HONESDALE, Pa. (Reuters) - David Ortner adjusted his yarmulke, cocked his pistol and took aim - something he wishes a civilian had done to defend Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue three days ago when Robert Bowers walked in and shot 11 people dead. Trainees practice an Israeli shooting method as they take part in the Cherev Gidon Firearms Training Academy in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, U.S. August 5, 2018. REUTERS/Noam Moskowitz “When this happens, you get a wake-up call,” said Ortner, a 28-year-old owner of an optician shop in Monsey, New York. Ortner was one of nine Jewish men who attended a one-day course on Tuesday at the privately owned Cherev Gidon Israeli Tactical Defense Academy near Scranton, Pennsylvania, a class that was scheduled on Sunday in response to the Pittsburgh synagogue attack. He was there to learn how to use a gun to protect himself and his community and prevent a repeat of Saturday’s massacre, the deadliest targeting Jewish … [Read more...] about Fighting fire with fire: Jewish people train to stop repeat of…
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Positive train control stops NJ Transit’s Atlantic City line in its tracks
Curtis Tate North Jersey Record Published 8:59 p.m. UTC Aug 23, 2018 PHILADELPHIA — Come Sept. 5, there will be no trains operating to Atlantic City for at least the remainder of the year. The culprit: Positive train control, a safety system that NJ Transit is required to install by Dec. 31. As they met with affected customers inside Philadelphia's cavernous 30th Street Station on Tuesday, NJ Transit officials said their work hadn't even started on the 60-mile route. That will leave the line's 1,850 passengers a day with a substitute express bus that even agency officials acknowledge will take 25 minutes longer than the train. Though NJ Transit is offering a 25 percent discount on fares throughout the disruption, the bus substitute will not work for everyone. "I'm not happy," said Kelly McBride, who was purchasing her ticket to go to the beach at one of the few NJ Transit ticket machines in the station, which is dominated by Amtrak and the Southeastern … [Read more...] about Positive train control stops NJ Transit’s Atlantic City line in its tracks
Adam Levine, Maroon 5 stop by Saratoga for some Death Wish
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Buses may replace BART’s early morning trains during Transbay Tube retrofit
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CBS News Logo Quake warning system could give 5-second notice
PASADENA, Calif. - Elizabeth Cochran was sitting in her office when her computer suddenly sounded an alarm. Beep. Beep. Beep. A map of California on her screen lit up with a red dot, signaling an earthquake had struck. A clock next to the map counted down the seconds until shock waves fanning out from the epicenter north of Los Angeles reached her location in Pasadena: 5-4-3-2-1. Right on cue, Cochran felt her chair quiver ever so slightly from a magnitude-4.2 that rumbled through Southern California on Sept. 1. "If I hadn't known it was an earthquake, I would have thought it was a truck going by," she said. After years of lagging behind Japan, Mexico and other quake-prone countries, the U.S. government has been quietly testing an earthquake early warning system in California since February. Cochran belongs to an exclusive club of scientists who receive a heads up every time the state shakes. Quakes pose greater risk to US nuke reactorsAre East Coast's older buildings safe in quakes? … [Read more...] about CBS News Logo Quake warning system could give 5-second notice