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January 10, 2013 by 826chi in Beyond the Films In Soul Food Junkies, filmmaker Byron Hurt briefly describes what it used to be like for African Americans to travel in the United States. He talks about how blacks would take along boxed lunches in order to avoid being turned away from restaurants or dining cars. And […]
Videos being shared across social media this week depict an almost dystopian, futuristic scene: drivers of Teslas in Autopilot mode while wearing Apple Vision Pro headsets, seemingly unaware of the road in front of them. The videos led federal transportation officials to issue warnings. But are people really mindlessly riding around in Teslas in Autopilot […]
BOISE, Idaho — As a massive winter storm dumped snow across much of the western U.S., some hardy winter sport enthusiasts headed to ski resorts and backcountry slopes despite frigid temperatures during the long Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend. But in many areas, the storm brought a high risk of avalanche conditions along with […]
11 January 2024, 10:32 GMT Updated 11 minutes ago Image source, National Transporation Safety Board Airline regulators will not be rushed into clearing grounded Boeing 737 Max 9 planes after a mid-air blowout, the US government has said. The aircraft, which were suspended in the US following an incident on an Alaska Airlines flight “need […]
The Federal Aviation Administration has grounded certain Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft and will keep them grounded until the agency is “satisfied that they are safe,” an FAA spokesperson said in a statement Sunday. The Emergency Airworthiness Directive, which is impacting about 171 planes worldwide, came after a paneled-over exit door on an Alaska Airlines […]
A foreign exchange student from China who was reported missing last week in Utah has been found in what authorities said was an apparent “cyber kidnapping” scheme to extort US$80,000 from the student’s family. The 17-year-old student was reported missing Friday, a day after he was last seen at the home where he had been […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is adding some “forever chemicals” to the list of toxins that must be reported by drinking water utilities. That is going to require a lot of infrastructure investment. “We are now in the process of establishing a drinking water standard for about six different PFAS,” Radhika Fox, assistant administrator for the […]
WASHINGTON/RIYADH, Nov 26 (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy warship responded to a distress call from a commercial tanker in the Gulf of Aden that had been seized by armed individuals and is now safe, U.S. officials said on Sunday. The tanker, which had been carrying a cargo of phosphoric acid, was identified as the Central […]
DALLAS COUNTY (CBSNewsTexas.com) – Ian Aguilar, the 10-year-old reported missing from Wilmer 11 days ago, is safe with his family. The AMBER Alert issued on Nov. 14 for the child was canceled by the Wilmer Police Department on Saturday afternoon. “Ian has been safely returned to the United States and is safe with . . […]
President Biden and his aides are using the agreement for a brief halt to hostilities in Gaza to push the Israeli government to take broad measures aimed at lessening the harm to Palestinian civilians, including setting up safe areas, allowing in much more aid and fuel, and restoring basic services such as water and electricity, […]