Ten people died and more 20 were taken to local hospitals after a van crashed on Highway 281 near Encino, Texas on Wednesday afternoon, Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) spokesman Nathan Brandley said. As reported. Brandley CNN, there were 30 people in the white Ford passenger van when the driver tried to turn right, “turned off the road and hit a metal post and a stop sign.” According to…
The Pentagon is currently on lockdown and personnel not allowed to go outside due to the «shootout» that took place outside the building on the bus platform, according to a message sent to the Pentagon's security personnel. The incident took place outside the building on the Metro Bus platform. It is the main entrance to the Pentagon, through which thousands of employees enter and exit daily. The platform is used…
President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he is instructing the Department of Education to use its legal powers against Republican governors who are trying to prevent local school authorities from obliging students to wear masks as part of the fight against COVID-19. Speaking in White home, Biden noted that some politicians are trying to turn public safety measures into «political disputes for their own benefit,» and warned that they «set…
Two tourists who came to Hawaii over the weekend were arrested after it was revealed they violated state security measures by forging vaccination cards. The Hawaii attorney general's office told The Hill Friday, that two men — identified by USA Today as Norbert Chung, 57, and Trevor Chung, 19, from the mainland — were detained at Daniel K. Inouye Airport in Honolulu on Sunday. Gary Yamashiroi , a spokesman for…
A South Korean military court sentenced disgraced K-pop star Seungri to three years in prison for crimes involving prostitution to foreign businessmen. The Defense Ministry said the former member of popular boy band Big Bang was also fined 1.15 billion won ($ 989,000). He was taken into custody after being sentenced by an army court in Yongin, near Seoul. Seungri, whose real name is Lee Seung Hyun, was indicted in…
The family of Fred Cox, an 18-year-old black boy killed by a deputy sheriff at a North Carolina funeral last November, filed a wrongful death lawsuit — claiming he tried to protect a mother and her son during incident.
Two basketball coaches from Georgia were charged with the murder of a 16-year-old girl who died after training outdoors in extreme heat. Larosa Maria Walker-Asekere and Dwight Broom Palmer are charged with second-degree murder, second-degree child abuse, manslaughter and criminal negligence. The charges relate to the August 2019 death of Imani Bell: an Elite Scholars Academy student , who died after training members of the women's basketball team outdoors in…
It would seem that there is nothing to talk about here, but after a series of unpleasant incidents, United Airlines decided to remind its employees: do not stick passengers to their seats using duct tape. a memo has been issued reminding them not to stick passengers — no matter how out of control they get — amid criticism of other airlines for controversial ways to tame travelers. In the past…
The Biden administration is developing a plan for foreigners entering the United States to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, a White House official said Wednesday. The plan is now in development and will be ready when the US reopens its borders, an NBC News official said. Current travel restrictions remain in place due to concerns about the delta variant of the coronavirus. Most non-citizens who have been in the UK,…
