Video shows moments before deputies fatally shoot man armed with railroad spike at Florida church
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) says a man who threatened people inside a Florida church was shot and killed by officers after “less-than-lethal measures were ineffective.” “Ta”. HCSO said in a press release that the deputy-involved shooting occurred around 2:40 a.m. Tuesday at the Divine Mercy Prayer Center in Plant City. Body camera footage […]
MT trial against railroad company begins after thousands exposed to asbestos
Warren Buffett’s trial against BNSF Railway begins Monday over the lung cancer deaths of two people who lived in a small northwestern Montana town where thousands of people were exposed to asbestos from a vermiculite mine. For decades, the W.R. Grace & Company mine near Libby produced contaminated vermiculite, exposing residents to asbestos, making thousands […]
Victims of Montana asbestos pollution that killed hundreds take Warren Buffett’s railroad to court
LIBBY, Mont. — When Paul Resch was a kid, he spent his time walking through asbestos through the northwestern Montana town of Libby, just yards from the railroad tracks that kicked up dust as trains carried pollutants from mountaintop mines. I remember playing baseball on fields made of contaminated vermiculite. During long days along the […]
Here’s Why It Could Take Longer To Rebuild The Baltimore Bridge Than The Whole Transcontinental Railroad
Efforts to rebuild the recently collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge near Baltimore, Maryland, could soon become a multi-year quagmire as a result of environmental bureaucracy under the Biden administration, experts say Daily -Told the Caller News Foundation. In late March, a container ship traveling from the Port of Baltimore across the Patapsco River collided with […]
Biden fires railroad inspector general over toxic work environment allegations
President Biden on Friday fired the longtime American Railroad Retirement Board official after an investigation found he created a toxic work environment at the federal agency. However, similar allegations against at least two White House staffers were not investigated, and they appear to remain employed. Biden, 81, reportedly informed House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) of […]
DARPA aims to build a lunar railroad in its latest effort to establish a human colony on the Moon
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has its sights set on the moon, and recently selected defense giant Northrop Grumman to work on the idea of building a lunar rail network, according to the report. Debriefing session. A recent development is DARPA’s latest announcement. 10-year lunar structure (LunA-10) capability survey. The ultimate goal is reportedly […]
‘The Underground Railroad’, Barry Jenkins’ Acclaimed Miniseries, Coming To Criterion Collection In June
Ah, June! At the beginning of summer, movie buffs spend their days and nights indoors in air-conditioning, ticking off their international movie viewing lists. Still a few months away, The Criterion Collection We’ve just dropped a list of movie titles that will be added to our collection all summer long, including masterpieces from David Lynch, […]