Flint water crisis articles
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Letters to the Editor: Metro has a safety crisis because America has a poverty crisis. We can fix both
To the editor: I've lived in the L.A. area since 2007 and have been a champion of public transit. Yet, in the last five years, I've seen the degradation throughout the system as reported in your recent articles on Metro safety. Yes, we have to make our bus drivers and other personnel safe. But we're also dealing with a problem occasioned by our nation's failure to deal with poverty. As more and more people become homeless, drug-addicted, frightened and broken, violence grows. We can't make life...
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Mexico water wars: Farmers take over avocado orchards that need too much water
As a drought in Mexico drags on, angry subsistence farmers have begun taking direct action on thirsty avocado orchards and berry fields of commercial farms that are drying up streams in the mountains west of Mexico City. Rivers and even whole lakes are disappearing in the once green and lush state of Michoacán, as the drought combines with a surge in the use of water for the country’s lucrative export crops, led by avocados. In recent days, subsistence farmers and activists from the...
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Columbus – Man Jumps Off Bridge into Water after High Speed Chase, Saved from Rushing Water
In the early hours of May 7, 2024, a Franklin County Deputy initiated a pursuit after attempting to stop a driver in a stolen Jeep near the intersection of Cleveland Avenue and Huy Road in Columbus. Despite repeated directives to halt, the driver refused to comply, prompting a high-speed chase. The pursuit continued until approximately […]