Duluth, MN – The fire aboard a wintering Roger Blough on Feb. 2 caused an estimated $20 million in damages, one-fifth the total cost of the $100 million lake freighter. Those details and others were pulled from the Sturgeon Bay (Wisconsin) Fire Department’s report of the fire issued this week. […]
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Democrats: Trump attacks on Whitmer helped pave way to US Capitol riot
Former President Donald Trump’s praise for angry protests against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in Lansing and his refusal to outright condemn an alleged plot to kidnap her paved the way to him inciting his supporters to attack the U.S. Capitol last month, Democrats charged during his impeachment trial on Thursday. “The siege of the Michigan […]
The epitome of crime: Chicago detective robbed, injured while investigating a homicide
CHICAGO — A Chicago police detective with nearly three decades on the job was robbed in South Shore by two men Monday night as the detective investigated a homicide, police said. The detective suffered injuries to the head and neck and was expected to recover; he last was listed in good condition, according […]
COVID-19 Safety Requirements in the Maritime
Transportation System
The President issued Executive Order (13998), Promoting COVID-19 Safety in Domestic and International Travel that requires masks be worn on all “public maritime vessels, including ferries” to mitigate the risk of spreading COVID-19. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued order, Requirement for Persons to Wear Masks while […]
Gunman ambushed slain FBI agents with doorbell camera, police say
SUNRISE, Fla. — In the bloodiest day for the FBI in decades, two veteran agents were shot to death and three others wounded Tuesday morning when a gunman opened fire from inside his home as they attempted to serve a search warrant at an apartment in Sunrise as part of […]
Roger Blough catches fire – no injuries to crew
Firefighters from around the area were at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding Monday morning to put out a fire on one of the docked ships. At approximately 1:30 a.m. Monday morning, the fire broke out on the motor vessel Roger Blough. Smoke could be seen for hours after the initial call. Firefighters […]
At 78 and the oldest president, Biden sees a world changed
WASHINGTON (AP) — When Joe Biden took the oath of office as the 46th president, he became not only the oldest newly inaugurated U.S. chief executive in history but also the oldest sitting president ever. Biden was born Nov. 20, 1942, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He was 78 years, two months […]
Broadcast legend, Larry King, dead at 87
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Larry King, the suspenders-sporting everyman whose broadcast interviews with world leaders, movie stars and ordinary Joes helped define American conversation for a half-century, died Saturday. He was 87. King died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his production company, Ora Media, tweeted. No cause of death was […]
Biden signs burst of virus orders, vows ‘help is on the way’; Coronavirus guidelines now the rule at White House; Dr. Fauci unleashed, takes ‘liberating’ turn at center stage
President Joe Biden has served notice that America’s war on COVID-19 is under new command, promising a fraught nation progress to reduce infections and lift the siege it has endured for nearly a year. The United States has now suffered over 410,000 deaths, more than the U.S. losses in World […]
Point of Interest: Who did Trump pardon in his final days?
One of the most curious and interesting tasks a President has in his final days in office, after reviewing thousands of applications, is to grant a pardon or clemency to individuals who have been convicted of crimes through the past years. President Obama holds the record for the largest single-day […]