Emergency officials: We won't let pipeline protesters freeze
A woman watches the sunset at the Oceti Sakowin camp where people have gathered to protest the Dakota Access oil pipeline in Cannon Ball, N.D., Friday, Dec. 2, 2016. Hundreds of protesters fighting the Dakota Access pipeline have shrugged off the heavy snow, icy winds and frigid temperatures that have swirled around their large encampment. (David Goldman/Associated Press) By Dave Kolpack | AP December 3 at 4:13 PM FARGO, N.D. — The head of North Dakota’s emergency management services say..>> view original'Life is not going to be the same': Slaying of beloved USC professor leaves colleagues and friends crestfallen
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(WASHINGTON) — A presidential commission on Friday made 16 urgent recommendations to improve the nation’s cybersecurity, including creating a nutritional-type label to help consumers shop wisely and appointing a new international ambassador on the subject — weeks before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.The release of the 100-page report follows the worst hacking of U.S. government systems in history and accusations by the Obama administration that Russia meddled in the U.S. presidential..>> view originalPolitics|Jill Stein's Pennsylvania Recount Effort Is Dealt a Major Setback
Photo Jill Stein, the Green Party presidential candidate, who began the recount bid in Pennsylvania, said in a filing that “petitioners are regular citizens of ordinary means” and could not afford a $1 million bond payment that was ordered by Pennsylvania courts. Credit Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times Pennsylvania appears increasingly unlikely to have a statewide recount of its votes, diminishing the last long-shot hope by opponents of Donald J. Trump that a review ..>> view originalPearl Harbor: A New Yorker's journey through hell, 75 years later
The battleships U.S.S. West Virginia (foreground) and U.S.S. Tennessee sat low in the water, burning after Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. (Bettmann/Bettmann Archive). BY Larry Mcshane. NEW YORK DAILY NEWS. Sunday, December 4, 2016, 4:43 ...>> view original'It went up in a heartbeat': 10-alarm blaze devastates Cambridge neighborhood
CAMBRIDGE — A 10-alarm blaze erupted Saturday afternoon in a dense Cambridge neighborhood, destroying or damaging at least 11 buildings, and displacing at least 60 people in a conflagration that Fire Chief Gerald Reardon described as looking like a “ball of fire” in war zones. “This looks almost like a third-world country after a bombing,” Reardon told reporters Saturday night. At least one building collapsed before the fire was contained around 8 p.m., authorities said. Advertisement Autho..>> view originalNavy to christen submarine Colorado at Connecticut shipyard
Tim Cook Navy christens submarine USS Colorado in shipyard ceremony Hundreds gather as General Dynamics Electric Boat hosts the christening ceremony for the USS Colorado in Groton, Conn., on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016. The 377-foot-long vessel is the 15th in the Virginia class of attack submarines, each costing $2.7 billion. (Tim Cook/The Day via AP) Tim Cook Navy christens submarine USS Colorado in shipyard ceremony The crew of the USS Colorado stands at attention alongside the s..>> view original
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