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THE JONES ACT HAS BEEN TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED TO HELP GET AID TO PUERTO RICO

Winchester, VA - The Jones Act is a piece of legislation which limits shipping between United States coasts to U.S.-flagged vessels. When Hurricanes Harvey and Irma struck Texas and Florida respectively, the Jones Act was suspended by the Department of Homeland Security so that aid could get to the storm ravaged states quickly. In order to do this, the Department of Defense needed to request a waiver for those particular states. […]

today09/28/2017 22

TEXAS HAS CALLED IN AIR FORCE SUPPORT TO FIGHT MOSQUITOES POST-HURRICANE HARVEY

Winchester, VA - Reuters is reporting that with the threat of mosquito-borne diseases such as West Nile Virus and Zika higher in Texas following the immense flooding from Hurricane Harvey, the Air Force's help has been requested to reduce the amounts of mosquitoes in the area. U.S. Air Force C-130 cargo planes from an air force base in San Antonio have been spraying insecticides over three counties in eastern Texas since […]

today09/13/2017 12

RESIDENTS OF A PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS NURSING HOME HAD TO BE EVACUATED WHEN FLOOD WATERS OVERTOOK THE HOME

Winchester, VA - The Associated Press reports that a sad scene unfolded at a nursing home in Port Arthur, TX yesterday as rising floodwaters forced the home's residents to undergo evacuation. Residents were being wheeled through water so high it immersed the baseboards, patients were stranded in hallways, in beds and recliners, and others were seen being lifted in their wheelchairs into boats to  be taken away to safety. CRUSADE Channel […]

today08/31/2017 47

THE CEO OF A CHEMICAL PLANT OUTSIDE OF HOUSTON HAS WARNED THE PLANT WILL EXPLODE

Winchester, VA - The Huffington Post reports that Richard Rowe, CEO of the Arkema Inc. chemical factory in Crosby, TX, has affirmed that they are expecting the chemical plant to explode in the next six days. The plant manufactures chemicals which require constant cooling, but the plant lost power on Sunday morning. With the volatile chemicals warming up by the minute, company officials say that there is no way to prevent […]

today08/31/2017 9

A HUMAN TRAFFICKING HORROR STORY UNFOLDED IN SAN ANTONIO

Winchester, VA - Inside Edition reports that a human trafficking horror story unfolded in San Antonio, Texas early on Sunday, when a Wal-Mart employee called authorities to conduct a welfare check on a tractor trailor in the parking lot, after one of the truck's occupants approached him asking for water. Thirty-eight people were found in the back of the truck and of those, nearly twenty were seriously injured with severe dehydration […]

today07/24/2017 9

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