• California’s High-Speed Rail Dreams Could Go “Whoosh”

    The good news is that California will almost certainly have a high-speed rail line someday. The bad news is that it may look a lot like “Whoosh.” Whoosh is the name of the new high-speed rail line that opened last October on the Indonesian island of Java. Its existence is a breakthrough—Whoosh is the first bullet train in Southeast Asia and the Southern Hemisphere. Similarly, California’s train could be the first truly high-speed service in North America. (Amtrak’s Acela and Florida’s Brightline...

  • Biden touts high-speed rail between Southern California and Las Vegas

    President Biden touted a high-speed rail project that will connect Las Vegas with Southern California, funded by billions of federal dollars, as he campaigned in Nevada on Tuesday. “Guess what? It's coming,” he told supporters at a campaign event in Reno. “Well over a billion dollars, man. And you're going to be able to get to — not that anybody wants to get to Los Angeles, but people from Los Angeles want to get to Nevada. Well, they’ll do it in two hours instead of four and take tens of...

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    California High-Speed Rail gets dunked on for sad March Madness post

    With the first of the NCAA men’s March Madness Sweet 16 games scheduled to tip off on Thursday, California’s High-Speed Rail Authority decided to capitalize on the nation’s college basketball fervor with a particularly head-scratching post on social media. The High-Speed Rail Authority appears to have altered a notional map of what the U.S. would look like with a nationwide high-speed rail network. Whereas the original imaginary chart simply outlined train routes, the agency posted a version...

  • Motoring expert warns 'millions of drivers affected' as costs hit all-time high

    Motorists call upon Government to take action to slash fuel costs to help with cost of living

  • California speeds plans to empty San Quentin's death row

    California is accelerating its efforts to empty San Quentin's death row with plans to transfer the last 457 condemned men to other state prisons by summer. The move comes five years after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order that imposed a moratorium on the death penalty and closed the prison's execution chamber. It coincides with his broader initiative to transform San Quentin into a Scandinavian-style prison with a focus on rehabilitation, education and job training. The condemned...

  • China is trying to connect Southeast Asia by high-speed rail. Here’s how that’s going

    Imagine jumping on a train in southwestern China, traveling some 2,000 miles and arriving in Singapore – less than 30 hours later. That’s the scenario China is envisioning for Southeast Asia as part of its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a vast overseas infrastructure development program that launched more than a decade ago. In 2021, the

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    China is trying to connect Southeast Asia by high-speed rail. Here’s how that’s going

    By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Imagine jumping on a train in southwestern China, traveling some 2,000 miles and arriving in Singapore – less than 30 hours later. That’s the scenario China is envisioning for Southeast Asia as part of its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a vast overseas infrastructure development program that launched more than

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    China is trying to connect Southeast Asia by high-speed rail. Here’s how that’s going

    By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Imagine jumping on a train in southwestern China, traveling some 2,000 miles and arriving in Singapore – less than 30 hours later. That’s the scenario China is envisioning for Southeast Asia as part of its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a vast overseas infrastructure development program that launched more than

  • New Gene Therapy To Cost $4.25 Million, The Highest Drug Price In The US

    New Gene Therapy To Cost $4.25 Million, The Highest Drug Price In The US The most expensive drug in the U.S. is now Lenmeldy, a $4.25 million gene therapy the FDA approved March 18 for children with a rare genetic disease, Becker Hospital Review reports. Metachromatic leukodystrophy manifests into the loss of motor and cognitive function, and early death, according to the FDA. The first and only one-time medicine for patients is Lenmeldy (atidarsagene autotemcel). Its manufacturer,...

  • 4 hospitalized, 1 arrested after high-speed chase and crash that ended in Dooly County

    CRISP COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A woman is in custody after a high-speed chase Saturday night led to a crash and the hospitalization of four people, including the woman who was driving. A Crisp County Sheriff’s Office news release says it happened just before 10:30 Saturday night. That’s when the sheriff’s office says a Crisp County deputy tried to conduct

  • Despite some progress, state's high-speed rail is $100 billion short and many years from reality

    California’s high-speed rail train could feature an indoor play area for children and seating options that would allow people to meet as a group or cocoon in a reading nook. Recently released drawings of the imagined interior, station platforms and a video walk-through of a model train car offered a glimpse into the future of the transit system and its promise to transform the state. But how — and if — it will ever live up to that promise to connect Los Angeles to San Francisco by train in less...

  • 4 armed suspects in custody after high-speed chase through Lake County involving carjacked vehicle

    Four armed suspects were taken into custody after authorities say a mother had a gun pointed at her head and was carjacked in Waukegan before the suspects led police on a chase through Lake County. The Waukegan Police Department responded around 2 p.m. Sunday to the Target, 3050 North Lewis Avenue in Waukegan, for a […]