‘Worst-case scenario’: when needed most, New Orleans bollards were missing in action – The Guardian US

‘Worst-case scenario’: when needed most, New Orleans bollards were missing in action  The Guardian US Barricades were supposed to keep Bourbon Street revelers safe. Here’s why they didn’t  CNN An Army veteran’s path to radicalization followed divorces and struggling businesses in Texas  The Associated Press Bourbon Street Attack Relief: How to help victims and families  WWLTV.com Vehicle Ramming Terror…

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One killed and scores reportedly injured after car drives into German Christmas market – latest updates

Driver arrested after incident in Magdeburg, west of Berlin, according to media reports Full report: car ploughs into crowd at Christmas market Germany’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz, said “the news suggests something bad” and that his thoughts are with “the victims and their families”. On December 19th 2016, a truck driven by Anis Amri, a failed…

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Trump reclassifies thousands of federal employees, making them easier to fire

Executive order effectively reinstates ‘Schedule F’, which sought to categorize workers as political hires Donald Trump on Monday issued an executive order reclassifying thousands of federal employees as political hires, making them easier to fire if deemed insufficiently loyal to the new president and his aims. One of a promised flurry of measures signed on…

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