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Sunday, August 6, 2017
13 injured in hazardous materials leak at California dock
Twelve dock workers and a firefighter sustained minor to mild injuries after a container ship leaked a hazardous material in the Port of Long Beach.
City Fire Department spokesman Brian Fisk said a 6,000-gallon container on the Harbour Bridge ship began leaking the liquid Sunday morning.
The Coast Guard identified the liquid as propyl acetate, primarily used as a solvent. It’s unclear how much spilled or what caused the leak.
Fisk says the leak was contained and a 1,000-foot perimeter was established as a precaution.
Eleven dock workers were treated for minor injuries at the scene while one was taken to a hospital with mild injuries. A firefighter was injured in a fall at the scene.
Local and federal officials are investigating the spill and monitoring cleanup efforts.
Source: 13 injured in hazardous materials leak at California dock – ABC News
Sunday, June 11, 2017
Flames injure 12; Molotov cocktail is thrown into Paris restaurant
At least 12 people, including six police officers, have been injured after a Molotov cocktail was thrown into a restaurant in Paris following a botched robbery, it was claimed.
Three of the victims – diners or staff – were said to have been badly burned and witnesses reported seeing a petrol bomb being tossed at the restaurant, French media reported.
Those three victims were airlifted to hospital after the Molotov cocktail exploded and sent flames through a five-storey building where the restaurant is located.
The six police officers suffered minor injuries as they responded and helped the victims on Sunday night…
Friday, June 9, 2017
Donald Trump has mastered the art of seeming like he’s telling the truth
Washington: There are two steps involved in US President Donald Trump’s defence of the allegations levelled against him by former FBI director James Comey. The first is to make the question a he-said, he-said contest between the two men. The second is to make himself seem more believable…
During a news conference with the President of Romania on Friday, the Washington Times‘ Dave Boyer asked Trump how the President was “vindicated” by Comey’s testimony – as he claimed on Twitter on Friday morning – given that Comey’s testimony boiled down to “his word against your word”.
In broad strokes, Trump’s tweet was accurate. Comey says that Trump tried to convince him to drop the investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn; Trump says that he didn’t.
But Comey also claims to have contemporaneous notes documenting the conversation, which he has provided to special counsel Robert Mueller – notes that shift the balance in Comey’s favour.
Trump, of course, has hinted that he has recordings of his conversations with Comey – but refuses to confirm whether such recordings exist. (On Friday, he said he would let the world know “in a short period of time” if they do.)
Trump’s answer to Boyer’s question happily accepted the he-said, he-said premise…
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