RAIDER 1 Citizen News for Friday, Feb. 24, 2023
Transportation Secretary, Pete Buttigieg, Visits East Palestine 19 Days After A Train Derailed Carrying Harmful Chemicals
Transportation Secretary, Pete Buttigieg, walked through the wreckage in East Palestine, Ohio on Thursday in his first visit to the site of the train derailment that occurred on Feb. 3rd.
Buttigieg plans to move forward methodically to assess what’s been learned so far from the accident and how to proceed with reforms going forward.
“White Powder Substance” Falling From Sky in West Virginia and Maryland
Since there aren’t enough strange things happening in the world, several reports of a “white powder substance” came out of West Virginia and Maryland late Thursday.
It is unknown at this time what the powder might be and residents were advised to stay inside.
There is some speculation that it might be from dust storms that occurred early Thursday in New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma.
China Calls for Peace Talks Between Russia and Ukraine
China’s Foreign Ministry proposed peace talks, including a cease-fire, between Russia and Ukraine. Regardless of their neutral stance and support of Russia as a whole, they are hoping to extinguish the flames they’ve said the West is fanning.
Analysts aren’t optimistic.
$2 Billion More to Ukraine
The U.S. is providing $2 Billion in security assistance.
The White House National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, said:
We're going to continue to look at what is necessary, and make sure that we provide what is necessary that Ukraine has what it needs to succeed on the battlefield…
That’s all we can say about that and remain unbiased. Crumbling U.S. infrastructure be damned.
Europe Braces for Drought
Several factors are contributing to a severe drought in Europe that includes central and southwest France, northern Spain, and northern Italy.
Droughts in any area mean trouble for the water supply and have repercussions throughout rivers and lakes.
James Webb Telescope Spots Ancient Galaxies
An international team of astrophysicists has spotted some unbelievably old, massive galaxies in images from the James Webb telescope.
There are 6 candidates for galaxies that may have been around when the universe was still young.
These galaxies are so deep in the universe that it takes the light from them a significant amount of time to become visible, so by the time we see the, we are looking back in time.
70-Year-Old Disgraced Movie Mogul, Harvey Weinstein, Sentenced to 16 Years In L.A. Case
Harvey Weinstein received 16 more years in Los Angeles to be served consecutively after the current 23-year sentence is complete.
The jury found Weinstein guilty on 3 of 7 counts of rape.
Treasury Department Makes Record Interest Payment on National Debt
While Americans are experiencing higher interest rates, so is the government. The Treasury Department paid a record $213 billion in Q4 of 2022. The same payment the previous year was $63 billion.
Bird Flu Whispers in Cambodia
1 girl is dead and 12 more possibly infected with H5N1 avian flu in Prey Veng province.
Emergency Response teams are investigating. This is the first death from bird flu in the region since 2014.
RAIDER 1 Citizen News is very sensitive to news regarding such pathogens and will report accordingly in light of COVID-19 and the subsequent fallout from it.
Murdaugh Trial Update
Author, John Grisham, famous for works like A Time to Kill, The Client, and The Firm was seen in court yesterday. Research for a new book? Interesting nonetheless.
Alex Murdaugh is on the stand again today as the Prosecution continues its questioning.
The general consensus from commentators so far is that this testimony isn’t doing Murdaugh any favors. While two jurors were seen wiping tears during his initial testimony yesterday prior to his cross examination, the financial details are damning.
As if that weren’t enough, he admitted on the stand to lying to investigators about his whereabouts the night of the murders.
Even so, we’ve seen no concrete proof that he killed his wife and son.
The Good News
Archaeologists Find Complete Roman City from 1800 Years Ago in Luxor
Archaeologists have completed excavation of a small Roman city in Luxor, Egypt. The tiny metropolis contained homes, workshops, and pigeon towers.
Pigeons were kept and cultivated in the towers as livestock.
The inhabitants of this city smelted metal and their workshops contained numerous pots, flasks, grinding tools, water bottles, Roman coins, and bells.
The city isn’t a new discovery. The baths were unearthed back in the 1980s.
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