– The interstate highway system was officially born on June 29, 1956, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act. Eisenhower’s interest in the concept was piqued during his tour of the German autobahn system in World War II, when he was Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe. Initially, he saw […]
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Video shows wild arrest atop a van on a Detroit interstate
Helicopter video shows a dramatic Detroit police takedown of a homicide suspect Friday afternoon. Officers chased him on foot into oncoming traffic on I-75, where he jumped onto — or more or less was hit by — a van, then surrounded by police and pummeled. The takedown followed a chase through Detroit, down several highways […]
Dakota Access Pipeline to begin interstate oil delivery service May 14
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Crude oil could begin flowing through the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline next month, according to a filing pending with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Read Full Article at RT.com RT – Daily news
Women Are Flying Interstate For Surgical Abortions Because One Doctor Retired
For the past 18 years Dr Michael Carrette has been one of the few doctors providing surgical abortions in Cairns. View this image › Getty When he retired late last year, after performing nearly 9000 abortions, women with unwanted pregnancies in Far North Queensland were left in the lurch. The Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and […]
Interstate health insurance won’t fix Obamacare
Congress has a new healthcare plan to replace Obamacare. It may go nowhere since many Republicans aren’t happy with it… and the problems it tries to solve will remain. Worse, anything that gets past the House and Senate may not matter if insurers refuse to play in 2018. The big ones haven’t committed yet. If […]
