- Firefighter on paid leave for allegedly making false 911 calls
- Officials: Iowa firefighter hurt in explosion breathing on his own
- Minn. fire chief asks for $1M to hire more firefighters
- 4 firefighters arrested for starting fires 'for the excitement of it'
- First responders on coffee run save woman in cardiac arrest
January 18, 2019
Fall River Fire Chief John Lynch said an investigation has been launched after Kyle Cusick allegedly made around 16 calls reporting fictitious fires
January 18, 2019
Clinton firefighter Adam Cain “continues to slowly improve” after being badly injured in a grain-silo explosion that killed his colleague
January 18, 2019
“On average, seven times per day the department does not have an available unit to respond to the next emergency,” Roseville Fire Department Chief Tim O’Neill said
January 18, 2019
Officials said four McDowell County firefighters started fires because they "were all bored and wanted a call to go on"
January 16, 2019
Three firefighter-paramedics were stopping to get coffee when they were stopped by a friend of Janice Winter, who was about to go into cardiac arrest
- It's time to designate Turkey as a sponsor of terrorism - Washington Examiner
- Letter: City's snow-clearing methods are borderline environmental terrorism - Kamloops This Week
- Terrorist attacks in Israel decrease sharply despite 3 deaths - Cleveland Jewish News
- R. Kelly’s Former Manager Has Turned Himself in on Terrorism Charges - SPIN
- Counter terrorism police in the West Midlands now facing a 'growing' far right threat - Birmingham Live
January 18, 2019
It's time to designate Turkey as a sponsor of terrorism Washington ExaminerOn Tuesday, Islamist terrorists affiliated with the Somali group al-Shabaab attacked an upscale hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, killing at least 21. It wasn't the group's ...
January 18, 2019
Letter: City's snow-clearing methods are borderline environmental terrorism Kamloops This WeekEditor: On Boxing Day, Aberbeen residents received a skiff of snow, yet city crews were running up and down the streets at holiday overtime rates. Staff claimed ...
January 18, 2019
Terrorist attacks in Israel decrease sharply despite 3 deaths Cleveland Jewish News(JTA) — The number of terrorist attacks against Israelis dropped by 75 percent last month over November, but it was also the deadliest month since March with ...
January 18, 2019
R. Kelly’s Former Manager Has Turned Himself in on Terrorism Charges SPINA former manager of R. Kelly's, Henry Mason, has surrendered to Georgia law enforcement on terroristic threats and acts charges, The Blast and TMZ report.
January 18, 2019
Counter terrorism police in the West Midlands now facing a 'growing' far right threat Birmingham LiveIt isn't just Islamist plots the officers are dealing with - they're also tackling a growing number from far right extremists.
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January 18, 2019
The American civil-rights movement has thrust northward into the big cities. To give a clearer understanding of what those challenges can mean to a city, The Christian Science Monitor asked for two ‘inside’ assessments from Chicago. The following, by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King.
January 18, 2019
This is my third reporting trip in three months to cover Brexit, the never-ending national drama over Britain’s vote to leave the European Union. On each trip I find time to visit the Tate Modern, a colossal art museum in a converted power station two miles downriver of the ...
January 18, 2019
Lt. Sam Robinson of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) watches over them, because they must be under the supervision, or “coverage,” of a corrections officer at all times. The men, members of a filmmaking program called FirstWatch, are incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison. “Film [is] ...
January 17, 2019
With France taking its turn this year as head of the Group of Seven most-advanced industrialized countries, President Emmanuel Macron is identifying climate change and cooperative efforts to soften the economic downsides of globalization as his priorities. In other words, how does a group of the world’s most powerful ...
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