REUTERS/Randall Hill Amtrak blamed a freight rail operator for a crash on Sunday that killed 2 and injured more than 100 others. It’s Amtrak’s third fatal crash in as many months. Amtrak says CSX Corp’s people padlocked the switch that diverted the Amtrak train onto the side track, where it hit the CSX train. CSX […]
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US blames Russia for new reported chemical incident in Syria, regardless of who actually did it
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson pointed the finger at Syrian President Bashar Assad for the reported chemical incident in East Ghouta, while ultimately blaming Russia for it, regardless of who actually committed the attack. Tillerson produced his accusations against Moscow while speaking at a conference in Paris, designed to a create the ‘International Partnership […]
Whose fault? Tesla crashes into fire truck, driver blames autopilot (PHOTOS)
A Tesla Model S has rear-ended a fire truck parked on a freeway in the US. The driver, however, says it wasn’t his fault, blaming the state-of-the-art technology instead. On Monday morning, the Tesla car, going 65mph, hit a parked fire truck, the Culver City Fire Department tweeted. The firefighters were there attending to a […]
‘They’re holding government hostage’: White House phone line blames Democrats over shutdown (AUDIO)
The recorded greeting for the White House comment line is telling callers that Democrats are holding the US government hostage over the immigration debate. After dialling the number, an automated message declares that the call cannot be answered “because congressional Democrats are holding government funding – including funding for our troops and other national security priorities […]
Apple CEO Tim Cook blames social media and technology ‘overuse’ after iPhone addiction criticisms
Speaking in the United Kingdom today regarding Apple’s Everyone Can Code curriculum, Apple CEO Tim Cook briefly addressed the topic of iPhone addiction, seemingly casting blame on social media, and the “overuse” of technology. “I don’t have a kid,” said the 57-year-old Cook, “but I have a nephew that I put some boundaries on. There […]
Trump administration report blames immigrants for terrorism
Three out of four people convicted of international terrorism or terrorism-related offenses were “immigrants,” a new report by the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security has claimed. The DOJ broadly defines “immigrants” as both the people extradited to the US for trial and immigrants arrested in US. The report, issued Tuesday, is in […]
St. Pete bomber has mental illness record, blames bad ‘personal growth’ course – investigators
Published time: 31 Dec, 2017 15:11 The suspect in Wednesday’s bombing in St. Petersburg has a record of mental illness, investigators say. He was motivated by a bad experience he had with a “personal growth” training course. The suspect in the crime, which left 18 people injured this week, confessed to planning and carrying out […]
U.S. blames North Korea for WannaCry ransomware attack
(Reuters) — The Trump administration has publicly blamed North Korea for unleashing the so-called WannaCry cyber attack that crippled hospitals, banks and other companies across the globe earlier this year. “The attack was widespread and cost billions, and North Korea is directly responsible,” Tom Bossert, homeland security adviser to President Donald Trump, wrote in a […]
Woman accused of sexual harassment quits US House race, blames Democrats
A Kansas woman who quit a run for Congress blames her own party’s “zero tolerance” policy on sexual harassment. The Democrat was named in a 2005 lawsuit claiming she retaliated against a subordinate who rejected her advances. Despite denying sexual harassment allegations, Andrea Ramsey announced on Facebook she would drop out of the race for […]
Twitter blames bug for accidentally banning a bunch of accounts
What’s allowed and isn’t allowed on Twitter isn’t always clear. Even though the company has come out with a hateful conduct policy and has unverified and banned some of those who violate it, it still makes a lot of mistakes, like suspending accounts in error. Well, it seems like Twitter has made yet another boo-boo. […]