Demolition crews detonated more than 200 pounds of explosives overnight, bringing down FirstEnergy’s 306-foot tall Lake Shore power plant. The demolition took place around 1 a.m. on Friday.
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Explosion rattles Bogot , one policeman killed
An explosion in the center of Colombia’s capital killed a police officer and injured more than two dozen others, according to media reports and eyewitnesses. Andres Felipe Arias Leiva, Colombia’s former agriculture minister who faces possible extradition for alleged corruption, said Tuesday that the case is of a political nature because he opposed the strategy of the current Colombian president, Juan Manuel Santos, to agree with the Forces Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia .
Pentagon launches effort to solve a baffling WWII mystery
The Pentagon is launching efforts to solve a baffling World War II mystery: whether dozens of U.S. sailors listed as missing from a ship disaster were actually recovered and buried all along as unknowns in a New York cemetery. More than 130 victims of the USS Turner’s 1944 explosion and sinking near New York Harbor are still officially missing.
Residents say 1st atom bomb test caused cancer cases
FILE – In this Tuesday, July 14, 2015 file photo from video, Tina Cordova talks of her late father, Anastacio Cordova, in her Albuquerque home. Cordova believes her father, who died in 2013 after suffering from multip… ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Residents say the world’s first atomic bomb test caused generations of southern New Mexico families to suffer from cancer and economic hardship, according to surveys gathered by an advocacy group seeking compensation for descendants.
Residents say 1st atom bomb test caused cancera
The surveys released Friday detailed residents’ stories from areas around the 1947 Trinity Test in southern New Mexico and argue that many Hispanic families later struggled to keep up with cancer-related illnesses. Residents say 1st atom bomb test caused cancer cases The surveys released Friday detailed residents’ stories from areas around the 1947 Trinity Test in southern New Mexico and argue that many Hispanic families later struggled to keep up with cancer-related illnesses.
US goes from bandleader to bystander in Syria peace efforts
In this Jan. 5, 2017, photo, Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington. Stung by years of failure to stop Syria’s bloodshed, the United States is now but a bystander to the civil war as President Barack Obama leaves office.
Footage shows woman flung to ground after being struck by LIGHTNING in Brazil
Weed belong together: Mariah Carey is pictured at a marijuana dispensary on Christmas Eve – as it’s revealed she DID do a soundcheck before ‘sabotaged’ New Year lip-sync disaster Tearful Colorado mother pleads for help finding her six-year-old boy after he ‘wandered away’ from their home on New Year’s Eve and vanished Elon Musk’s SpaceX blames a fault in helium canister for massive Falcon 9 rocket explosion that destroyed Facebook’s $200m internet satellite Will President Obama use the five-minute break between congressional sessions tomorrow to appoint Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court? The Donald blasts Rahm Emanuel for Chicago’s bloodiest year in almost two DECADES: Trump says the mayor must ask for federal help if he can’t fix the city after a record 762 homicides in 2016 Can sugar really give you CANCER? Diet author reveals how the smallest amount can trigger health problems such … (more)
Homeless Lucas Werner ‘banned from Starbucks’ lies about age on dating websites
Weed belong together: Mariah Carey is pictured at a marijuana dispensary on Christmas Eve – as it’s revealed she DID do a soundcheck before ‘sabotaged’ New Year lip-sync disaster Tearful Colorado mother pleads for help finding her six-year-old boy after he ‘wandered away’ from their home on New Year’s Eve and vanished Elon Musk’s SpaceX blames a fault in helium canister for massive Falcon 9 rocket explosion that destroyed Facebook’s $200m internet satellite Will President Obama use the five-minute break between congressional sessions tomorrow to appoint Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court? The Donald blasts Rahm Emanuel for Chicago’s bloodiest year in almost two DECADES: Trump says the mayor must ask for federal help if he can’t fix the city after a record 762 homicides in 2016 Can sugar really give you CANCER? Diet author reveals how the smallest amount can trigger health problems such … (more)
Barry Soper: Brexit, Trump and Key – A political bombshell of a year
The first explosion was detonated in June with Brexit with voters doing what was considered the unthinkable, turning their backs on Europe. The vote told us more than anything else how divided Britain is and how the political elite misread their constituents.
Lobbyist named head of Miss America Foundation board
A Washington lobbyist and former aide to the first President Bush has been named chairman of the board of the Miss America Foundation. A Washington lobbyist and former aide to the first President Bush has been named chairman of the board of the Miss America Foundation.
AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EST
A powerful chain-reaction explosion ripped through Mexico’s best-known fireworks market on the northern outskirts of the capital Tuesday, killing at least 29 people, injuring scores more and sending a huge plume of charcoal-gray smoke billowing into the sky. Video of the blast showed a dramatic staccato of rockets exploding in flashes of light, leveling the open-air San Pablito Market in Tultepec in Mexico State as it bustled with shoppers stocking up on fireworks to celebrate Christmas and New Year’s.
Louisiana’s oil, gas industry expected to benefit under Trump…
In a Sept. 18, 2010 file photo, the Development Driller III, which drilled the relief well and pumped the cement to seal the Macondo well, the source of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and oil spill, is seen in the Gulf Of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana, on the day well was declared dead.