfund | |
Submitted at 03-25-2024, 05:20 PM by sleeppoor | |
A pair of AirPods and what lawyers say was some shoddy police work resulted in an innocent middle-class Ferguson family having their front door smashed in by the St. Louis County SWAT team last May.
Around 6:30 p.m. on May 26, Brittany Shamily was at home with her children, including an infant, when police used a battering ram to bust in her front door. “What the hell is going on?” she screamed, terrified for herself and her family. “I got a three-month-old baby!”
Body camera footage from the scene shows Shamily come to the front door, her hands up, her face a mix of fright and utter confusion at the heavily armed folly making its way from her front porch into her foyer. “Oh my god,” she says.
The SWAT team was looking for guns and other material related to a carjacking that had occurred that morning. Their search didn’t turn up any of that — though it has led to a lawsuit, filed Friday, that may lead to a better public understanding of how county police decide whether to deploy a SWAT team or serve a search warrant in a less menacing manner. | |
Submitted at 03-25-2024, 03:38 PM by sleeppoor | |
San Jose invited tech companies to mount cameras on a vehicle in what appears to be first-of-its-kind experiment | |
Submitted at 03-25-2024, 03:18 PM by B. Weed | |
Despite splashy climate pledges, firms including BP and Saudi Aramco have plans to expand fossil fuel production, says analysis | |
Submitted at 03-25-2024, 12:48 PM by B. Weed | |