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Fired Worker Shoots Ex-Boss In New York City. Flees Through Subway Tunnels
A recently dismissed employee of a computer repair store shot his former boss in New York City's Upper West Side area on Wednesday and fled into the subway system to evade the police.
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Hamas' Tunnel Network: Israeli Military Finds 800 Shafts, Destroys Over 50%
Israeli forces have found 800 shafts leading to Hamas' vast subterranean network of tunnels and bunkers since a Gaza ground operation began on Oct 27, and have destroyed more
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Shanghai Partially Resumes Public Transport, Still On High Covid Alert
Shanghai reopened a small part of the world's longest subway system on Sunday after some lines had been closed for almost two months,
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Clear Homeless People: New York's Plan To "Reduce" Crime In Subway System
New York leaders pledged Friday to clear homeless people from the city's subway following a spike in violence on the underground transit system since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Washington's Secret Subway That Politicians Have Used For Over 100 Years
Frequented by presidents, Supreme Court justices and even the occasional movie star, it is the transport of choice for some of the world's most powerful movers and shakers -- yet few Americans know it exists.
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Japan's Capital Braces For One Of The Worst Typhoons In 60 years
A powerful typhoon approached Japan on Friday, threatening to batter its capital with the heaviest rain and winds in 60 years, shutting down stores, factories and subway systems and disrupting a Formula One Grand Prix and rugby's World Cup.
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UberPool, Other Ride-Sharing Services Making Traffic Worse in US Cities: Study
The study says pooled ride services have lured a different market that directly competes with subway and bus systems, while failing to achieve significantly better efficiency than their solo alternatives.
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Donald Trump Wants Congress To Fix 'Lax' Immigration After New York Attack
US President Donald Trump said Monday that a bomb attack by a 27-year-old from Bangladesh on New York's subway system underscored the "urgent need" for Congress to enact immigration reform.
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3 ISIS Sympathisers Charged For Plotting Terror Attacks In New York
US authorities foiled multiple terrorist attacks in New York in 2016, including at the iconic Times Square and the city's subway system, plotted by three ISIS sympathisers with one of them living in Pakistan, US prosecutors said today.
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New York Declares 'State Of Emergency' For Subway System
New York's governor on Thursday declared the public transport system of America's biggest city in a "state of emergency," as he pledged $1 billion toward renovation, two days after dozens of subway passengers were injured in a derailment.
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New York Subway Bans Dogs, Unless They Fit In A Bag. Do These Pups Qualify?
A New York City rule which came into place last year forbids passengers from carrying their pets onto the city's comprehensive subway system - unless their animals can fit into a bag. But pet owners are nothing if not creative, and they have found wonderfully innovative ways to skirt this rule.
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Tokyo Subway Stops For 10 minutes Over North Korea Missile Scare
Tokyo's main subway system suspended its service for 10 minutes Saturday morning, shortly after North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile.
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New York Exhibition Sheds Light On Sikhs And Their Religion
Sat Hari Singh, a New York City subway operator, threw his train in reverse on 9/11 to send it away from the chaos at ground zero. Japjee Singh sued a school system in Georgia to get protections from school bullying. US Army Major Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi, a doctor, fought for the ability to wear a turban while in uniform.
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Strikes Claimed By ISIS Shut City And Shake European Security
Bombs packed with nails terrorized Brussels on Tuesday in the deadliest assault on the European heartland since the Islamic State's attacks on Paris four months ago, hitting the airport and subway system in coordinated strikes that were also claimed by the militant extremist group.
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'Blood Everywhere, It Was A War Scene': Passenger At Brussels Airport
Explosions rocked the Brussels airport and the subway system Tuesday, killing at least 20 people and injuring many others just days after the main suspect in the November Paris attacks was arrested in the city, police said.
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Fired Worker Shoots Ex-Boss In New York City. Flees Through Subway Tunnels
A recently dismissed employee of a computer repair store shot his former boss in New York City's Upper West Side area on Wednesday and fled into the subway system to evade the police.
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Hamas' Tunnel Network: Israeli Military Finds 800 Shafts, Destroys Over 50%
Israeli forces have found 800 shafts leading to Hamas' vast subterranean network of tunnels and bunkers since a Gaza ground operation began on Oct 27, and have destroyed more
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Shanghai Partially Resumes Public Transport, Still On High Covid Alert
Shanghai reopened a small part of the world's longest subway system on Sunday after some lines had been closed for almost two months,
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Clear Homeless People: New York's Plan To "Reduce" Crime In Subway System
New York leaders pledged Friday to clear homeless people from the city's subway following a spike in violence on the underground transit system since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
-
Washington's Secret Subway That Politicians Have Used For Over 100 Years
Frequented by presidents, Supreme Court justices and even the occasional movie star, it is the transport of choice for some of the world's most powerful movers and shakers -- yet few Americans know it exists.
-
Japan's Capital Braces For One Of The Worst Typhoons In 60 years
A powerful typhoon approached Japan on Friday, threatening to batter its capital with the heaviest rain and winds in 60 years, shutting down stores, factories and subway systems and disrupting a Formula One Grand Prix and rugby's World Cup.
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UberPool, Other Ride-Sharing Services Making Traffic Worse in US Cities: Study
The study says pooled ride services have lured a different market that directly competes with subway and bus systems, while failing to achieve significantly better efficiency than their solo alternatives.
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Donald Trump Wants Congress To Fix 'Lax' Immigration After New York Attack
US President Donald Trump said Monday that a bomb attack by a 27-year-old from Bangladesh on New York's subway system underscored the "urgent need" for Congress to enact immigration reform.
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3 ISIS Sympathisers Charged For Plotting Terror Attacks In New York
US authorities foiled multiple terrorist attacks in New York in 2016, including at the iconic Times Square and the city's subway system, plotted by three ISIS sympathisers with one of them living in Pakistan, US prosecutors said today.
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New York Declares 'State Of Emergency' For Subway System
New York's governor on Thursday declared the public transport system of America's biggest city in a "state of emergency," as he pledged $1 billion toward renovation, two days after dozens of subway passengers were injured in a derailment.
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New York Subway Bans Dogs, Unless They Fit In A Bag. Do These Pups Qualify?
A New York City rule which came into place last year forbids passengers from carrying their pets onto the city's comprehensive subway system - unless their animals can fit into a bag. But pet owners are nothing if not creative, and they have found wonderfully innovative ways to skirt this rule.
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Tokyo Subway Stops For 10 minutes Over North Korea Missile Scare
Tokyo's main subway system suspended its service for 10 minutes Saturday morning, shortly after North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile.
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New York Exhibition Sheds Light On Sikhs And Their Religion
Sat Hari Singh, a New York City subway operator, threw his train in reverse on 9/11 to send it away from the chaos at ground zero. Japjee Singh sued a school system in Georgia to get protections from school bullying. US Army Major Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi, a doctor, fought for the ability to wear a turban while in uniform.
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Strikes Claimed By ISIS Shut City And Shake European Security
Bombs packed with nails terrorized Brussels on Tuesday in the deadliest assault on the European heartland since the Islamic State's attacks on Paris four months ago, hitting the airport and subway system in coordinated strikes that were also claimed by the militant extremist group.
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'Blood Everywhere, It Was A War Scene': Passenger At Brussels Airport
Explosions rocked the Brussels airport and the subway system Tuesday, killing at least 20 people and injuring many others just days after the main suspect in the November Paris attacks was arrested in the city, police said.
