Biden surveys collapsed Baltimore bridge, pledges help
Washington DC, US Reuters President Joe Biden took an aerial tour on Friday of the collapsed Baltimore bridge that is blocking a key East Coast shipping lane, and he pledged federal help in rebuilding the span, an idea some Republican lawmakers in the US Congress have resisted. A cargo ship crashed into the Francis Scott […]
Salvage crews work to lift first piece of collapsed Baltimore bridge
Reuters Salvage crews worked to lift the first piece of Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge from the water on Saturday to allow barges and tugboats to access the disaster site, Maryland and US officials said, the first step in a complex effort to reopen the city’s blocked port. The steel truss bridge collapsed early […]
Crew support: Ministers aid seafarers caught in Baltimore bridge crisis
“Everyone’s still kind of rattled and trying to figure things out,” said Rev Joshua Messick, who has Bibles ‘in every conceivable language’ to distribute upon request. ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports…
Divers recover two bodies from river after Baltimore bridge collapse
Updated: 10:30am (AEDT) Baltimore, US Reuters Divers recovered the remains on Wednesday of two of the six missing workers tossed into Baltimore Harbor from a highway bridge that collapsed into shipping lanes after being rammed by a faltering cargo freighter, officials said. The bodies were pulled from the Patapsco River a day after the massive […]
Six presumed dead after crippled cargo ship knocks down Baltimore bridge
Baltimore, US Reuters Six workers were missing and presumed dead from a bridge that collapsed in Baltimore Harbor early on Tuesday when a massive cargo ship crippled by a power loss rammed into the structure, forcing closure of one of the busiest ports on the US eastern seaboard. US Coast Guard and Maryland State Police […]
Baltimore bridge collision sends vehicles tumbling into water
Updated: 7:25am (AEDT), 27th March, 2024 Baltimore, US Reuters A massive cargo ship smashed into a bridge while sailing out of Baltimore early on Tuesday, sending cars and people into the river below and closing one of the busiest ports on the US Eastern Seaboard. Rescuers pulled out two survivors, one of whom was hospitalised, […]
US Catholic bishops meet; leaders call for unity and peace amid internal strife and global conflict
Baltimore, USAP Catholic leaders called for peace in a war-torn world and unity amid strife within their own clerical ranks on Tuesday, as US bishops gathered in Baltimore for their annual fall meeting. The meeting came soon after two actions by Pope Francis that illustrated the divisive challenges facing the Catholic Church – removing one […]
Baltimore mass shooting leaves two dead, several children among 28 injured
Reuters Two people were killed and 28 others were injured, including an estimated 14 children, in a mass shooting in Baltimore, Maryland, early Sunday morning after a neighbourhood party, police said. An 18-year-old woman and 20-year-old man were killed and nine people were still hospitalised with gunfire wounds Sunday afternoon, including a few in critical […]
Conversations: John Blake, journalist on religion and race, goes personal with new memoir
“We really need to tell these stories about hope. There’s a lot of Americans now who have given up…and believe racism is just a permanent part of American life.” ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks with Blake…
Urban revitalisation: Can crowdfunded property turn rundown neighbourhoods around?
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how the idea of harnessing small-scale investors for real estate development – boosted by digital platforms – is gaining momentum nationally…