Dust Storms in Texas and New Mexico Raise Fire Risks
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Dust Storms in Texas and New Mexico Raise Fire Risks

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Bone-dry winds tore across parts of Texas and New Mexico, kicking up dust storms and causing dangerous driving conditions, as forecasters said the risk of fires breaking out in the parched region would persist into Wednesday. Blowing dust reduced visibility to near zero…

13 People Injured as School Bus Overturns on Garden State Parkway
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13 People Injured as School Bus Overturns on Garden State Parkway

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A school bus with at least 30 passengers on board overturned on the Garden State Parkway near Montvale, N.J., on Monday evening, injuring 13 people, the authorities said. According to the New Jersey Department of Transportation, the bus overturned on the northbound lanes…

Congestion Pricing Reduced Traffic. Now It’s Hitting Revenue Goals.
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Congestion Pricing Reduced Traffic. Now It’s Hitting Revenue Goals.

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines New York’s congestion pricing plan raised $48.6 million in tolls during its first month, a strong start for the program that exceeded expectations and kept it on track to raise billions of dollars for the region’s decaying mass transit system. The revenue figures,…

Significant Winter Storm Moves Into the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast
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Significant Winter Storm Moves Into the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A significant winter storm was settling into portions of the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast on Sunday before dangerously low temperatures envelop much of the country in some of the coldest weather in years, National Weather Service forecasters said. Snow started in the Appalachians…

N.Y.P.D. Bans High-Speed Chases for Low-Level Offenses
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N.Y.P.D. Bans High-Speed Chases for Low-Level Offenses

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines New York City police officers will no longer engage in high-speed chases of drivers who break traffic laws or commit other low-level offenses, the Police Department said, in an effort to stop the crashes that have led to serious injuries and deaths in…

Less Traffic, Faster Buses: Congestion Pricing’s First Week
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Less Traffic, Faster Buses: Congestion Pricing’s First Week

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The first data for New York City’s new congestion pricing program shows that gridlock lessened in its initial week as fewer drivers traveled into the core of Manhattan, though traffic continued to be heavy in parts of the tolling zone. In the first…

Winter Storm Brings Heavy Snow and Freezing Rain to the Mid-Atlantic
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Winter Storm Brings Heavy Snow and Freezing Rain to the Mid-Atlantic

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A major winter storm will finish carving a path from the central United States and the Midwest to the nation’s capital by Monday morning, after having punished multiple states with a mix of sleet, snow, blizzards and freezing rain. Kansas was particularly hard…

Potent Storm Blasts Parts of U.S. With Sleet, Snow and Freezing Rain
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Potent Storm Blasts Parts of U.S. With Sleet, Snow and Freezing Rain

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A fierce storm barreling across the country toward the Mid-Atlantic pounded a vast area with a wintry mix of sleet, snow and freezing rain that the Weather Prediction Center warned could bring “significant disruptions” to daily life and travel on Sunday and Monday….

Opinion | Congestion Pricing Shows the Future of the Democratic Party
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Opinion | Congestion Pricing Shows the Future of the Democratic Party

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines One of the lesser-known acts of the French Revolution, in the days before the storming of the Bastille, was a series of attacks on the toll barriers at the boundaries of Paris. These customs houses were a natural target for angry commoners: They…