NEW YORK — As the year began, New Yorkers shuddered at a subway crime straight out of urban nightmares — the death of a woman shoved onto the tracks by a disturbed stranger. The city’s new mayor vowed to “make sure New Yorkers feel safe in our subway system.” But […]
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Deaths of Baltimore firefighters in blaze ruled homicides
Baltimore police say the deaths of three firefighters who got trapped in a burning vacant home when it partially collapsed were determined to be homicides By BRYAN GALLION Associated Press April 13, 2022, 5:15 PM • 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article The deaths of three […]
Delta Air Lines drops surcharge for unvaccinated employees
Delta Air Lines is dropping an extra charge for employees who aren’t vaccinated against COVID-19 ByThe Associated Press April 13, 2022, 5:08 PM • 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article ATLANTA — Delta Air Lines has dropped a $200 per month surcharge that it had been […]
Subway survivor saw passenger ‘fighting for his life’
Kenneth Foote-Smith was on the subway when a gunman detonated a smoke canister, sending commuters into panic. He saw women screaming and “banging on the door,” and a man trying to open the subway car door, “fighting for his life.” “That’s when I knew something was very, very wrong and […]
Chemical weapons use from Syrian war stokes Ukraine’s fears
BEIRUT — The chilling scenes from Syria of victims twitching and gasping for air after chlorine cylinders were dropped from helicopters in towns and villages were broadcast over and over in the course of country’s civil war. Legal and moral taboos were shattered. Hundreds were killed, including many children, in […]
23 injured in Texas storms; more tornadoes forecast in US
Nearly two dozen people were injured when tornadoes swept through central Texas as part of a storm system that’s expected to spawn more twisters and damaging winds ByThe Associated Press April 13, 2022, 3:05 PM • 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article SALADO, Texas — Nearly […]
Alyssa Nakken becomes 1st woman to coach on-field in MLB game
The San Francisco Giants’ assistant coach made history during Tuesday’s game. April 13, 2022, 1:24 PM • 4 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article San Francisco Giants assistant coach Alyssa Nakken made history Tuesday night, becoming the first woman to coach on the field during a regular […]
Wildfire destroys at least 150 structures in New Mexico town
Officials say a wind-driven wildfire swept through neighborhoods in a mountain community in drought-stricken south-central New Mexico, burning at least 150 structures ByThe Associated Press April 13, 2022, 2:27 PM • 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article RUIDOSO, N.M. — A wind-driven wildfire swept through neighborhoods […]
US Navy says new task force to patrol Red Sea amid Yemen war
The U.S. Navy says it will begin a new task force with allied countries to patrol the Red Sea after a series of attacks that have been attributed to Yemen’s Houthi rebels in a waterway that’s essential to global trade By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press April 13, 2022, 12:24 PM […]
Israeli forces kill Palestinian as West Bank raids continue
The Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian man during clashes in the occupied West Bank By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press April 13, 2022, 10:45 AM • 3 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article JERUSALEM — Israeli forces shot and killed a […]