Signal Error Blamed for India Rail Disaster

Published: Sun, 06/04/23

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NBC News

Signal Error Blamed for India Rail Disaster

A signal error that led a train to wrongly change tracks was to blame for the crash in eastern India that killed nearly 300 people and injured hundreds more, officials said Sunday.

ABC News

Biden Signs Debt Deal

President Joe Biden addressed the nation in a prime-time speech after Congress averted an economically disastrous default with just days to spare by passing legislation to raise the nation's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling.

Spectrum News

Migrants Flown to Sacramento

Sixteen Venezuelan and Colombian migrants who entered the country through Texas were flown to California by chartered plane and dropped off outside a church in Sacramento.

Axios

Corporate America's Pride Conundrum

Companies like Target and Bud Light — which both caved after right-wing backlashes to LGBTQ-themed products and promotions — suddenly face extreme pressure after years of supporting Pride events without issue.

CNN

Naming a President

Amidst confusion over how the Florida governor pronounces his last name, CNN's Michael Smerconish asks what will happen when it comes to naming the nominee for 2024.

New York Times

Trump Lawyer Notes Could Haunt

The lawyer M. Evan Corcoran recorded his reflections about a high-profile new job: representing former President Donald J. Trump in an investigation into his handling of classified documents.

Washington Post

Awakened After 20 Years

The awakening of April — and the successful treatment of other people with similar conditions — now stand to transform care for some of psychiatry’s sickest patients.

The Guardian

Were We Duped By Electric Cars?

Electric vehicles may be a bit soulless, but they’re wonderful mechanisms, but when you start to drill into the facts, electric motoring doesn’t seem to be quite the environmental panacea it is claimed to be.

Wall Street Journal

What if RFK Had Lived?

Bobby Jr. seems to float in the interval between then and now, dislocated in time as he challenges Joe Biden and his name arrives as a sort of double take, trailing not-quite-dissipated contrails of the old story.

Daily Mail

"Where Woke Goes to Die"

While her husband stakes his case to become president, Casey DeSantis continued her audition for America's first lady by channeling another first lady and delivering a blunt message on the back of her coat.

People

At Holmes in the Slammer

Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced founder of blood-testing company Theranos, has been spotted behind bars for the first time since beginning her lengthy prison sentence this week.

Politico

What Happens if Hunter is Indicted?

The GOP chair of the House Oversight Committee, which has been pursuing allegations of financial chicanery by members of President Joe Biden’s family, had something to say about the impact of the inquiry.

Fox News

Former Exec Says It's About the Tuck

Target has seen a significant drop in its market value as the retail giant faces a consumer firestorm over the displaying of pride merchandise in stores around the nation.

Reuters

China Seeks Dialogue with US

Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu told Asia's top security summit on Sunday that conflict with the United States would be an "unbearable disaster" but that his country sought dialogue over confrontation.

Politico

Who's In the First GOP Debate

Spectators are salivating at the opportunity for former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to savage each other at the Republican National Committee’s first sanctioned 2024 debate in August.

Associated Press

Ukraine Fights Back in Bakhmut

Watching imagery from a drone camera overhead, Ukrainian battalion commander Oleg Shiryaev warned his men in nearby trenches that Russian forces were advancing across a field toward a patch of trees outside the city of Bakhmut.

Yahoo! News

Stone's Rules on Donald Trump

Famed political dirty trickster Roger Stone was caught on camera boasting he’s been manipulating Donald Trump for decades. The key is in lying to Trump by making the former president think he came up with the idea first.

CBS News

Severe Lifeguard Shortage Closes Pools

As children make a splash in Los Angeles, Chicago opens its pools, and thousands flock to Florida's beaches, it's clear that Americans just want to be in the water as summer gets underway.

CNBC

OPEC+ Debates Cut in Production

OPEC and its allies will meet on Sunday to debate a new deal possibly adjusting countries’ output quotas and a further cut in production as the group faces flagging oil prices and a looming supply glut.

WRAL News

Fort Bragg Rebrands for 2023

The name Fort Bragg, which referenced a Confederate general from Warrenton, was retired in favor of Fort Liberty, a name Donahue said reflects the ethos of those who serve.

For the Left

United Airlines Pilots Union Votes to Authorize a Strike Vote

The United Airlines Holdings Inc (UAL.O) pilots union has unanimously voted to authorize a strike vote, the union chair said in a letter to pilots on Friday.

For the Right

Carter and the Kings: A Friendship and Alliance — but After MLK's Assassination

Jimmy Carter forged an alliance with the King family despite never meeting Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights era.

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