The engineer who was at the controls during the tragic train crash on Thursday morning was a veteran of the industry with 29 years of experience named Thomas Gallagher, according to The Star Tribune. "It was very shocking," said his neighbor Tom Jones. "I'm just heartbroken for them, they're just wonderful people." ... Federal investigators from the Transportation Safety Board said they expect to question him tomorrow over the accident....
Reports from Newsweek released Thursday suggest that Donald Trump's company conducted business in Cuba in secret which violates the U.S. trade embargo in place, according to BBCNews. The company allegedly spent $68,000 in Cuba in 1998 in an attempt to search of business opportunities on the island which was shown in company records, interviews with former Trump executives, and court filings ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
Islamic State terrorists have cut the size of the force left to defend the group’s last stronghold in Iraq by as much as two-thirds with little time to go before Iraqi forces will launch an all-out assault to capture the city, VOA News reported Thursday.U.S ... "They know they don't have what it takes to stop that offensive," Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman, Col....
Witnesses say the NJTransit train that crashed into the Hoboken, N.J. train station during the morning commute Thursday was traveling so fast it became airborne as it hit concrete blocks and collided with the terminal roof, leaving three people reportedly dead, The Independent reported. A New Jersey Transit worker said it sounded like a bomb going off ... "It was going considerably faster than it should have been at the terminal," he said....
‘If Germany had Hitler, the Philippines would have ...,’ the president said, pointing to himself. Rodrigo Duterte, the Philippines president, appears to have compared himself to Hitler, saying he would be “happy to slaughter” millions of drug addicts in his bloody war on crime ... Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte to extend drug war as 'cannot kill them all'. Read more ... ....
(Source. Central Bank of Malaysia). Embargo . Not for publication or broadcast before 12 00 hours on Friday 30 September 2016 ... The detailed breakdown of international reserves based on the SDDS format is shown in Tables I, II, III and IV. As shown in Table I, official reserve assets amounted to USD97,541.5 million, while other foreign currency assets amounted to USD720.0 million as at end-August 2016 ... Table I ... Table II ... Table III ... Table IV....
WHEREAS, ARTICLEIV, SECTION 6 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF NEWMEXICO PROVIDES THAT SPECIAL SESSIONS OF THE LEGISLATURE MAY BE CALLED BY THE GOVERNOR;. WHEREAS, ARTICLE IV, SECTION 6 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF NEW MEXICO FURTHER PROVIDES THAT NO BUSINESS SHALL BE TRANSACTED EXCEPT SUCH AS RELATES TO OBJECTS SPECIFIED IN THE PROCLAMATION ISSUED BY THE GOVERNOR;....
KOTTAYAM. A migrant worker was arrested here on Thursday for attempting to molest a nine-year-old girl. He has been charged under various sections of the POCSO Act ...Meanwhile, the ClassIV girl, who was admitted to a private hospital here, was discharged on Thursday ... tnn ... RELATED....
RAJKOT. A woman working with the telecom department of the Western Railway was found brutally murdered near Kuvadva Road late on Wednesday night. A rickshaw driver Arvind Dharajiya, who was answering the nature's call, got some foul smell emanating from beneath a culvert nearby ...Investigation revealed that the woman Pooja Jadav was working as a Class-IV employee with the railways' telephone department ... RELATED....
ALAMEDA — Raiders safety Nate Allen’s quadriceps injury kept him out of practice on Thursday, a downgrade from his limited status the day before ... He did play a season-high seven in Sunday’s win over the Tennessee, those coming when starter KarlJoseph was in the locker room getting an IV to fight dehydration on the Titans’ lone touchdown drive ... ... ....
AURANGABAD. The Marathwada DevelopmentBoard (MDB) - a statutory body constituted for overcoming developmental backlog of the region - continues to cry for government attention as it's been headless for more than six years, deprived of budget and made to reel under staff crunch ... The statutory body has 23 sanctioned posts, of which only 10 have been filled. The posts that have been filled are mostly of ClassIII and Class IV category....
--> Anagha Sawant . Disha Shetty . Fri, 30 Sep 2016-07.30am , Mumbai , dna. According to the Supreme Court order, 12-year-old Sujal Gadapkar was never supposed to be a part of a human pyramid ... After spending over 20 days in the ICU at FortisHospital, Kalyan, he is now recovering slowly ... "Case is on and the investigations are being carried out," said Sunil Bhardwaj, deputy commissioner, ZoneIV, Thane police. Anagha Sawant ... Info ... ....
(Source. APFC - Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation). APFC Board Approves Strategic 5 Year Plan and Investment Policy Updates ... APFC's 5 year strategic plan sets forth the - ... (i) gain greater control over resource allocations; (ii) optimize APFC's operational processes and use of financial networks and resources; (iii) develop best-in-class investment management capabilities and partnerships; and (iv) enhance talent and staff across APFC....