Japanese American groups criticized the construction of a new immigrant detention center in Texas at a military base that was used during World War II to imprison people of Japanese descent. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center at Fort Bliss in El Paso, which opened this past weekend, will be able to hold as many as 5,000 detainees upon …
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Authorities identify 2nd person killed in Clairton Coke Works blast
A second Westmoreland County man was identified as the other victim who was killed Monday in an explosion at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works. Steven Menefee, 52, of the village of Tarrs in East Huntingdon, was pronounced dead at 7:26 p.m. at the scene of the blast, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office said Thursday. Searchers pulled his body from …
Read More »Authorities identify 2nd person killed in Clairton Coke Works blast
A second Westmoreland County man was identified as the other victim who was killed Monday in an explosion at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works. Steven Menefee, 52, of the village of Tarrs in East Huntingdon, was pronounced dead at 7:26 p.m. at the scene of the blast, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office said Thursday. Searchers pulled his body from …
Read More »2 dead, at least 10 injured after blast at U.S. Steel plant in Pennsylvania
An explosion at a U.S. Steel plant near Pittsburgh on Monday left two people dead and at least 10 others injured, Allegheny County officials said. The explosion erupted at Clairton Coke Works at 10:51 a.m. ET, leaving some employees trapped under rubble for hours. One of the deceased victims was identified as Timothy Quinn, a 39-year-old father of three. Quinn …
Read More »Laureano’s big night; Gurriel’s big blast; Arraez’s award; King’s return – San Diego Union-Tribune
Good morning from Phoenix, The Padres began spring training figuring they might need to trade for a left fielder by the end of July. They tried 10 guys at the position over the season’s first four months before making the move to go get their man at Thursday’s trade deadline. Ramón Laureano has so far made the wait worth it. …
Read More »More Than 2,300 WGA Members Blast Trump ‘Threats to the Free Press’
More than 2,300 Writers Guild of America members on Tuesday blasted what they called “escalating attacks on independent media by the Trump Administration” in an open letter whose signatories include Tony Gilroy, Spike Lee, David Simon, Adam McKay and more. The consortium includes “screenwriters, television writers and journalists” who say they face an “unprecedented, authoritarian assault” in the wake of …
Read More »‘Jerry Day’ is a blast from S.F.’s past
Read Mission Local often? Help grow our newsroom, joining the hundreds of San Franciscans who support us by giving below. On Day Two of the Grateful Dead invasion, the “Summer of Love” spirit was revived — bare feet, dreadlocks and all for the Excelsior’s 23rd annual “Jerry Day.” While you won’t be able to find Dead & Company at Golden …
Read More »Phillies blast Jhoan Duran’s signature Twins entrance in packed ballpark
Jhoan Duran is a Phildelphia Phillie now. The former Twins closer, who comes with one of the most electrifying entrance sequences in baseball, got his first moment to soak it all in at Citizen’s Bank Park on Friday night. With the Phillies leading 5-4 after a late rally, Duran emerged from the home bullpen for his first save opportunity with …
Read More »Royals blast Blue Jays into oblivion 9-3
Well, when you acquire a hitter before the trade deadline, you put in a good process, you put in the work, you put in the scouting, make a decision, and hope it pays off for the rest of the season. I think it is kind of unusual for it to pay off so quickly though. In his first plate appearance …
Read More »Grenade missing from scene of blast that killed three LA police officers | Los Angeles
A grenade is missing from the scene of an explosion that killed three people at a Los Angeles law enforcement training facility, authorities said. Three veteran deputy sheriffs died in the explosion last Friday, the LA county sheriff’s department’s largest loss of life in a single incident since 1857. Sheriff Robert Luna said the men were working on two “military-style” …
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