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(Reuters) — A giant sinkhole opened on a rain-soaked street in Baltimore, Maryland on Wednesday (April 30). The large crater swallowed up part of a street and several parked cars and buried train tracks under a pile of rubble. According to local media, witnesses said the ground shook as the sinkhole expanded and it sounded like the rumble of a train. There were no reports of injuries. Officials have urged residents to stay away from the area.
The Department of Labor and Employment is holding simultaneous job fairs all over the country in celebration of Labor Day.
Pro-Moscow separatists seized more government offices in more Ukrainian towns, a sign that Ukraine is losing the eastern industrial heartland that borders Russia.
(Reuters) — A CSX Corp train carrying crude oil derailed and burst into flames in downtown Lynchburg, Virginia on Wednesday (April 30), spilling oil into the James River and forcing the evacuation of hundreds. CSX said 15 cars derailed at 2:30 p.m. EDT on a train traveling from Chicago to Virginia. Photos and video footage from the scene showed high flames and a large plume of black smoke. Officials said there were no injuries, but some 300 to 350 people in […]
MANILA (PNA) — The number of Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) brigands killed in the fighting in Patikul town, Sulu Tuesday has now climbed to 25 or 11 persons higher than the 14 reported earlier. This was revealed by Capt. Ryan Lacuesta, 2nd Marine Brigade civil-military operations officer, Wednesday. He added that 20 of the slain ASG men are now identified by the military with the remaining five still unidentified as of this posting. Lacuesta said […]
The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines petitioned for a 135 peso increase on wages this Labor Day.
2, 600 police were deployed by the Manila Police District in preparation for the May 1 protests at three locations: Mendiola, Liwasang Bonifacio and the US Embassy.
(Reuters Health) – The ultraviolet lamps used in some nail salons to dry and cure nail polish deliver the same hazardous rays as tanning beds, but it would take many manicures to actually cause damage, suggests a new study. After testing 17 different lamps in nail salons, researchers calculated that it would take between eight and 208 visits – depending on the machine – to damage skin cells in a way that raises cancer risk. […]
(Reuters) – Several luminaries from sports and show business, Oprah Winfrey among them, signaled interest on Wednesday in buying the Los Angeles Clippers as the NBA set a first meeting to weigh removing Donald Sterling as owner over racist remarks attributed to him. A day after Sterling was banned for life from the National Basketball Association, two of the league’s 29 other team owners, including the governing board’s chairman, said they expected to reach the […]
Scattered rice greeted motorists in the southbound lane of the Katipunan tunnel in Quezon City when a ten-wheeler truck overturned due to mechanical failure, wounding its passenger. The road was closed for five hours to clear the truck.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines will study the recommendation of the Commission on Human Rights regarding the termination of the Philippine Military Academy Honor Committee regarding the case of former Cadet Aldrin Jeff Cudia.
Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago expressed her intent to run for the presidential elections in 2016 after Pulse Asia released its survey where the senator is ranked third for possible presidential candidate in 2016.
