🔥 Western US fires unstoppable
The flames of a northern New Mexico wildfire have become unstoppable as the largest blaze in the US burns trees sucked dry of moisture over decades of drought amid a forecast Thursday of more winds expected to fan the blaze, according to wildfire fighting managers.
Meanwhile, winds in Southern California sent embers flying in the coastal community of Laguna Niguel on Wednesday. More than 20 homes were destroyed, many of them multimillion-dollar mansions.
From New Mexico to Colorado and parts of the Midwest, forecasters on Thursday issued red flag warnings of extreme wildfire danger because of low humidity levels, erratic winds and warm temperatures. Some evacuation orders were relaxed along the southern flank of the fire near the town of Las Vegas, New Mexico.
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The flames of a northern New Mexico wildfire have become unstoppable as the largest blaze in the US burns trees sucked dry of moisture over decades of drought amid a forecast Thursday of more winds expected to fan the blaze, according to wildfire fighting managers.
Meanwhile, winds in Southern California sent embers flying in the coastal community of Laguna Niguel on Wednesday. More than 20 homes were destroyed, many of them multimillion-dollar mansions.
From New Mexico to Colorado and parts of the Midwest, forecasters on Thursday issued red flag warnings of extreme wildfire danger because of low humidity levels, erratic winds and warm temperatures. Some evacuation orders were relaxed along the southern flank of the fire near the town of Las Vegas, New Mexico.
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👮♂️ Louisiana state troopers charged in beating of Black man
State prosecutors have charged three Louisiana State Police troopers accused of beating a Black motorist, hoisting him to his feet by his hair braids and bragging in text messages that the “whoopin’” would give him “nightmares for a long time.”
The troopers also later exchanged 14 text messages peppered with “lol” and “haha” responses in which they boasted about the beating and mocked Harris, who spit up blood and suffered from sore ribs and stomach pain for days after the arrest.
State police had arrested the troopers in February 2021 on felony charges of malfeasance in office, but local prosecutors elected not to bring that count last week when filing a bill of information in Franklin Parish. Misdemeanor simple battery in Louisiana carries up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.
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State prosecutors have charged three Louisiana State Police troopers accused of beating a Black motorist, hoisting him to his feet by his hair braids and bragging in text messages that the “whoopin’” would give him “nightmares for a long time.”
The troopers also later exchanged 14 text messages peppered with “lol” and “haha” responses in which they boasted about the beating and mocked Harris, who spit up blood and suffered from sore ribs and stomach pain for days after the arrest.
State police had arrested the troopers in February 2021 on felony charges of malfeasance in office, but local prosecutors elected not to bring that count last week when filing a bill of information in Franklin Parish. Misdemeanor simple battery in Louisiana carries up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.
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💧 California desalination project at crossroads
For more than two decades, California’s Orange County has debated whether to build a seaside plant to convert the Pacific Ocean’s salt water into drinking water. Now, the $1.4 billion proposal by Poseidon Water was getting a critical review Thursday by the California Coastal Commission, which is tasked with protecting California’s scenic shores.
Huntington Beach plant will produce 50 million gallons of water a day that are crucial to help weather cutbacks. But environmental groups and the commission’s staff, which reviewed the plan, oppose it. They argue it will damage marine life by killing tiny organisms that form the base of the ocean’s food web.
The Orange County Water District, which has said it intends to buy Poseidon’s water, manages the basin that helps meet about 75% of the water demand in the heavily populated northern and central areas of the county that are home to 2.5 million people.
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For more than two decades, California’s Orange County has debated whether to build a seaside plant to convert the Pacific Ocean’s salt water into drinking water. Now, the $1.4 billion proposal by Poseidon Water was getting a critical review Thursday by the California Coastal Commission, which is tasked with protecting California’s scenic shores.
Huntington Beach plant will produce 50 million gallons of water a day that are crucial to help weather cutbacks. But environmental groups and the commission’s staff, which reviewed the plan, oppose it. They argue it will damage marine life by killing tiny organisms that form the base of the ocean’s food web.
The Orange County Water District, which has said it intends to buy Poseidon’s water, manages the basin that helps meet about 75% of the water demand in the heavily populated northern and central areas of the county that are home to 2.5 million people.
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⛈ Storm chaser killed in severe weather crash
The wreck on Interstate 90 in southwest Minnesota Wednesday evening killed Martha Llanos Rodriguez, when a car in which she was riding attempted to avoid the power lines on the roadway and was struck by a semi. Three others in the vehicle, including Chilean meteorologist Diego Campos, were injured.
Tens of thousands of homes and businesses were without power Thursday across southern Minnesota as hundreds of Xcel Energy employees and contractors worked to restore service. More potentially severe weather was forecast for Thursday that could bring hail, high winds and tornadoes from the Dakotas and Minnesota into other parts of the Midwest, the Storm Prediction Center said.
Weather spotters reported several tornado sightings as the storms moved through southern Minnesota. Tornado warning sirens sounded across much of the Twin Cities on Wednesday night, there were no immediate reports of tornado touchdowns in the metro area.
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The wreck on Interstate 90 in southwest Minnesota Wednesday evening killed Martha Llanos Rodriguez, when a car in which she was riding attempted to avoid the power lines on the roadway and was struck by a semi. Three others in the vehicle, including Chilean meteorologist Diego Campos, were injured.
Tens of thousands of homes and businesses were without power Thursday across southern Minnesota as hundreds of Xcel Energy employees and contractors worked to restore service. More potentially severe weather was forecast for Thursday that could bring hail, high winds and tornadoes from the Dakotas and Minnesota into other parts of the Midwest, the Storm Prediction Center said.
Weather spotters reported several tornado sightings as the storms moved through southern Minnesota. Tornado warning sirens sounded across much of the Twin Cities on Wednesday night, there were no immediate reports of tornado touchdowns in the metro area.
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✈️ Americans are traveling like it's 2019 Prices for air travel climbed 18.6% in April, according to government data published Wednesday. That marks the largest one-month price hike since data collection began in 1963 and follows a 10.7% leap through March. The jump was so big that it alone counted for a quarter of overall inflation through April. Air travel now costs about 13% more than it did before the health crisis. After roughly two years of travel bargains, flying is now the priciest its been since the summer of 2015. TSA checkpoint figures show daily airline passengers hovering between 2 million and 2.2 million through much of April, and even matching the highs seen during the Thanksgiving holiday.
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‼️ UK Officers Worked in Ukraine's Kramatorsk 12 Days Before Russian Operation - Source
UK officers were working in the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, where a headquarters of the Anti-Terrorism Operation (ATO) is located, and along with employees of the Canadian private military company (PMC) GardaWorld were engaged in synchronizing intelligence data gathered by NATO and the Ukrainian troops, Russian security sources told Sputnik, citing sources in the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
"According to the information received from sources in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a group of officers of the UK Ministry of Defense was already deployed to the territory of Ukraine long before the start of the hostilities. Thus, from February 11-14, accompanied by PMC GardaWorld, UK commanders were carrying out activities to synchronize technical intelligence data received by NATO intelligence with the headquarters of the ATO group in Kramatorsk, where options for conducting military operations against the Russian armed forces were being considered," the source said.
The source stressed that these were officers of the active reserve: military personnel working under cover.
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UK officers were working in the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, where a headquarters of the Anti-Terrorism Operation (ATO) is located, and along with employees of the Canadian private military company (PMC) GardaWorld were engaged in synchronizing intelligence data gathered by NATO and the Ukrainian troops, Russian security sources told Sputnik, citing sources in the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
"According to the information received from sources in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a group of officers of the UK Ministry of Defense was already deployed to the territory of Ukraine long before the start of the hostilities. Thus, from February 11-14, accompanied by PMC GardaWorld, UK commanders were carrying out activities to synchronize technical intelligence data received by NATO intelligence with the headquarters of the ATO group in Kramatorsk, where options for conducting military operations against the Russian armed forces were being considered," the source said.
The source stressed that these were officers of the active reserve: military personnel working under cover.
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🚙 Elon Musk says Americans 'are trying to avoid going to work at all,' unlike Chinese workers Elon Musk, said he expects China to produce "some very strong companies" because of the country's workforce. "There's just a lot of super-talented, hardworking people in China who strongly believe in manufacturing," Musk said in an interview with the Financial Times. Last month, workers at Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory were required to sleep at the facility as production resumed following a three-week shutdown. But workplace tides may be shifting in China after tech workers there protested the "996" schedule that had many working 72 hours per week, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. for six days. The best minds, he said, are more interested in pushing the bounds of innovation than in getting paid a lot to work on something boring.
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📉 It's finally a better time to buy a used car Used vehicles were hit hardest by rising inflation as the economy reopened and spending boomed in early 2021. Pent-up demand for cars slammed into the global semiconductor shortage, crimping supply for both new and previously owned vehicles. Used car and truck prices rose more than 10% in April and June of last year and counted for roughly one-third of overall inflation throughout last spring. Used car and truck prices fell 0.4% in April, according to government data published Wednesday. That follows a 3.8% decline in March and a 0.2% drop through February. Prices for used cars and trucks now sit about 48% higher than pre-pandemic, it's down significantly from the January peak when prices were about 54% higher. Used vehicles might not completely be a buyers' market just yet, but it's moving in that direction
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⚡️ 📹 Residents of the village of Verkhnetoretskoye in the Donetsk Region describe the Ukrainian military's attitude towards civilians.
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❗️ The Russian MoD’s latest statements on the Ukraine crisis:
▪️ The Russian Armed Forces have destroyed the production facilities of an oil refinery and tanks with petrol and diesel fuel intended to supply Ukrainian forces' military equipment on the northern outskirts Kremenchug, in Poltava region using high-precision, long-range sea- and air-based weapons.
▪️ Operational-tactical and army aviation have hit 153 areas where troops and military equipment were concentrated.
▪️ Missile troops and artillery units have hit 15 command posts, 520 areas where troops and military equipment were concentrated, six artillery units at firing positions, and one missile weapons depot near Shebelinka, Kharkov Region.
▪️ Russian air defence units have shot down a Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 jet near Lozovaya, Kharkov Region.
▪️ Some 165 Ukrainian aircraft and 125 helicopters, 842 unmanned aerial vehicles, 304 anti-aircraft missile systems, 3,032 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 368 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,491 field artillery and mortars, as well as 2,869 special military vehicles have been destroyed since the beginning of the operation.
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▪️ The Russian Armed Forces have destroyed the production facilities of an oil refinery and tanks with petrol and diesel fuel intended to supply Ukrainian forces' military equipment on the northern outskirts Kremenchug, in Poltava region using high-precision, long-range sea- and air-based weapons.
▪️ Operational-tactical and army aviation have hit 153 areas where troops and military equipment were concentrated.
▪️ Missile troops and artillery units have hit 15 command posts, 520 areas where troops and military equipment were concentrated, six artillery units at firing positions, and one missile weapons depot near Shebelinka, Kharkov Region.
▪️ Russian air defence units have shot down a Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 jet near Lozovaya, Kharkov Region.
▪️ Some 165 Ukrainian aircraft and 125 helicopters, 842 unmanned aerial vehicles, 304 anti-aircraft missile systems, 3,032 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 368 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,491 field artillery and mortars, as well as 2,869 special military vehicles have been destroyed since the beginning of the operation.
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❗️ 📹 Lyubov Nikolayevna, a resident of Severodonetsk (LPR), said that the Ukrainian armed forces deployed military equipment in the area under the cover of civilian buildings.
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