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Early News crime coverage included exposes of Detroit's drug problem, police brutality
Detroit News· 17 hours agoThe News' inaugural August 23, 1873, front page included stories about an attempt in Montreal to stop child trafficking; New Jersey railroad workers being charged with stealing ...
Five mind-blowing facts — Golden Spike Ceremony - Trains
Trains.com· 3 days agoOn May 10, 1869, the first Transcontinental Railroad was completed during the Golden Spike Ceremony....
SMC Global Acquires Tracks from Union Pacific Railroad
Rapid City Journal· 3 days agoSMC Global, a leading US-based manufacturer and distributor of high-quality chemical products, has recently acquired a half-mile stretch of railway from Union Pacific in the Fairfax District ...
Transit union honcho to sue Columbia alleging mistreatment of staffers in building takeover
Politico via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe Professional Staff Congress, the City University of New York’s faculty and staff union, on...
Large barge crashes into historic Fort Madision Bridge in Iowa, later sinks
Fox News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoA near 100-year-old bridge in Iowa was struck by a loose barge on Thursday prompting its temporary...
Clark County history: General Nelson Miles
The Columbian· 1 day agoAt the 1862 battle of Fair Oaks, Brig. Gen. O.O. Howard was wounded twice. As Miles held his commander’s wounded right arm, the doctor chloroformed the...
Marine Corps’ longest-held Vietnam War POW, Harlan Chapman, dies at 89
Marine Corps Times via Yahoo News· 3 days agoDuring a mission on Nov 5, 1965, Chapman’s strike group was tasked with pounding a heavily defended ...
Flagstaff History: Percival Lowell’s 1911 Stevens-Duryea came home
Arizona Daily Sun· 7 hours ago1924: Literature and library extension department of Flagstaff’s Woman’s club at its meeting...
Update: Wabash Avenue reopened
The Tribune-Star, Terre Haute, Ind. via Yahoo News· 4 days agoMay 8—Update: The inspection was completed, and Wabash Avenue has reopened. Motorists should avoid Wabash Avenue (U.S. 40) between Fruitridge Avenue and Keane Lane if possible. That stretch ...
Man arrested in connection with multiple Huntsville shootings
WHNT Huntsville via Yahoo News· 5 days agoAccording to jail records, Baker is charged with two counts of first-degree aggravated assault with...
