Around 50 protesters arrested over protest in Senate building which shut down cafeteria
More than 50 anti-Israel protesters were arrested after storming through a Senate office building, causing the cafeteria to be briefly shut down.
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Georgia inmate serving life mailed bombs from prison to D.C. office building, Alaska court, feds charge
A man serving a life sentence for kidnapping and other crimes while in a Georgia prison built two bombs which he mailed to a District of Columbia office building and the federal courthouse and building in Anchorage, Alaska, prosecutors allege. The accused bomb maker, 55-year-old David Cassady, allegedly put the two explosive devices into the mail at his prison in Tattnall County on Jan. 24, 2020, according to an indictment issued by a grand jury in U.S. District Court in Statesboro, Georgia. The bomb that went to Washington, D.C., was mailed to the Bond Building, whose office tenants include the Department of Justice. The indictment alleges Cassady made and sent the bombs with the intent to "to maliciously damage or destroy, by means of fire or explosive, a building in whole or in part owned or possessed by, or leased to, the United States," and "created substantial risk of injury to a person." Neither bomb exploded. Cassady is charged with one count of m
Trudeau pitches apartment building push with $15B more in loans
The federal government is setting aside another $15 billion in the upcoming budget for its apartment construction loan program.
Building a new Key Bridge could take years and cost at least $400 million, experts say
Rebuilding Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge could take anywhere from 18 months to several years, experts say, while the cost could be at least $400 million — or more than twice that.
The Gas Industry Gutted Green Building Codes. Now, Republicans Want To Go Further.
A week ago, fossil fuel companies pulled off an 11th-hour win in their fight to keep climate-friendly measures out of the next national homebuilding guidelines, successfully lobbying the private entity that writes the country’s model building codes to strip out rules that would make it cheaper for homeowners to go electric.
Animal Shelter Pleads For Help Fostering Dogs After Truck Crashes Into Building
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia animal shelter put out an urgent plea for people to foster its dogs after a vehicle plowed into its building Wednesday, shelter officials said.
Kamala Harris tours abandoned bloodstained building where 2018 Parkland school shooting happened
Vice President Kamala Harris toured the bloodstained classroom building where the 2018 Parkland high school massacre happened on Saturday, then announced a program to assist states that have laws allowing police to temporarily seize guns from people judges have found to be dangerous.
Kamala Harris to tour blood-stained building where 2018 Florida school massacre happened
Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday is expected to tour the blood-stained classroom building where the 2018 Parkland high school massacre happened, accompanied by some victims' family members who are pushing for stricter gun laws and improved school safety.