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FAULTY VALVES IN TOXIC TRAIN WRECK
U.S. safety board said it found faulty valves in the freight train operated
by the Norfolk Southern Corporation that derailed on Feb. 3 in East Palestine, Ohio. The derailment of 38 cars, including 11
carrying hazardous materials, led to the release of over 1 million gallons of dangerous substances, Ohio’s attorney general said. The National Transportation Safety
Board said anomalies compromised the capability of the valves to regulate internal pressure of the tank cars in a fire to lessen the risk of an explosion. The derailment caused toxic vinyl chloride and other hazardous chemicals to spill and catch fire. Since then, some of the town’s 4,700 residents have reported ailments, such as rashes and breathing dif iculties, and fear long-term health eff ects.
the works. “While we are not announcing an immediate successor today, rest assured, this is not the end of Camaro’s story,” Scott Bell, vice president of Chevrolet, said in a statement.
When the current generation Camaro
came out in 2016, Chevrolet sold 72,705 of them. But by the end of 2021 that number fell almost 70%, to 21,893.
PORTLAND EXODUS GAINS PACE C
racker Barrel is joining the business exodus from progressive Portland,
Oregon, following in the footsteps of Applebee’s and Walmart. While Walmart has been hit by theft and soaring crime, Cracker Barrel is citing the post-pandemic economy as its reason to close its Portland metro area locations, according to KPTV 12 Oregon. The spokesman did not mention crime
DEADLY Toxic chemicals float on the surface of Leslie Run Creek in East Palestine, Ohio.
END OF ROAD FOR CAMARO? T
he Chevrolet Camaro, for decades the dream car of many young men, is going
out of production. General Motors, which sells the brawny
muscle car, said in March it will stop making the current generation early next year. The future of the car, which is raced on NASCAR and other circuits, is a bit murky. GM says another generation may be in
90 YEARS AGO
MAY 2, 1933 Loch Ness Monster first sighted. The newspaper Inverness Courier reported a local couple saw “an enormous animal rolling and plunging on the surface.”
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as a reason for the struggling business, but myriad companies have been forced out of the riot-hit, Democrat-run city since 2020. Residents have also fled the city due to a deterioration of safety and living conditions. Walmart CEO Doug McMillon predicted
the mass exodus from the crime-hit city last December. “Theft is an issue,” he told CNBC. “It’s higher than what it has historically been.”
CAT ATTACKS MAN IN HOT TUB A 165 YEARS AGO
MAY 11, 1858 Minnesota enters the Union. The building of railroads and canals brought a land boom during the 1850s, and Minnesota’s population had swelled from 6,000 to 150,000 by 1857.
mountain lion clawed a man’s head while he was sitting in a hot tub
with his wife at a rental home in central Colorado.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY 170 YEARS AGO
MAY 20, 1853 Bavarian immigrant Levi Strauss opens a dry goods store in San Francisco selling “clothes for hard-working” people. His $3-a-pair jeans were originally called “waist overalls.”
140 YEARS AGO
MAY 24, 1883 The Brooklyn Bridge opens as the longest suspension bridge in the world, connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn, New York.
The man was soaking in the in-ground hot tub in a wooded subdivision when he felt something grab his head, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife. He screamed at the mountain lion and started splashing water while his wife shined a flashlight at the animal.
The man and his wife were able to get
back into the home, where they cleaned his wounds and called the property owner. The man had four superficial scratches on top of his head and near his right ear, but he declined medical treatment.
CALIFORNIA PLEDGES 1,200 TINY HOMES FOR HOMELESS
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alifornia will spend about $30 million to build 1,200 small homes this year,
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced, to help house the nation’s largest homeless population. The homes, some as small as 120
square feet, can be assembled in 90 minutes and cost a fraction of what it takes to build permanent housing. Newsom said the homes can
create space to help clear homeless encampments that have sprung up across the state’s major cities. Federal courts have ruled cities can’t clear homeless encampments if there are no shelter beds available.
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