Oklahoma Shuts Down Energy Companies' Disposal Wells In Area Of Strong Quake
After one of the strongest earthquakes ever to hit Oklahoma struck Saturday, state regulators ordered oil and gas companies to shut down all their wastewater disposal wells in a 725-square-mile area around the site of the quake's epicenter near Pawnee. The seismic activity immediately raised suspicions that it was linked to injection wells that oil and gas companies use as part of fracking and other operations. The 5.6-magnitude earthquake was felt in five states; it followed a string of smalle..>> view originalJacob Wetterling: Remains of missing Minnesota boy found, authorities say
Watch the season finale of "The Hunt with John Walsh" this Sunday at 9 p.m. ET/PT."The Ramsey County Medical Examiner and a forensic odontologist identified the remains as Wetterling's earlier today," the release said. The release didn't say if anybody has been charged. The sheriff's office said investigators will evaluate new evidence and "expect to be in a position to provide more detailed information early next week."The abduction of the 11-year-old boy led to the 1994 Jacob Wetterling Crimes..>> view originalTwo killed in Texas while doing stunts in single-engine plane
LIBERTY COUNTY, Texas - Two men are dead after a single engine airplane crashed into the Trinity River on Saturday evening, reports CBS affiliate KHOU. According to the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office, the men were identified as 26-year-old Patrick Joseph Falterman from Cleveland, Texas who piloted the airplane. He was accompanied by his friend, 25-year-old Zach Esters who was visiting from Louisiana. Authorities say the airplane stalled before it crashed in the river about a quarter mile ..>> view original2 officers shot, wounded by visitor at Fresno County jail
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Two unarmed officers were critically injured after being shot by a visitor in the lobby of a central California jail, authorities said. Correctional Officers Juanita Davila and Toamalama Scanlan were shot in the head and neck areas during a struggle Saturday at with a man who tried to cut to the front of the visitors' line and refused to take a seat when he began pacing near a secure area of the Fresno County jail, sheriff's spokesman Tony Botti said. Scanlan, who has 10 y..>> view originalWhy early voting could favor Democrats in key states
Two months prior to Election Day, the first votes of the 2016 election will be cast next week in the battleground state of North Carolina.With early votes expected to make up 50 to 75 percent of ballots cast in North Carolina and other key swing states, the next two months could prove even more critical than Nov. 8th in deciding who will be the 45th president of the United States.The influence of early voting has been growing, and the major American political parties know it. “This is going to ..>> view originalSenate Republicans brace for frightful fall
Donald Trump’s tumultuous August has increased Democrats’ chances of winning the Senate, with a dozen states potentially in play — including previously uncompetitive races in North Carolina and Indiana. GOP operatives still believe their incumbents and candidates can prevail against imperfect Democrats in states ranging from Pennsylvania to Nevada. But protecting the 54-seat Republican majority will require a near-sweep of competitive states that is looking increasingly unlikely.Story Continue..>> view originalLawmakers likely to do what they do best: the bare minimum
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers return to Washington this week for an abbreviated election-season session in which they will likely do what they do best: the bare minimum. All Congress must do this month is keep the government from shutting down on Oct. 1 and, with any luck, finally provide money for the fight against the mosquito-borne Zika virus. Republicans controlling Congress promise they won’t stumble now, but the weeks ahead could prove tricky. A chief motivation for the September session, especi..>> view originalEx-Tuskegee Airman, Martin Luther King Jr. bodyguard, dead at 93
Dabney Montgomery, who was a member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen and served as a bodyguard to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., died Saturday morning at his home. He was 93. Montgomery, who served with the legendary black Army Air Corps unit from ...>> view originalThis photo of an officer comforting a baby went viral. But there's more to the story.
By the time Michelle Burton and a dozen other Birmingham, Alabama, police officers arrived at an apartment Tuesday night, it was too late to save a 30-year-old man, who died of an apparent drug overdose.On the couch lay a 35-year-old woman, slack and unresponsive, but with a faint pulse. Paramedics on the scene administered a dose of Narcan, a fast-acting opioid antidote, before rushing her to the hospital. Then there was the matter of the couple's shaken children: a 7-year-old girl, a 3-year-o..>> view originalNo Longer a Hurricane — for Now — Hermine Winds Up for Big Northeast Punch
Hermine may no longer be a hurricane but that doesn't mean the storm isn't still packing a wallop. "This storm is not done yet," said Ari Sarsalari, a meteorologist for The Weather Channel. "It's going to get worse over the next couple of days." Now officially a "post-tropical cyclone," Hermine — the first hurricane to strike Florida in 11 years — was on the back end of a long, slow journey up the East Coast. And by Monday morning, it's expected to have recovered to hurricane strength, the..>> view original
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