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Jet fuel dumps hits school playground

Posted on January 14, 2020 by Russ Roberts

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Top story:  Los Angeles County Fire Department officials said a jet fuel dump hit a school playground with 17 children and nine adults reporting minor injuries.

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Hanalei firefighters on Sunday successfully rescued 13 hikers who had been stranded in Hanakapiai on Kauai. Read more

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The National Security Agency has discovered a major security flaw in Microsoft’s Windows 10 operating system. But rather than exploit the flaw for its own intelligence needs, the NSA tipped off Microsoft so that it can fix the system for everyone. Read more

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The heavy rains have subsided, but strong tradewinds continue, a high surf advisory remains in effect and snow sits atop Mauna Kea. Read more

San Antonio standoff ends hours after man killed by police
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Three people surrendered peacefully after a more than five-hour standoff in San Antonio that followed the fatal shooting of a man by officers outside a house where the three then refused to come out, police said. Read more

Lebanon protests turn violent outside central bank
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Lebanese security forces lobbed tear gas at protesters who responded with rocks outside the country’s central bank, a violent turn after demonstrators returned to the streets following a weekslong lull. Read more

Chemical plant explosion in Spain kills 1, injures at least 6
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A local government spokesman for the port city of Tarragona, where the plant is located, said a preliminary investigation indicated the force of the blast killed an individual in a nearby neighborhood. Read more

City to proceed with first phase of Sherwood Forest project
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  • Jan. 13, 2020
  • Updated 12:52 am
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The announcement represents a loss for opponents who have voiced their opposition to the project for about a year. Read more

Landlord’s ‘ridiculous’ rent demand blamed for closing of Ala Moana’s Mai Tai Bar
  • By Kristen Consillio
  • Jan. 13, 2020
  • Updated 12:43 am
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The popular Mai Tai Bar at Ala Moana Center will close Feb. 23 along with Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. due to a lease rental dispute that has made way for the Olive Garden. Read more

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An off-duty sheriff’s detective was struck and killed by a car after she helped an elderly woman cross a street in Los Angeles, authorities said. Read more

Woman fatally shot near Whitmore Village is identified
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  • Updated 12:07 am
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Police recovered two vehicles from the scene, one of which is a Jeep with a bullet hole in the driver’s side windshield. Read more

Jury deliberation begins over game room murder suspect
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  • Jan. 13, 2020
  • Updated 12:07 am
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A jury began deliberating today the fate of Manu Sorensen, the man accused of firing a single shot that killed a patron at an illegal Ala Moana game room. Read more

Apple says it’s helping FBI investigate Florida terrorist attack
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Apple said the FBI notified the company on Jan. 6 that it needed additional help. Read more

Trump cheered loudly at college football title game
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  • Jan. 13, 2020
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President Donald Trump turned sports fan for an evening as he watched No. 1 Louisiana State University and No. 3 Clemson battle it out in the College Football Playoff championship. Read more

U.S. officials cite deterrence to defend lethal drone strike on Soleimani
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The shifting rationale has raised questions about the nature and credibility of the threat posed by Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the architect of a decades-long reign of terror in which Iranian proxy fighters killed hundreds of Americans and contributed to the deaths of hundreds of thousands in the region. Read more

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