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Pipeline explosion near Houston erupts in a towering flame, forcing evacuations DEER PARK, Texas — A massive pipeline fire in suburban Houston has been shooting a towering flame into the air for hours. First responders evacuated a surrounding neighborhood where some homes have caught fire. Officials say the firefighters were dispatched at 9:55 a.
m. on Monday in Deer Park and La Porte. A playground near the fire was damaged and firefighters poured water on homes near the blaze.
The pipeline is operated by Dallas-based Energy Transfer. The company says the 20-inch pipeline is shut down but local officials say it will take hours more, if not into Tuesday, before residual natural gas liquids flow out of the pipeline. The Titan's former lead engineer says he felt pressured to get the submersible ready The lead engineer for an experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreck of the Titanic says he felt pressured to get the vessel ready to dive and refused to pilot it for a journey several years earlier.
Tony Nissen is the former engineering director for OceanGate, the company that owned the Titan submersible. Nissen was the first witness at a Coast Guard hearing in South Carolina on Monday. The hearing is being held to determine what caused the implosion.
The Titan imploded on June 18, 2023, killing all five on board, including a co-founder of OceanGate. Ohio state police to protect schools after furor over Haitian immigrants SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Ohio state police will help protect schools in a city that has endured dozens of violent threats in the wake of a national political furor over Haitian migrants. That's according to the governor, who appeared in Springfield on Monday.
Republican Gov. Mike DeWine says members of the Ohio State Highway Patrol will be stationed in city schools starting Tuesday, sweeping each building every morning. Springfield canceled its annual celebration of diversity, arts and culture in response to the threats.
Springfield gained attention recently after former President Donald Trump and running mate JD Vance amplified debunked claims about Haitian immigrants eating domestic pets and waterfowl. Shooting at tailgating spot leaves 2 dead after Detroit Lions game DETROIT — A second person has died after a shooting at a popular tailgating site following a Detroit Lions game. Detroit police provided an update Monday.
A fight broke out late Sunday afternoon at Eastern Market, an open-air gathering spot. The Lions had just lost to Tampa Bay nearby at Ford Field, 20-16. Police Chief James White says tailgating, drinking and guns “don't mix.
” The victims were described as Detroit men, one in his 40s and another in his 20s. A suspect from Oak Park was in custody. Two Aiken pre-teens arrested after allegedly threatening several Aiken County middle schools Aiken woman accused of kissing 14-year-old boy, sending intimate photographs Aiken County Elections Board introduces new election director prior to November general election Tippy-Toes Boutique in downtown Aiken sells clothing for infants and children College alternatives gain momentum as students seek affordable, career-focused options Guest editorial: Federal workers should be back in the office THIS AND THAT: I’m looking forward to revisiting the past Trenton man identified as victim in fatal stabbing Warren Mill Lofts moving toward completion in Horse Creek Valley, leasing nearly 200 units New gas station, 55 plus housing community planned for Aiken's Southside.
Here's what we know. Boy was trapped between boulders for 9 hours until crews could free him CONCORD, N.H.
— A New Hampshire fire chief says rescuers freed an 11-year-old boy who slipped between two boulders near his school and was trapped for more than nine hours. The boy's school says he was pried out of the boulders in Windsor shortly after 3 a.m.
Monday, taken to a hospital for evaluation, and released. The boulders are on the campus of the Wediko School, a residential treatment center for boys. The Hillsborough fire chief said firefighters used ropes and a lubricant to rescue the child.
The fire battalion chief from Manchester says the boulders were so big, that trying to move them wasn't an option. Firefighters battle wildfire that is enveloping Brasilia in smoke RIO DE JANEIRO — Firefighters have battled flames spreading through a national park in Brazil in the latest wildfire in the country which is experiencing an historic drought. More than 90 firefighters on Monday were trying to extinguish blazes that have already burned through 700 hectares or 1,700 acres of the conservation area.
Two aircraft from the Federal District’s military firefighting unit and another two from the nearby Chapada dos Veadeiros national park are being mobilized. The head of the government agency that manages the park told newspaper Folha de S.Paulo that the fire was human-caused and appears to have started near the edge of a farm.
Smoke from the fire smothered Brazilian capital Brasilia. Columns of black smoke were visible from several points in the city. Oregon tribe sues over federal agency plans to hold an offshore wind energy auction EUGENE, Ore.
— A tribe in Oregon whose culture is tied to the ocean is suing the U.S. government over an offshore wind energy auction.
The lawsuit was filed in federal court on Friday. The Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians say the environmental analysis underpinning the sale was too narrow. They argue it was based on a “predetermined political decision.
” The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management had no comment Monday.
The agency had previously finalized two areas for floating offshore wind farms along the Oregon coast. The lawsuit says little is known about potential impacts on fish habitat and marine mammals. DEA shutting down two offices in China even as it struggles to stem flow of fentanyl chemicals The U.
S. Drug Enforcement Administration is closing two of its offices in China, a move that comes even as the agency struggles to disrupt the flow of precursor chemicals from the country that have fueled a fentanyl epidemic. DEA Administrator Anne Milgram told agents last week that the closings are aimed at focusing resources to “make the biggest impact in saving American lives.
” DEA did not respond to requests for comment on the reasons for the China closures and how that would affect its efforts to fight the flow of fentanyl..
