'Bodies come flying out': Four killed, dozens injured when train smashes into senior center charter bus in Miss.
At least four people were killed and dozens injured on March 7 when a freight train slammed into a charter bus at a railroad crossing in Biloxi, Miss., officials said. (Reuters) Four people were killed and dozens more injured Tuesday afternoon when a freight train smashed into a charter bus stalled on railroad tracks at a crossing in Biloxi, Miss. The bus carried 48 people, including the driver, according to city spokesperson Vincent Creel. Most of them were senior citizens on a seven-day..>> 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 originalHawaii plans to sue to block new Trump travel ban
(Gillian Brockell/The Washington Post) The state of Hawaii will ask a federal judge to block President Trump’s revised executive order barring the issuance of new visas to citizens of six Muslim-majority countries, according to a court filing. The action — which lawyers for the state hope to file Wednesday in Hawaii — would mark the first formal legal challenge to the order, which the president signed Monday. Hawaii also sued over Trump’s first travel ban, and lawyers for the state told..>> view originalPresident Trump Surprises Children on White House Tour
Video Screams of Delight as Trump Greets Kids President Trump celebrated the reopened public tours of the White House by surprising a group of children on Tuesday. By REUTERS. Photo by Doug Mills/The New York Times. Watch in Times Video » The White House reopened to public tours on Tuesday for the first time since the inauguration, and President Trump celebrated by popping ..>> 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 originalFractured Republicans face pitfalls on the road to Obamacare repeal
House Speaker Paul Ryan talks on Capitol Hill about the GOP plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act alongside House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy on Mar. 7. | John Shinkle/POLITICO Fractured Republicans face pitfalls on the road to Obamacare repeal Intransigent conservatives, skittish moderates, an unpredictable new president, and a wary health industry all stand in the way. By Kyle Cheney and Adam ..>> 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 more than an hour Tuesday night, a cloak of darkness covered Lady Liberty. Some of the lights that normally illuminate the statue went off before 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.†Definit..>> view originalMeasure H rebounds from early deficit, reaches two-thirds majority
A quarter-cent sales tax increase in Los Angeles County to fund anti-homelessness measures appeared to earn the two-thirds majority needed for passage early Wednesday, with 100% of county precincts reporting.Measure H would generate about $355 million annually for homeless programs over 10 years, backers say. The tax increase would raise the sales tax rate to 9% across most of Los Angeles County and up to 10% in a few communities. It would be the second phase of a two-step fundraising strategy..>> view originalSome women are striking from smiling today. Here's why.
(iStock) The “Day Without a Woman” strike on Wednesday may mean a day with fewer smiles. While not every one plans to skip work, many who want to show solidarity with the growing feminist movement said they plan to strike from unpaid work that women disproportionately do, including cooking, cleaning and, some said, smiling. More specifically, fake smiling. Some feminists say the happy face they sport by habit — or on command — is a form of unpaid “emotional labor.” They do it to be pleasant,..>> view originalThanks To Trump, The US Is No Longer One Of The Top 5 Countries In The World
Following Donald Trump’s Electoral College victory last fall, the U.S. is no longer viewed by the rest of the world as one of the top five best countries, according to a survey from U.S News and the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, which the president attended. After being previously ranked the fourth best country in the world, the United States has tumbled three spots to number seven, behind Switzerland, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, and Sweden. According to the report,..>> view original
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