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Ravenel neighbors pushed to breaking point over nearby dirt mines
CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – Over 70 neighbors on Hyde Park Road in rural Charleston County have signed a petition to present to county leaders asking for changes regarding several nearby dirt mines. Andrea Dunn, a Hyde Park Road resident who’s leading the charge, says she and her neighbors, many of them senior citizens, have …
Pilot in Kobe Bryant helicopter crash pushed the limits of bad weather flying rules, NTSB says
The National Transportation Safety Board investigators described the crash as preventable, the pilot as experienced, and his employer as a generally safe charter operation. They spoke at a meeting of the NTSB to settle on an official cause of the January 26, 2020, crash that killed Bryant, his daughter, the pilot, and six others. “Even …
‘A Brexit nightmare’: the British businesses being pushed to breaking point | Brexit
Christophe Fricker lectures in German at the University of Bristol and adores living in England. He was born in Germany but his anglophilia became so strong after moving here that he wrote a book called 111 Gründe, England zu lieben (“111 Reasons to Love England”) in 2018. He selected the gardens of Cornwall, the National …
Health care workers at Mission Hills hospital pushed to the breaking point amid COVID-19 surge
MISSION HILLS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Health care workers on the job during the holidays are working desperately to save patients with COVID-19. Providence Holy Cross Hospital in Mission Hills, located in the hard hit northeast San Fernando Valley, has seen the number of COVID-19 patients quadruple since the beginning of November. “It’s frustrating when …
House Republicans block Democrats’ effort to advance $2,000 stimulus checks pushed by Trump
The political jostling, with no clear path forward, shows how Trump’s surprise refusal to sign the bill into law has created a sudden political and economic crisis in Washington. Failure to pass the package could spell disaster for tens of millions of Americans and risk the broader U.S. economy at a perilous moment during the …
Pushed by Pandemic, Amazon Goes on a Hiring Spree Without Equal
SEATTLE — Amazon has embarked on an extraordinary hiring binge this year, vacuuming up an average of 1,400 new workers a day and solidifying its power as online shopping becomes more entrenched in the coronavirus pandemic. The hiring has taken place at Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle, at its hundreds of warehouses in rural communities and …
Nasa Mars rover: Perseverance launch pushed back again
Image copyright NASA / C Mangano The launch of Nasa’s Mars rover Perseverance has been pushed back again to 30 July at the earliest. In an update, the US space agency said a technical issue needed to be investigated, prompting the delay. The robot rover will search for signs of past life on the Red …
Climate change: Blue skies pushed Greenland ‘into the red’
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Melting in Greenland in 2019 While high temperatures were critical to the melting seen in Greenland last year, scientists say that clear blue skies also played a key role. In a study, they found that a record number of cloud free days saw more sunlight hit the surface while …
Italy has a world-class health system. The coronavirus has pushed it to the breaking point.
In early March, as deaths from the virus spiked and the number of confirmed cases swelled, Italy’s government needed to take decisive steps to slow the lightning-fast rate of infection. On March 8, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte locked down Italy’s Lombardy region, effectively quarantining about 16 million people in the north. Two days later, Conte …
Man, 43, charged with attempted murder over stabbing of mum as she pushed pram
A 43-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after a mum was stabbed three times while she pushed a pram carrying her child. Josephine Conlon, 36, was stabbed three times in the back in Streatham, south London on Monday evening. Mark Brazant, of Ealing, was last night charged with attempted murder, possession of an …
