…d on the roads, icy conditions brought traffic to a crawl. Despite this newly-inflicted chaos and slushy sidewalks across the tri-state area, schools across New York City opened on Thursday, including 43 schools still without power or damaged by Sandy. Transit systems have also spluttered back to a start, with the Long Island Rail Road running all lines by 5:00 a.m. except for the Long Beach line….
Hook Elementary School trying to save their students from gunman Adam Lanza, the son of Nancy Lanza, who worked at the school. The other two teachers have been identified as principal Dawn Hochsprung, 47, and school psychologist Mary Sherlach, 56. Twenty-eight people died in the shooting rampage, including 20 young children between the ages of five and ten, alleged gunman Adam Lanza, who took his…
…rity system – police have confirmed that the shooter forced his way in. Adam Lanza opened fire on Friday morning at Sandy Hook Elementary School, which teaches children aged 5 to 10. He murdered 26 people at the school before turning the gun on himself, as well as killing one other person – his mother – at another nearby site. Investigators said they have found “some very good ev…
People across the US have observed a moment of silence one week after gunman Adam Lanza killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. Bells in Newtown tolled 26 times – for each victim of the attack at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Adam Lanza, 20, carried out the attack at 09:30 EST after killing his mother. He later shot himself dead. The moment of silen…
…raise gathering outside Sandy Hook Elementary school to celebrate God executing his judgement “Westboro Baptist Church is planning another attack of hateful words, protesting the funerals of the 20 children and 7 adults who died yesterday at Sandy Hook elementary school,” Taylor Starr and Kelly Shannon, the group’s Sandy Hook organizers, wrote in a posting, according to the Daily…
…Liberty’s dedication and the renovation improved fire alarms, sprinkler systems and exit routes to bring it in line with city safety codes. There are also more stairs than ever before, with a daunting 393 steps to the crown, where there were previously 354 slightly steeper steps. The famous statue is 151 ft from base to torch. It sits atop the 89 ft tall stone pedestal, which sits on a 65 ft tall…
…ft at least 64 people dead in the US, cut power from millions of homes and paralyzed transport on much of the eastern US seaboard. The hurricane made landfall on Monday night in New Jersey, where some 20,000 people remain trapped in their homes by sewage-contaminated floodwater. In New York City, the storm brought a record tidal surge that swamped the subway system and caused widespread blackouts….
…no presidential election ever being postponed, some are pointing to past precedents where voting has been delayed. New York City was holding its mayoral primary when terrorists struck on September 11, 2001, and the city rescheduled the election. After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Louisiana’s governor postponed municipal elections in New Orleans after elections officials said polling places wou…
…the state’s barrier islands, and local officials ordered many more in their towns. It was not known how many heeded the warning. She said more than 2,200 people were in shelters statewide. About 35,000 homes and businesses across the state were without power by midday Monday as officials braced for a storm surge that was expected to cause record-breaking flooding….
hich is dealing with potentially more structural damage than New York. According to Wall Street and Tech, the centre boasts a supply of 28 megawatts of power, which equates to the amount used to power 4,500 residential homes. Additionally NYSE spokesman Robert Rendine told The New York Times that they have a number of generators and sufficient fuel to power the site for at least one week if electr…
New York Mayor’s Office and the NYPD shut down the Halloween Greenwich Village parade which normally weaves its route through the West Side neighborhood. But it remains in complete darkness this evening, more than 24 hours after power was cut off to most of lower Manhattan during fierce winds and widespread flooding. However, New Jersey Mayor Chris Christie today made good on his promise to…
…r crashes. The wind also snapped a crane in Manhattan, leaving it to dangle precariously above the Midtown West skyline, with officials too wary of the high winds to attempt to bring it down. At least 26 of the 61 reported fatalities from the storm occurred in New York, with five on Long Island. These included a motorcyclist who collided with a van after traffic lights stopped working, a car crash…
Marvin LaFontaine, a friend of Adam Lanza’s mother, has said the Sandy Hook gunman may have launched his murder spree as an “act of revenge” after suffering years of bullying as a student at the Connecticut school. Marvin LaFontaine said Adam Lanza, who killed 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School, one of the worst school shooting in America’s history, had been harboring resentmen…
killed with a Bushmaster .223-calibre rifle, and the gun Lanza turned on himself was a Glock 10mm handgun, Stephen Sedensky said. Adam Lanza had another loaded handgun with him in the school and three 30-round magazines for the rifle. One more weapon, a 12-gauge shotgun with 70 rounds, was also found in the car Adam Lanza drove to the school. Although the description of the gunman in the search wa…
…the ocean after the storm hit Sunset Height a week ago. Snooki and her castmates came together to spearhead the fundraising efforts to rebuild the Hurricane Sandy devastated Jersey Shore On November 15th, Snooki will appear alongside her former Jersey Shore castmates in a one-hour fundraising special. The program will be broadcast from MTV’s Times Square studio in New York. The network sai…
Cobain in a Nirvana reunion, performing a new song with the band’s former members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic. Through television, live streams, the radio and theater simulcasts, an estimated 2 billion people around the world were given the chance to experience it live. Heavy on classic rock royalty, it also featured the Rolling Stones, the Who, Roger Waters and Eric Clapton. Music and co…
8211; has cancelled its kindergarten class on Friday and will not operate midday bus runs, the school’s website says. The public school has more than 600 students in classes from Kindergarten to 4th Grade – including students aged from five to 10. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters that US President Barack Obama had been informed of the incident and was receiving reg…
Episodes of comedy series American Dad and Family Guy were dropped on Sunday in the wake of Friday’s shootings in Sandy Hook Elementary School, which left 26 dead. Fox TV instead showed repeats of the shows to avoid broadcasting any potentially sensitive content. The billed Family Guy episode had featured a retelling of the nativity while in American Dad, a demon punished naughty children a…
…easure any longer.” Donald Trump was keen not to stop as he continued with his onslaught of tweets, writing: “The election is trending towards @MittRomney. Americans know we can’t afford another 4 years of the Obama economic decline. “These last 4 years have not had a single quarter over 4% GDP. Obama has overseen the weakest economic recovery in American history.” To add insult to injury, D…
…munities safer and prevent more tragedies like the one we never thought would happen to us,” she said. Francine Wheeler’s son Ben was killed along with 19 other children and six staff when 20-year-old Adam Lanza opened fire at his elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. The address was broadcast on radio and released as a video online. This week senators are due to debate new laws t…
…ay – a total closure of six to seven days. But a group of Columbia University researchers analyzing the effects of a smaller hurricane or tropical storm suggest that it would shut down the subways for 21 days. The predictions came in a report authored by Klaus Jacob, a geophysicist who specializes in disaster management, that examined the effects on the city’s transportation infrastructure of a 10…
rting widespread power outages, flooded streets and damages to buildings. The authorities said one person, an elderly man, died when he was crushed by falling boulders as he tried to reach his home. A 48-hour curfew has been imposed in all major towns, though some looting has been reported. The country’s sole energy provider, the Jamaica Public Service Company, said earlier that 70% of its c…
…efore, and we know how to keep safe,” he said on air, adding that they were only reporting from outside to show people how dangerous the situation was. Additionally, FOX News reporter Peter Doocy, the 25-year-old son of Fox and Friends anchor Steve Doocy, experienced an embarrassing after affect from the weather. Peter Doocy got stuck in the sand as he spoke on air from Delaware’s Rohobeth B…
Famous for her killer legs, Caroline Flack finally reveals her secret, which comes in a tiny bottle, MAC body foundation. The 32-year-old Xtra-Factor presenter gives her legs a beauty boost with MAC body foundation. At $33 a bottle, Caroline Flack makes good use of the product and spreads it all over her body to give her an all-round glow. The water-based, water-resistant foundation prides itself…
of justice.” The city of Boston is due to observe a moment of silence for the victims at 14:50 local time, exactly one week after the attack. Also on Monday, a private funeral was being held for 29-year-old restaurant worker Krystle Campbell, who was killed at the marathon finish line after going to watch the race with a friend. A memorial service was scheduled later for another victim, Lu L…
At least one person is reported dead and at least 21 others injured in a series of tornadoes that have torn through Oklahoma and Kansas. The worst damage was caused by a…
Syrian troops seize strategic rebel stronghold in QusairFighting has raged in Syrian town of Qusair near Lebanon border after government troops launched a major operation to seize the strategic rebel stronghold. State media said…
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North Korea fires short-range missiles from its east coastNorth Korea has launched three short-range missiles from its east coast, South Korea's defence ministry said. Two missiles were fired on Saturday morning and one in the…
Connecticut head-on train crash injures at least 60 people near New York CityAt least 60 people have been injured, five critically, after a head-on, rush-hour collision between two commuter trains near New York City, officials say. Some 250 people…
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