• 1 fired after FWPD investigating shots fired report after alleged fight at Dana

    The report indicated a fight led to at least one shot being fired inside the auto parts manufacturer plant on West State Boulevard.

  • Bureau of Prisons to close California women’s prison where inmates have been subjected to sex abuse

    The beleaguered federal Bureau of Prisons says it is planning to close a women’s prison in California known as the “rape club” despite attempts to reform the troubled facility after an Associated Press investigation exposed rampant staff-on-inmate sexual abuse. Bureau of Prisons Director Colette Peters said in a statement to the AP that the agency had “taken unprecedented steps and provided a tremendous amount of resources to address culture, recruitment and retention, aging infrastructure - and...

  • Ready to fight fire from the air

    With recent elevated wildfire risk in Minnesota, aerial firefighting crews have been stationed at the Brainerd Air Tanker base.

  • Amazon ends California drone deliveries

    Amazon confirmed it is ending Prime Air drone delivery operations in Lockeford, California. The Central California town of 3,500 was the company’s second U.S. drone delivery site, after College Station, Texas. Operations were announced in June 2022. The retail giant is not offering details around the setback, only noting, “We’ll offer all current employees opportunities […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

  • Ozark firefighters fighting townhouse fire

    OZARK, Mo. - Christian County firefighters are fighting a fire in Ozark Friday night. The fire is burning at a townhome on the 6500 block of North 23rd Street in north Ozark. According to the Ozark Fire Protection District, the fire was caused by an electrical short but was quickly put out by firefighters. No []

  • Saving Paradise: The Fight to End Militarization in Hawai‘i

    Saliha Bayrak With 6 percent of its land occupied by military bases, Hawai‘i is our most densely militarized state. But young activists are rejecting recruiting efforts and military influence.

  • California's 'Rape Club' Federal Prison To Close

    California's 'Rape Club' Federal Prison To Close Authored by Beige Luciano-Adams via The Epoch Times, Just weeks after a seventh prison employee was sentenced in a wide-ranging sex abuse scandal that has plagued a federal women’s correctional facility in the City of Dublin, about 35 miles southeast of San Francisco, officials announced April 15 they would close the prison. “The Federal Bureau of Prisons has taken unprecedented steps and provided a tremendous amount of resources...

    • FOX40

    Amazon ending only California-based drone delivery program

    (FOX40.COM) — Amazon is ending its drone delivery program in Lockeford, California after nearly a year and a half. The Northern California city was one of two cities where the online shopping giant initiated its air delivery program in 2022. "As we look to the future and prioritize our resources to continue growing the program, []

  • To End AIDS, We Must Reclaim Our Unyielding Pursuit Of Equity

    As HIV practitioners gather this week in Yaoundé for AFRAVIH, the largest international Francophone conference on HIV/AIDS, and a few months before the 25th International AIDS Conference in Munich, the Vice-Chair of the Global Fund Board urges renewed focus on promoting equity in the fight against HIV particularly for groups that continue to suffer a […]

  • California Christians Fight Back Against City Removing Cross

    A California Christian club is fighting to put their cross back on display after city officials used eminent domain to remove it while citing complaints of it being "reminiscent of KKK cross-burnings" and offensive to "diverse communities."

  • Aerial crews ready to fight Minnesota fires from the air

    With recent elevated wildfire risk in the northern part of the state, crews have been stationed at the Brainerd Air Tanker base.

    • CBC

    Fire at building under construction in north-end Halifax quickly extinguished

    Witnesses described hearing a loud blast and seeing large plumes of black smoke on Tuesday morning as a building under construction in Halifax’s north end caught fire.