Colorado transportation officials plan to nearly double the number of remotely controlled avalanche blasters installed on mountain ridges above highways, a project estimated to cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars to prevent potentially catastrophic snow slides. They’ve settled on a strategy of firing these blasters at night to trigger slides as part of efforts…
Members of Congress are among the least-trusted professions in the U.S., while pharmacists and teachers are among the highest, according to new polling. The latest Gallup poll — conducted Dec. 2-18 — asked 1,003 American adults to rank about two dozen professions in terms of their perceived ethical and honesty standards. Here is a breakdown of the results, which were…
Ashley Dyrdahl’s voice shook as she wiped away tears and admitted Tuesday to buying the guns her boyfriend used to ambush and kill three first responders in Burnsville last year. Dyrdahl, 36, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Paul to two charges of straw purchasing, which means she knowingly bought firearms for a…
This article was originally published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and is reprinted with permission. Russia has seized control of some of Ukraine’s prized lithium reserves since it launched its all-out invasion in 2022, potentially depriving Kyiv of a key economic resource. Russian forces captured a lithium deposit in the southeastern region of Zaporizhzhya in early…
Gov. Brian Kemp plans to give Georgia schools an additional $50 million this year to spend on school security, he announced Monday. Kemp, speaking at a news conference at the Georgia Capitol on the first day of the 2025 legislative session, said school safety in Georgia will also be a top priority in next year’s…
More than 80% of poultry slaughterhouse workers and half of hog processing employees testing faster line speeds are at high risk of developing chronic conditions like arthritis and carpal tunnel syndrome, according to recent U.S. Department of Agriculture reports on line speeds and worker safety. Current line speeds run up to 140 birds per minute…
This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. An app from a Cambodian financial firm accused of operating the world’s “largest illicit online marketplace” could be downloaded from Google until today, and is still available on Apple. Huione Guarantee, a Telegram marketplace, has facilitated billions of dollars in transactions…
They died inside and out of prison, stabbed beneath the sweltering Central Valley sun and gunned down on darkened streets in Pomona, Lomita and Lancaster. One was a pimp, another an extortionist with ties to Israeli organized crime. Two victims were members of a white supremacist gang. An imprisoned robber was killed by his cellmate….
This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. Soldiers from North Korea, fighting in the Kursk region of Russia, are driving residents out of their homes to take shelter and hide from Ukrainian drones, said a Ukrainian activist group, amid reports of increasing casualties among the North Koreans from…
U.S. auto safety regulators ended a federal investigation into Cruise robotaxis without taking action, removing an overhang weeks after General Motors Co. decided to shutter the struggling business. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration had opened a preliminary evaluation in late 2023 to determine potential safety risks from Cruise’s driverless vehicles. The company drew heavy scrutiny following an incident in…
