As the Houston area works to clean up and restore power to thousands after deadly storms that left at least seven people dead, it will do so Saturday under a smog warning and as all of southern Texas starts to feel the heat. Source link
Power outages could last weeks in parts of Houston after thunderstorms with hurricane-force winds tore through the city, an official said Friday, knocking out electricity to nearly 1 million homes and businesses. Source link
Major League Baseball will overhaul its uniforms again in 2025 after widespread criticism from players and fans. The league’s new uniforms debuted this spring and drew immediate pushback. Fans disliked the shrunken size of the names on jerseys, while players had problems with how the uniforms collected sweat. Both parties also noticed mismatched grays between […]
Just over a week ago, the Department of Homeland Security warned of possible cyber attacks against the Emergency Service Sector (think “911 call operations”). The April 10 DHS memo said that previous ransomware attacks had “disrupted the networks of police department and 911 call center operations” because of their dependence on computers for the efficient […]
A substantial cellphone outage swept across the United States early Thursday, causing significant disruptions, including hindering some police departments’ ability to receive emergency 911 calls. The majority of these issues were reported by AT&T customers. DownDetector—a service that monitors outages by compiling status reports from various sources, including direct user feedback—logging nearly 32,000 problems around […]
WASHINGTON — The kind of systemic failures that enabled the high-profile prison deaths of notorious gangster Whitey Bulger and financier Jeffrey Epstein also contributed to the deaths of hundreds of other federal prisoners over the years, a watchdog report released Thursday found. Mental health care, emergency responses and the detection of contraband drugs and weapons […]
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