ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Crews are working to demolish and rework the pedestrian undercrossing at 1st Street and Central Avenue. The work is part of the ongoing upgrades for the Rail Trail project. “Our community has been asking for an at-grade crossing at the First and Central Crossing for years, and now we are delivering,” Mayor Tim […]
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Threat from Israeli operations preventing Rafah crossing aid deliveries, says Egypt
(Reuters) – The cessation of aid deliveries through the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip is connected to the threat posed to humanitarian work by Israel’s military operation in the area, Egypt’s foreign minister said on Monday. “Now there is a military presence on the outskirts of the Rafah crossing and military operations […]
Threat from Israeli operations preventing Rafah crossing aid deliveries, says Egypt
(Reuters) – The cessation of aid deliveries through the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip is connected to the threat posed to humanitarian work by Israel’s military operation in the area, Egypt’s foreign minister said on Monday. “Now there is a military presence on the outskirts of the Rafah crossing and military operations […]
NYPD highway cop fatally strikes pedestrian crossing Van Wyck Expressway
An NYPD highway cop rushing to answer a 911 fatally struck a pedestrian crossing the Van Wyck Expressway in Queens early Sunday, cops said. The driver had activated the marked NYPD vehicle’s lights and sirens when they hit the 23-year-old victim near Liberty Ave. in Jamaica about 4:30 a.m., officials said. An NYPD spokesman could […]
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Palestinians wounded in Gaza desperate for Rafah crossing to reopen
By Ramadan Abed DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (Reuters) – Ni’ma Ali Imad is desperate to get her wounded son Mohammed out of Gaza for the medical treatment that doctors say they cannot provide in the Palestinian enclave. Five-year-old Mohammed lost his sight and suffered a head wound during Israeli shelling. But, like many other wounded Palestinians, […]
Jupiter’s mysterious moon Amalthea spied crossing the Great Red Spot (photo)
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has spotted the elusive fifth moon of Jupiter transiting the giant planet’s Great Red Spot, giving astronomers a rare view of this small but intriguing natural satellite. Jupiter‘s most famous moons are its four Galilean satellites: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, each of which is several thousand kilometers wide. Jupiter’s fifth moon […]
Israel and Egypt row over reopening Rafah border crossing
Israel and Egypt are locked in a row over the Rafah border crossing, blaming each other for its continued closure as Gaza’s humanitarian crisis worsens. Israeli forces have taken control of the Gaza side of the crossing. On Tuesday Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz said he had told the UK and Germany about “the need […]
Effingham Council hears plans to improve pedestrian railway crossing
May 10—For the first time in several years, the city of Effingham is looking to expand the quiet zone for trains passing through the area after being awarded federal grant funds for safety upgrades to a local pedestrian railway crossing. During the Effingham City Council’s meeting Tuesday, Public Works Director Jeremy Heuerman told the council […]
Truckers stuck at Rafah crossing fear food won’t reach hungry Gaza
RAFAH, Gaza Strip/ARISH, Egypt (Reuters) – Truck drivers stuck at Egypt’s border with Gaza say the food they are taking to the Palestinian enclave could spoil as they wait, exacerbating a hunger crisis among Gazans as war rages on. Israeli forces seized control of the Rafah border crossing this week and are preparing for a […]
Renewed Hamas attack on Israel’s Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza
The military wing of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement, has again mounted an attack on the Kerem Shalom border crossing between Israel and the far south of the Gaza Strip – the fourth such attack since Sunday. Mortars were used in Friday’s attack, the al-Qassam Brigades said on the Telegram messaging service. Israel’s COGAT organization, […]
Israel reopens key Gaza crossing but UN says no aid has entered
The Israeli military said it has reopened its Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza after days of closure, but the UN said no humanitarian aid has yet entered. The UN also said there is no-one to receive the aid on the Palestinian side after workers fled during Israel’s military incursion in the area. The Kerem Shalom […]