Day: January 16, 2024

Carbon monoxide poisons five family members in Portland apartment during power outage

8:54 pm January 16, 2024

A family of five was hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning in Portland, Oregon, on Sunday, according to local reports. Investigators said the poisoning was the result of the family’s use of a generator and cooking with propane inside an apartment. “Someone called 911 because a child approximately 8 years old was found lying in the […]

House Rules panel pauses consideration of Hunter Biden contempt amid negotiations for new deposition date

8:11 pm January 16, 2024

The House Rules Committee will not consider the resolutions to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress as planned on Tuesday amid negotiations between House Republicans and the first son to schedule a deposition. The House Rules Committee was set to meet Tuesday afternoon to consider the resolutions that would hold Hunter Biden in contempt […]

Natural gas pipeline leak reported in Alaska’s far north

8:10 pm January 16, 2024

Officials in Alaska are responding to a pipeline leak on the Point Thomson gas field that resulted in a release of a still-unknown amount of liquid natural gas condensate. COAST GUARD FINDS 2 DEAD, RESCUES 3 FROM OVERTURNED VESSEL NEAR SITKA, ALASKA The state Department of Environmental Conservation in an initial incident report said the […]

Climate activists swarm Joe Manchin at diner, jump in front of SUV: ‘We shut him down so hard’

8:05 pm January 16, 2024

Members of the far-left climate protest organization Climate Defiance confronted Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., at a diner in New Hampshire on Tuesday, chanting slogans about ending fossil fuel reliance. The group – which was founded in Washington, D.C., last year and is known to forcefully disrupt events to confront politicians over climate policy – said […]

Man found dead in plane engine at Salt Lake City airport seen running on tarmac in video

8:04 pm January 16, 2024

The man who was found dead inside a plane engine at Salt Lake City International Airport earlier this month was spotted on security footage trying to open secured doors in the building before running toward a taxiing plane on the tarmac. Kyler Efinger, 30, died on Jan. 1 after first responders found him unconscious inside a […]