Shortly after Dermot F. Shea was appointed New York City Police Commissioner, he called one of the department’s top women to his office and told her there would be some changes. The woman, Chief Lori Pollock, was in charge of the department’s data-driven, abuse strategy and had asked to be …
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Nikola Scores Landmark Order for 2500 battery electric garbage trucks
Nikola Corporation announced a “landmark” order 2,500 Battery-Electric Waste Trucks for Republic Services, one of the largest waste-disposal companies in the US The deal is for a minimum of 2500 cars with an option for a maximum of 5,000, which is really two orders of magnitude above anything we have …
Read More »Trump urges former intelligence officials to declare ‘unwillingness to embrace agencies’
President TrumpDonald John TrumpTeachers Union launches 0K ad purchase and calls for education funding in relief FDA pledges ‘we will not cut corners’ on coronavirus vaccine Let’s protect our values COVID-19 liability MAY on Tuesday, he defends his “unwillingness to embrace” US intelligence agencies as he continues to question the …
Read More »Biden will lose if he does not choose Black Woman as VP
Rebecca Morin USA TODAY Published 9:11 AM EDT August 11, 2020 WASHINGTON – More than 100 Black male leaders, including activists, preachers, rappers and celebrities, asked Joe Biden in an open letter Monday to choose a Black woman as his running mate, saying that if he did not, he would …
Read More »Retired MetroLINK buses set fire to Rock Island
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) – Eight retired MetroLINK buses in Rock Island caught fire after a high-voltage line caught on Monday afternoon during severe storms. It happened on 25th Ave. and 7th St. at about 1:40 p.m. According to the Fire Marshal with the Rock Island Fire Dept., when the …
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