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BNSF bridge at Fort Madison, Iowa, reopens after barge strike - Trains
Trains.com· 3 days agoThe Hancock County (Ill.) Sheriff’s Office reported the closure at about 1:40 p.m.; police in Fort...
Northern lights in Tallahassee: After devastating storms, aurora borealis stirs collective awe
Tallahassee Democrat· 2 days agoTallahasseeans awoke to panic as tornado warnings blared. As night fell, horror gave way to awe as...
Five mind-blowing facts — Golden Spike Ceremony - Trains
Trains.com· 3 days agoCome along as we peel back the years, looking into history, to discover five mind-blowing facts...
The push to commemorate the night Bessie Smith cussed and chased the KKK out of Concord
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAnd after Joplin learned that Smith was buried in an unmarked grave in Philadelphia, she helped pay...
Flagstaff History: Percival Lowell’s 1911 Stevens-Duryea came home
Arizona Daily Sun· 11 hours ago1924: Literature and library extension department of Flagstaff’s Woman’s club at its meeting...
The push to commemorate the night Bessie Smith cussed and chased the KKK out of Concord
Charlotte Observer· 4 days agoAnd after Joplin learned that Smith was buried in an unmarked grave in Philadelphia, she helped pay...
How India got stuck in its own unusual time zone
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIndia’s official timekeepers, the National Physical Laboratory, even called for two separate time zones on account of this issue, citing reports of...
Solar storm brings dazzling aurora, threatens power grids
Fairfield-Suisun Daily Republic· 23 hours agoThe threshold for the G5 storm, the highest on the center’s five-step scale, was reached at 6:54...
Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer picks up 10th union endorsement from Oregon Teamsters
Oregon Capital Chronicle via Yahoo News· 4 days agoRepublican U.S. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer continues to court organized labor, this week notching an...
North Dakota and Minnesota safety officials advise residents against trying to "beat" trains
Grand Forks Herald via Yahoo News· 2 days agoMay 10—GRAND FORKS — Though it's rare for pedestrians and drivers to be fatally struck by trains in North Dakota and Minnesota, safety officials are observing patterns in what's causing the ...