Buoyed by Keystone XL, pipeline opponents want Biden to act
After President Joe Biden revoked Keystone XL’s presidential permit, opponents of other pipelines are hoping the projects they’ve been fighting will be next …
Month: January 2021
Famous private eye Jack Palladino gravely injured in robbery
Jack Palladino on life support with head injury suffered in attempted robbery. …
Official: System in deadly nitrogen leak recently installed
The investigation into the cause of a deadly liquid nitrogen leak at a Georgia poultry plant is continuing …
UN urges countries to repatriate 27,000 children from Syria
The U.N. counterterrorism chief is urging countries to repatriate the 27,000 children stranded in a massive camp in northeastern Syria …
Army: Sick soldiers drank compound found in antifreeze
U.S. Army officials say 11 soldiers at Fort Bliss in Texas were sickened after drinking an industrial compound found in antifreeze …
Crews battle flames, cold, wind in huge recycling plant fire
Firefighters are battling a massive fire at a northern New Jersey recycling plant that started overnight and is expected to burn for days …
Playing favorites? Hospital boards, donors get COVID shots
Some hospitals around the U.S. are facing complaints about favoritism and line-jumping after their board members and donors received COVID-19 vaccinations or offers for the prized inoculations …
Court tosses murder conviction over fire in secret tunnels
A Maryland appeals court has overturned a wealthy stock trader’s conviction on a murder charge in the fiery death of a man who was helping him dig tunnels for an underground nuclear bunker …
Police: Cold weather may have lead to street sweeper’s death
Police in Connecticut say Friday’s frigid weather may have contributed to the death of a street sweeper whose body was found after an early morning accident …
2 protesters accused of causing hearing loss with megaphones
Two people who used megaphones during a protest outside a Cleveland restaurant are accused of causing permanent hearing loss to an employee and have been charged with felony assault …
Police: Newly found blood sample solves 1988 homicide
Police say they solved the murder of a Battle Creek woman more than 30 years later, after an old blood sample connected a man to the fatal stabbing …
2 firefighters among 4 people killed in Oklahoma house fire
Two Oklahoma firefighters are among four people killed in an early morning house fire in northwestern Oklahoma …