Leaning into his chair, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg smirked as he fielded questions about electric vehicles from the GOP-led House Oversight Committee on Thursday. In particular, he demolished a complaint from Rep. Aaron Bean (R-FL) about whether tax rebates on electric vehicles “were just too expensive.” “If you think this is too expensive, wait until […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s government has begun bulldozing homes built in flood-prone areas and promising evicted families the equivalent of $75 to relocate after a deadline passed to evacuate amid deadly rains. In the capital, Nairobi, a bulldozer ripped through iron-sheet walls as people watched in despair. Security forces with guns and batons stood […]
STORY: The televised demolition, with giant metal claws tearing at the masonry of the gutted edifice, demonstratively underlined the restoration of control by Azerbaijan since its forces recaptured Karabakh last year and more than 100,000 ethnic Armenians fled. The region had previously been de facto independent of Baku since a war that spanned the collapse […]
By Daniel Trotta and Jiawei Wang (Reuters) – A small plane crashed into and demolished a mobile home on Thursday in Clearwater, Florida, presumably killing the pilot, while firefighters sought to determine if there were any victims on the ground, officials and media reports said. Images posted online by the Clearwater Fire & Rescue Department […]
Jan. 18—Zeeq Michel uses the same bus stop almost every day to get to and from his after-school job at the Salish School of Spokane. Zeeq, 15, said he used to fear for his safety whenever he’d be stuck waiting by the pole on the corner of Maple Street and Maxwell Avenue, mostly due to […]