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(LONG BEACH, Calif.) — A California pipeline, that delivers the majority of fuel to the Las Vegas Valley and surrounding areas, is expected to resume operations Saturday afternoon, the pipeline operator announced. The Kinder Morgan gas pipeline, which supplies about 90% of needed gas, diesel, jet fuel and other refined petroleum products to the Las […]
(WASHINGTON) — In the six months since the launch of the national, government-backed 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, contact and answer rates have risen dramatically, while the average speed to answer has dropped, according to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration data. “As we expected, there’s been a significant increase in the use of […]
(FLINT, Mich.) — Residents of Flint, Michigan, are facing yet another issue with the city’s embattled water system. Flint announced a citywide boil water advisory after a water main broke Friday morning, causing the pressure of the entire city’s system to drop below safe levels. Crews have been able to locate the damaged 24-inch transmission […]
(NEW YORK) — Florida lawmakers on Friday approved a bill that would give Gov. Ron DeSantis the ability to appoint a board to run Disney’s Reedy Creek Improvement District – the self-governing region that encompasses the company’s theme parks outside Orlando. The bill, HB 9B, passed 26-9 in the GOP-controlled state Senate while the Republican-controlled House […]
(WASHINGTON) — The White House said Friday that a ‘high-altitude object’ has been shot down over Alaska. President Joe Biden ordered the shootdown, spokesman John Kirby said, adding that the origin of the object has yet to be determined. Responding to reporters’ shouted questions about the shootdown Friday afternoon outside the White House, Biden called the […]
(MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Pa.) — The “supposed friend” and business partner of a Pennsylvania mother found dead two weeks after he reported her missing has now been arrested for her murder, authorities said. Jennifer Brown, 43, of Limerick Township, was reported missing on Jan. 4 by Blair Watts when she failed to pick up her 8-year-old son […]
(WASHINGTON) — Revoking the government’s decades-old approval of an abortion medication would represent a “dangerous attack” on public health, the attorneys general from 21 states and the District of Columbia told a Texas judge on Friday. In a brief filed in the district federal court, the nearly two dozen state lawyers — each Democrats — objected […]
(NEW YORK) — Diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, or DEI, have recently come under fire and are at the center of political battles being waged by Republican governors Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis. These initiatives, seen in businesses, schools or government agencies, are intended to address inequities against historically marginalized groups that may be found within […]
(NEW YORK) — Migrant apprehensions along the southwest border last month hit the lowest level since February 2021, according to new data released by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Friday. The Border Patrol arrested and detained migrants 128,410 times in January, down 42 percent from December 2022, according to CBP. Overall, authorities at the […]
(ST.LOUIS) — For more than a year, Fatima Suarez said her family’s St. Louis home was repeatedly visited by a woman who allegedly insulted her family, stole their mail and damaged their property. Video footage captured by the family’s Ring doorbell camera allegedly shows a woman yelling into the camera, going through their mail and hurling […]
