Even before the Massachusetts blasts, fatal fires and explosions caused by gas leaks revealed a safety crisis beneath our streets.
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The short version: What we found about the dangers of natural gas pipelines
Utilities’ plans to upgrade natural gas pipelines are often secret, so there’s little transparency about how utilities are managing the risk.
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect due in federal court
The suspect in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting rampagethat left 11 people deadis expected to make a brief appearance in federal court Thursday to be arraigned ona44-count indictment, including hate crimes.
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10th child dies amid adenovirus outbreak at New Jersey pediatric care center
The adenovirus outbreak at the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation has sickened 27 medically fragile children.
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Here’s the latest for Thursday November 1st: Trump says 15,000 troops could go to border; Trump insists birthright citizenship isn’t for those illegally in US; Pittsburgh shooting suspect going to court; Indonesia divers find crash plane’s data recorder.
Divers recover Indonesia jet’s data recorder
Divers on Thursday recovered a flight data recorder from the crashed Lion Air jet on the Indonesian seafloor, a crucial development in the crash investigation. 189 people died when the 2-month-old plane plunged into the sea on Monday. (Nov. 1)
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Concerned woman calls 911, saves German hiker
Hiker Nancy Abell called 911, concerned that another hiker she met, Katharina Groene, didn’t have proper snow gear. Rescue helicopter pilots found Groene, from Germany, stranded in Washington’s snowy Cascade Mountains. (Nov. 1)
Trump campaigns on ending birthright citizenship
President Donald Trump is campaigning on ending the constitutional right to citizenship for babies born in the United States. He highlighted the topic during a campaign rally in Florida Wednesday night. (Nov. 1)
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Mattis on border deployment: ‘we don’t do stunts’
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is rejecting suggestions that the move to send thousands of troops to the Southwest border, in response to the Central American caravan, is a political stunt. ‘We don’t do stunts,’ Mattis told a reporter on Wednesday. (Nov. 1)
56,800 dead and missing: Hidden toll of migration
A growing number of migrants have drowned, died in deserts or fallen prey to traffickers, leaving their families to wonder what happened to them. At the same time, anonymous bodies are filling cemeteries, including in South Africa. (Nov. 1)
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