disasters
Steelworkers, ExxonMobil, CalOSHA start talks on Torrance refinery explosion
January 21, 2016"Things are going fine" in the talks with ExxonMobil, "but it's a slow process."
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New bombings raise tensions, repression in Turkey
January 15, 2016A suicide bombing, evidently carried out by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, killed ten German tourists in a historic square in downtown Istanbul, Turkey.
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Why the B-52 failed
January 12, 2016I opened my copy of the New York Times to find an article titled, "After 60 Years, B-52's Still Dominate the U.S. Fleet."
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Too late to apologize for poisoning Flint’s water supply
January 6, 2016The full story about the administration's true role in this disaster may have to wait for the outcome of federal-level investigations.
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Prospective settlement in fiery Quebec oil train crash
January 6, 2016A settlement with victims of an oil train crash in Lac-Mégantic still leaves the train's engineer and dispatcher, both Steelworkers, facing trial.
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