MOSCOW - Inspectors will check an underwater pipeline for pollution after it caught fire on a frozen river in Russia's Siberia, federal monitoring service Rostekhnadzor said Sunday. First reports suggest around 700 tons of liquefied petroleum gas (a mixture of propane and butane) could be on site, Rostekhnadzor spokesperson Andrei Vil said on his Telegram account. The pipeline's owner Russian petrochemicals giant Sibur said the gas leak happened Saturday, causing a short fire on the frozen River Ob in the oil-rich Khanty-Mansiysk region in Western Siberia. It happened 44 kilometers (27 miles) from the nearest residential area and there were no "risks for the population and the environment", the company added. But Vil said on Telegram that "statements indicating the absence of risk for the environment raise serious doubts" because of the amounts of liquefied petroleum gas on site. The cause of the leak is still being established, said Sibur. A Sibur regional official Alexander Teplyakov said Sunday the incident was under control but that the company would pay for any damage caused by the incident. Teplyakov, quoted in a statement from the local authorities, said 27 people and 12 units of machinery were currently on site. Samples would be taken from the surface of the water to determine any damage to the environment, he added. Russia frequently suffers environmental disasters, often due to the country's ageing infrastructure or to negligence. Last month, mining giant Norilsk Nickel was fined close to $2 billion for a fuel spill that leaked tons of diesel into rivers in the Russian Arctic. ...
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Packers’ Aaron Rodgers Rips CA Gov. Newsom for Crippling Lockdowns on Small Businesses
Green Bay Packers star Aaron Rodgers took a swipe Thursday at the business-destroying coronavirus rules slammed onto California’s small businesses by Gov. Gavin Newsom. In an interview with watch manufacturer Zenith Watches, Rodgers talked about his high-profile relationship with actress Shailene Woodley and other goings-on in his life, but the conversation soon swung to his efforts to help out small businesses in his native state of California. Rodgers noted that he has “Been doing some work actually in my hometown in Northern California as well to try and help some people through a small business fund that we started.” The Packers star added that he just hopes to do his part to help his neighbors. “You know, we’re just trying to do our part and as we ease back into the training stuff in my professional life, I just want to make sure where I’m from and the area I’ve called home in the past are doing OK,” Rodgers continued. “And California has really been hit hard by COVID and by the rules that the governor has put in place as well. It’s been nice to be able to help some people out and I think we’re all just waiting for a little bit of hope on the horizon.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Zenith Watches (@zenithwatches) The Instagram interview was not the first time that Rodgers spoke about the detrimental effect that Newsom’s orders have had on the state. Rodgers went even further into the terrible effect Newsom’s orders have had in an interview with The Pat McAfee Show back in January when he praised the efforts to help small businesses launched by Dave Portnoy and Barstool Sports. “It’s just an amazing deal what they’re doing. I mean, to be able to not only change people’s lives and livelihoods but to do it in such a timely fashion, Rodgers said of the Barstool Sports Fund. “I mean the money is going out 24 to 72 hours and I think there was just such a need if ...
Father Evades Police Using Tech Smarts Over A Year After Allegedly Kidnapping Daughter
More than a year after allegedly kidnapping his daughter in Tennessee and keeping her hostage as he traveled around the country, an IT expert, who refers to himself as “Oscar Bourne,” evaded capture by making himself impossible to trace by authorities. The fugitive, John Oliver Westbrook, drew this name from the Bourne trilogy movies which depicted a fictional government spy who evaded capture through multifaceted smarts, Oxygen reported . Westbrook was able to evade capture, despite continuing to do business and traveling across the United States, by using his knowledge of technology, security and bitcoin, according to Fox News. “He is communicating in a way that’s almost impossible to trace, which makes it extremely difficult for investigators to generate significant leads in this case,” the Hamilton County District Attorney’s Office said. His daughter, Daphne, was 17 when she went missing in 2019 after she spent a weekend with Westbrook, according to The Daily Beast . The Hamilton County District Attorney’s Office previously announced Westbrook was indicted and charged with aggravated kidnapping. Westbrook and Daphne have been on the move over the past year to various cities around the country including Santa Fe, New Mexico; Colorado Springs, and Seattle. In one instance, authorities were able to trace Daphne whereabouts when they found her Bible in a trash can outside a Trader Joe’s in New Mexico. (RELATED: Missing Kidnapped Teen Found Alive, Suspect Dead After Police Chase) A number of local outlets from Seattle , Washington; Denver , Colorado; and Tampa Bay , Florida, have reported that John and Daphne may be holed up somewhere in the area. Authorities encouraged the New Mexico horse-back riding community to “stay alert,” as there is reason to believe John takes Daphne to ride horses in that area on occasion. ...
Man Who Impersonated Officer And Kidnapped Two Girls Arrested, Police Say
Suffolk County Police arrested a 46-year-old man on Thursday who allegedly impersonated a police officer and then abducted two teenagers on Wednesday, according to authorities. Donald Cristiano Jr., of Bay Shore, Long Island, was charged with two counts of kidnapping in the second degree, two counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child, one count of Criminal Impersonation in the first degree and one count of Luring a Child, according to a press statement obtained by the Daily Caller. At approximately 3:35 Wednesday afternoon, two girls, ages 14 and 16, were walking down Herbert Avenue in Lindenhurst when Cristiano approached them, according to police . He identified himself as a police officer and offered to drive the girls to the library, noting that recent gang activity made it unsafe to walk in the area alone, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said during a Thursday briefing. Once they arrived in the parking lot, Cristiano allegedly told the 16-year-old to get out of the car so he could talk to the 14-year-old, according to police. (RELATED: REPORT: Police Search For Suspects After Two Children Were Abducted, Dropped Off At A Gas Station) Cristiano then drove off with the 14-year-old to a nearby park, police said. Cristiano began touching the girl who was able to fight him and flee his vehicle. She ran to a nearby home where the homeowner called 911, according to police. At the same time, the 16-year-old flagged down a crossing guard after she became suspicious, according to Suffolk Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart. The crossing guard also called the police, according to Hart. “This is every parent’s nightmare,” Bellone said. Hart said that both girls were able to describe both the suspect and the vehicle, helping authorities narrow down the search to 400 vehicles matching in the county. “I want to remind people that if you are ever stopped by a person who identifies themselves as an undercover officer, ask them for ...
READ: Transcript of Trump phone call with Georgia secretary of state
President Trump Donald Trump Biden to sign executive order aimed at increasing voting access Albany Times Union editorial board calls for Cuomo's resignation Advocates warn restrictive voting bills could end Georgia's record turnout MORE on Saturday called Georgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R), and for more than an hour sought to persuade him that there is evidence of election fraud in the Peach State. The Hill has independently confirmed the below transcript of the call, based on audio released by The Washington Post . This transcript has been edited to remove the name of an election worker that the president in the call accused without evidence of fraud. ADVERTISEMENT Read the full transcript below: Meadows: OK. Alright. Mr. President, everybody is on the line. This is Mark Meadows Mark Meadows Trump attacks Karl Rove: 'A pompous fool with bad advice' How scientists saved Trump's FDA from politics Liberals howl after Democrats cave on witnesses MORE , the chief of staff. Just so we all are aware. On the line is secretary of state and two other individuals. Jordan and Mr. Germany with him. You also have the attorneys that represent the president, Kurt and Alex and Cleta Mitchell — who is not the attorney of record but has been involved — myself and then the president. So Mr. President, I’ll turn it over to you. Trump: Okay, thank you very much. Hello Brad and Ryan and everybody. We appreciate the time and the call. So we’ve spent a lot of time on this, and if we could just go over some of the numbers, I think it’s pretty clear that we won. We won very substantially in Georgia. You even see it by rally size, frankly. We’d be getting 25-30,000 people a rally, and the competition would get less than 100 people. And it never made sense. But we have a number of things. We have at least 2 or 3 — anywhere from 250 to 300,000 ballots were dropped mysteriously into the rolls. Much of that had ...
