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Massive explosion at US bank kills employee and injures 7 others, cause of blast under investigation


Associated Press
Wed, 29 May 2024 20:23 UTC
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© WYTVIn this screen grab from a video, first responders work at the scene of an explosion in Youngstown, Ohio, on May 28, 2024.
A massive explosion blew out much of the ground floor of an apartment building, killing a bank employee and injuring several other people. Police and emergency officials initially blamed natural gas, but the fire chief later said the cause is under investigation.

The blast happened around 2:45 p.m. Tuesday, collapsing part of the ground floor of Realty Tower into its basement and sending the façade across a street where both sides had been blocked off by orange construction fencing. The 13-story building has a Chase Bank branch at street level and apartments in upper floors.

Speaking at a news conference Wednesday, city officials said the state fire marshal's office was leading the investigation into the cause, and it wasn't known when a determination may be made.
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US F-35B test jet crashes shortly after takeoff in New Mexico

Michael Marrow
Breaking Defense
Wed, 29 May 2024 20:09 UTC
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© CopyrightThe crash occurred just before 2 p.m. on Tuesday after the jet took off from Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
An F-35B test jet crashed shortly after takeoff from Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico Tuesday afternoon, according to a statement from the base. The jet's pilot ejected and was injured.

The aircraft arrived at the base 1 p.m. on Tuesday, stopping over for fuel on the way from plane maker Lockheed Martin's facilities in Fort Worth, Texas, according to the Kirtland statement. It crashed at 1:48 p.m. southwest of Kirtland, which is in the Albuquerque area and adjacent to the city's airport. The fighter was on its way to Edwards Air Force Base north of Los Angeles, Kirtland said.

The stealth fighter's pilot sustained "serious injuries" after ejecting, Albuquerque Fire Rescue spokesman Lt. Jason Fejer said in a video on X. Kirtland said the pilot was in "stable condition" as of Tuesday evening after being transferred to the University of New Mexico Hospital.

Comment: Western militaries have been plagued by accidents and errors, and particularly in just the last 6 months, which is alarming, albeit not surprising, and apt:

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Field report: Accusations against Russia about ZNPP attacks are unfounded lies

Lucas Leiroz
Strategic Culture
Tue, 28 May 2024 00:00 UTC
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© TwitterZaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant
During a recent press expedition organized by the "Vashi Novosti" media group to the New Regions of the Russian Federation, international observers saw the reality of Europe's largest nuclear power plant amid the current conflict.

Since 2022, the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has been constantly attacked. Drones and missiles hit station's facilities, raising fears about the possible leak of radioactive material. Moscow has repeatedly called on international observers to see the local reality, showing transparency and good will to resolve the situation, but Western powers still insist on accusing the Russian Federation of being responsible for the bombings.

Recently, the Russian press group "Vashi Novosti" organized a journalistic expedition to the New Regions of the Russian Federation. I participated in this trip representing the BRICS Journalists Association and had the opportunity to once again visit the conflict zone, this time passing, among other places, through Zaporozhye and its nuclear power plant.
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26 female nurses protest being forced to share women's changing room with transgender colleague: NHS chiefs face legal action

Daisy Graham-Brown
The Daily Mail
Wed, 29 May 2024 19:02 UTC
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© Stock Image/GettyIn March, 26 nurses wrote to management saying that the transgender nurse 'has made no secret' of the fact that 'he has stopped taking female hormones and is trying to inseminate his female partner'
A HR manager at the hospital trust allegedly told nurses to 'be more inclusive'

NHS chiefs are facing landmark legal action after 26 female hospital nurses protested about being forced to share a women's changing room with a transgender colleague who is biologically male.

The women complained that the transgender nurse - who has not had gender reassignment surgery - had taken a 'keen interest' in female staff when they were getting undressed. They say they have found the situation 'intimidating and upsetting'.

In a formal complaint, the nurses say they were stunned after the 'sexually active' trans nurse admitted to trying for a baby with a female partner and had stopped taking female hormones.

But a human resources manager at the hospital trust allegedly said that the female nurses need to 'be more inclusive', 'broaden their mindset' and 'be educated and attend training'.

Comment: More fallout from the ideological capture of the UK's medical field:

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Mayo Clinic must face religious bias claims over COVID vaccine policy, court rules

Daniel Wiessner
Reuters
Fri, 24 May 2024 18:48 UTC
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© REUTERS/Eric Miller/File Photo
A U.S. appeals court on Friday revived a lawsuit accusing the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota of illegally firing five employees who refused on religious grounds to receive the COVID-19 vaccine or be regularly tested for the virus.

A unanimous three-judge panel of the St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the judge who tossed out the consolidated lawsuits last year wrongly ruled that the workers had not connected their objections to Mayo's COVID-19 policies with sincere Christian religious beliefs.

Three of the workers were fired for refusing the vaccine and two others who received religious exemptions were terminated for declining weekly COVID-19 testing.

They claimed that their refusal stemmed from the belief that their bodies are temples and from their objections to the use of fetal cells in the production of vaccines."The district court erred by emphasizing that many Christians elect to receive the vaccine," U.S. Circuit Judge Duane Benton wrote. "Beliefs do not have to be uniform across all members of a religion or acceptable, logical, consistent, or comprehensible to others."
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'We have no units to send you': Chicago mom waits hours for police response after break-in

Regina Waldroup
NBC Chicago
Wed, 15 May 2024 18:41 UTC
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Michelle, a mother from Chicago who has chosen to remain anonymous, was the victim of a home invasion after two men (pictured) broke into her Wicker Park home in Chicago
A Chicago mom is raising questions about the police response after two men broke into her Wicker Park home, with four hours elapsing before officers arrived after her 911 call.

The homeowner, Michelle, doesn't want us to show her face or use her full name because the would-be robbers have not been caught.

She says she left her door open at approximately 12:30 p.m. after letting her dog out, and that's when two men entered the home.

"I saw two men wearing masks standing inside my house," She said. "I screamed - 'I am calling the police' and they bolted."
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Network

When solar flares meet cyberattacks at the confluence of global mayhem

Dr. Mathew Maavak
The Eye Opener
Mon, 27 May 2024 00:00 UTC
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© Image generated by Gemini AI
The 'Great Blackout' is arguably the most expedient pathway towards the Great Reset. But how will it pan out?

As I had written recently, the Earth was subjected to a dynamic solar flare from an active sunspot called Region 3664 between May 10 and 13. It peaked on May 11 as a significant X5.8 class flare. The X-class constitutes the most powerful category of solar flares and has the potential to impair human and animal health as well as degrade utilities and telecommunications infrastructures.

We are in the midst of a new helical cycle called Solar Cycle 25, which began in December 2019 and is expected to peak into a "solar maximum" between late 2024 and early 2025. An unprecedented X class solar storm, accompanied by massive coronal mass ejections (CMEs), may set back societies by months, years or even decades.
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Veterans can't get aid for illnesses from secret base service due to lack of government acknowledgment

Dave Savini, Samah Assad
CBS News
Mon, 27 May 2024 06:44 UTC
Veteran Ely who served on a top secret base referred to as 'Area 52'
© CBS NewsVeterans like Ely (pictured during his Air Force days) who served on a top secret base referred to as 'Area 52' say the government won't compensate them for getting sick from their service because the US won't confirm they were ever there
In the mid-1980s, Air Force technician Mark Ely's job was to inspect secretly obtained Soviet fighter jets.

The work, carried out in hidden hangers known as hush houses, was part of a classified mission in the Nevada desert, 140 miles outside of Las Vegas at the Tonopah Test Range — sometimes referred to as Area 52. The mission was so under wraps that Ely said he had to sign a non-disclosure agreement.
"Upholding the national interest was more important than my own life," Ely told CBS News, and that's not just talk.
Ely was in his 20s and physically fit when he was working at the secret base. Now 63 and living in Naperville, Illinois, he's confronting life-threatening consequences from the radiation he says he was exposed to.

Comment: See also:

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Attention

Crops damaged by heavy rainfall and hail: Dutch agriculture organisation "extremely worried"

Amari Roos
Sott.net
Mon, 27 May 2024 22:29 UTC
rainfall netherlands crop
Heavy rainfall during the past month caused much damage to crops in the Netherlands.
Preliminary data show that from May 1st until May 26th, more than 100 mm (4 in) rain fell in most of the Netherlands. Some areas, such as the Dutch provinces of Limburg and Brabant, received more than 200 mm (8 in) rain.

The Agriculture and Horticulture Organization Netherlands (LTO), a Dutch entrepreneurs' and employers' organization for farmers and horticulturists, reported that farmers and horticulturists throughout the country are experiencing problems due to the heavy rainfall and hail in the past month.

During this season, around 700 farmers have reported damage due to rain and hail to insurance company Vereinigte Hagel. Damaged vegetable crops include onion and beet crops, with flower bulbs also hit.
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Top academic accuses the British Medical Journal of 'abandoning science' due to ideology

Colin Fernandez
The Daily Mail
Fri, 24 May 2024 22:14 UTC
Dr Michael Biggs britain transgender numbers
Dr Michael Biggs (pictured), an Oxford University sociologist, was blacklisted over a paper saying the official number of transgender people in the UK – 262,000 – is unreliable
BMJ rejecting research 'because of their views on the trans debate'

The British Medical Journal has been accused of 'abandoning science' after it rejected research from top academics over their views on the trans debate.

One researcher had his paper rejected because he was 'opinionated' and had tweeted in support of author JK Rowling's gender-critical views.

The other's research was taken offline by BMJ staff who accused him of being 'transphobic' based on a student paper article about him. Both academics saw the discussions in BMJ staff emails after making Freedom of Information requests.
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