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The bridge that collapsed on Interstate 5 in northern Washington this week has a documented history of being struck by oversize trucks, federal investigators said Sunday.The collapse of the bridge Friday night over the Skagit River in Mount Vernon, about 60 miles north of Seattle, left only three people with non-life-threatening injuries, but the National Transportation Safety Board called it a wa...
The soldier bent to his work, careful as a diamond cutter. He carried no weapon or rucksack, just a small plastic ruler, which he used to align a name plate, just so, atop the breast pocket of an Army dress blue jacket, size 39R.“Blanchard,” the plate read.Capt. Aaron R. Blanchard, a 32-year-old Army pilot, had been in Afghanistan for only a few days when an enemy rocket killed him and another sol...
The skull’s left corner is gone, leaving a jagged, diagonal edge drenched in red. The eyes are black and frantic. All of it resembles the Iraqi man who, in his final minute alive, stared up at Maj. Jeff Hall.For five years, that face tortured Hall, once a sharp Army leader later shoved to his own ragged edge. Not long ago, a woman handed Hall a blank mask, brushes and paints. She asked him to see ...
Two people are dead and 130 others were rescued from powerful flood waters after heavy rain pummeled the San Antonio area.Flash-flooding swept cars and a city bus off main streets Saturday as storms dumped more than a foot of rain on the city in 24 hours.One person, a 17-year-old, remains missing in the city of Schertz, northeast of San Antonio.The majority of rescues were people trapped in their ...
It wasn't a Rolling Stones concert that drew 800 men and women to camp out for five days in Queens, N.Y., it was the chance at landing a coveted union job opening. The New York Times reported a union elevator mechanic job prompted nearly 1,000 young workers to haul out tents and mattresses and weather the great outdoors of Long Island City at the chance to be considered. Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 3 handed out applications for its apprentice program.
