Feed items
A workman died and two Washington D.C. transit employees were injured in a welding accident in a Red Line tunnel early Sunday, officials said.
Editor's note: This story is one in a series on education issues featured at the 2013 Education Nation summit in New York City on Oct. 6-8. To learn more, please visit EducationNation.com.By Sarah Butrymowicz, The Hechinger ReportSTERLING HEIGHTS, Mich.
Tropical Storm Karen weakened to a depression late Saturday, discontinuing previous warnings and worries that it would reach hurricane strength, according to the National Hurricane Center."All tropical storm warnings have been discontinued," the center said in an advisory.
The oldest living Medal of Honor recipient in the nation died Friday night at a New Jersey hospital.Nicholas Oresko, a former U.S. Army master sergeant who served during World War II, died at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in New Jersey, hospital officials said Saturday. He was 96.
A weakened Tropical Storm Karen made its way to the Gulf Coast as the storm’s center was set to make landfall Saturday night and early Sunday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center.
A female employee at Garold Wayne Interactive Zoological Park in Wynnewood, Okla. was bitten by an adult tiger on Saturday morning after she stuck her hand inside a tiger cage in violation of zoo safety protocol, according to the park's owner and local authorities.
Passersby on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., ripped off their shirts to help extinguish the flames after a man apparently set himself on fire Friday, witnesses and authorities said.Washington D.C.
A severe early winter storm continued to pound heavy snow and strong winds to parts of the northern Rockies to the northern Plains on Saturday, with experts predicting it could be one of the worst storms on record for certain affected areas.
In an article at Alternet, Brigid O'Farrell takes a look at the problem of sexism in the tech industry and suggests that tech women could learn from the successes women have had in the labor movement.
Editor's note: This story is one in a series on education issues featured at the 2013 Education Nation summit in New York City on Oct. 6-8. To learn more, please visit EducationNation.com.By Sarah Butrymowicz, The Hechinger ReportSTERLING HEIGHTS, Mich.
