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BUFFALO, N.Y. — The JFK pool on Hickory Street has been drained after it was announced Monday that it’s closed for the summer. According to city officials, recent violence has left the pool without supervision after lifeguards refuse to return to their post. “I feel like it should’ve been a better decision than to just close the pool,” said Buffalo resident Pharez Lackerson. “That should’ve been the last resort.” What was once a community resource that reopened after years of closure on Buffalo’s East Side now sits quiet and empty after an alleged assault on a young city lifeguard who...

On Thursday 769 Muslims were killed in a stampede during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia. Saudi officials blamed pilgrims for not following the rules for the deadly stampede. Others blamed the convoy of the son of the Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud for the tragedy. About two million Muslims from 180 countries arrived in Saudi Arabia this year for the annual pilgrimage. The Saudis bulldozed the bodies after the deadly stampede.

DETROIT (AP) – Chris Mathews’ crew showed up this month to demolish one of the thousands of vacant homes destined for demolition as part of Detroit’s grand plan to bulldoze its way to prosperity when a call from his office stopped them in their tracks: Someone was living there. A middle-aged woman who watched the crew tear away the home’s warped wooden steps the day before had called their company, Adamo Demolition, to point out she was living on the second floor, despite no power, heat or gas and a flooded basement. “It was like a swimming pool. We would...

Dozens of US cities may have entire neighbourhoods bulldozed as part of drastic "shrink to survive" proposals being considered by the Obama administration to tackle economic decline. The government looking at expanding a pioneering scheme in Flint, one of the poorest US cities, which involves razing entire districts and returning the land to nature. Local politicians believe the city must contract by as much as 40 per cent, concentrating the dwindling population and local services into a more viable area. The radical experiment is the brainchild of Dan Kildee, treasurer of Genesee County, which includes Flint. Having outlined his strategy...

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SOLANA BEACH – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and other elected officials yesterday broke ground on a $168 million project to extend the car pool lanes on Interstates 5 and 805. With a congested I-5 as a backdrop, the governor said it would be the first construction job funded in California with money from Proposition 1B, the transportation bond measure approved by state voters last year. Schwarzenegger said the lanes mark the start of a new wave of transportation improvements, saying it's time “to bulldoze our state out of gridlock.” The San Diego Association of Governments, working with Caltrans, wants to add...

WASHINGTON – One of the world's top scientists on global warming called for the United States to stop building coal-fired power plants and eventually bulldoze older generators that don't capture and bury greenhouse gases. But 159 coal-fired power plants are scheduled to be built in the next decade or so, generating enough power for about 96 million homes, according to a study last month by the U.S. Department of Energy. Burning coal is one of the major sources of carbon dioxide, the chief greenhouse gas causing global warming. In prepared remarks to be delivered at the National Press Club Monday...

IDF troops in Hebron demolished Friday morning the home of the suicide bomber who carried out attack in Jerusalem on Wednesday. In the West Bank village of Dura, near Hebron, troops demolished the home of Tanzim militant who carries out several shooting attacks and the attack on an Ashdod banquet hall over a year ago. Avner Maimon, 49, from Netanya was killed in a shooting attack Thursday near the village of Yabed, in the northern West Bank. His body was found in a car adjacent to the village. The Magen David Adom crew that arrived at the scene pronounced him...

Is the Israeli Supreme Court endangering lives by preventing the razing of Arab buildings in Hevron? Yes No