AllSides Balanced Search reveals information and ideas from all sides of the political spectrum so you can get the full picture.
Apr 19 2024
News
Local business owners impacted by the Key Bridge collapse are struggling
BALTIMORE -- Leaders from the Small Business Association traveled to Baltimore to talk about the federal resources available to businesses impacted by the Key Bridge collapse. But not all business owners have been able to receive the help they need. One local business owner in Canton shared his concerns after not having any business since the Key Bridge collapse and not being able to qualify
CBS News (Online)Apr 01 2024
News
What the Bridge Meant to Baltimore
For some, the Francis Scott Key Bridge symbolized the working-class communities around it — for others, the city itself. Blue-collar workers crossed it. Families went crabbing around it. Teenagers celebrated new driver’s licenses by traversing it. And couples were known to get engaged near it. Completed in 1977, the Francis Scott Key Bridge was a practical, final link to the beltway of roads
New York Times (News)Apr 22 2024
News
Climate change protesters block traffic on one side of Boston bridge
THAT’S RIGHT MARIA, YOU CAN SEE THAT THESE PROTESTERS HAVE ACTUALLY SHUT DOWN ALL BUT ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC HERE ON SEAPORT BOULEVARD. WE ARE ON THE BRIDGE, AND I JUST SAW A COUPLE OF THE PROTESTERS GO OVER AND TALK TO SOME OFFICERS OVER THERE. THESE PROTESTERS ARE WITH THE GROUP EXTINCTION REBELLION, AND THEY SAY THEY NEED TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS. THEY SAY THAT CIVIL
WCVBApr 16 2024
News
Thousands navigate more lane changes on the Washington Bridge
“It seems to be working,” Peter Alviti said, noting that the state was continuing to make refinements. “We’re going to keep trying to make it better and better.” The next day, the director of the state Department of Transportation said in a radio interview that travel times seemed to have gotten better since the extra lane on the eastbound side of the highway opened. Crews will continue
The Boston GlobeApr 19 2024
News
The owners of the ship that hit the Baltimore bridge are trying to avoid paying for it
A massive container ship hit and destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last month, killing six people and shutting one of America’s busiest ports in the process. The company that operates the ship is now trying everything to get out of paying up for the mammoth task of extracting the stricken vessel and repairing the ruined bridge. The 935-foot Dali container ship hit the
QuartzApr 19 2024
News
Chalmette 'Green Bridge' will close for construction. Here are the detours and timeline.
The Paris Road Bridge that crosses over the Mississippi River and connects New Orleans East to Chalmette will be closed from 8 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Sunday, according to Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. The bridge, often referred to as the "Green Bridge," will be closed for an ongoing construction project if weather permits, DOTD says. Drivers traveling north on LA 47 to
The Times-PicayuneApr 15 2024
News
Bridge Disaster in Baltimore Gets FBI Criminal Investigation
The FBI has opened a criminal investigation into what occurred on the cargo ship that crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge and caused it to collapse, according to a person familiar with the investigation.
FBI agents boarded the Singapore-flagged container ship early Monday, the bureau said in a statement.
BloombergApr 15 2024
News
FBI Opens Criminal Probe Into Key Bridge Disaster
The FBI has opened a criminal investigation focusing on the massive container ship that brought down the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last month — a probe that will look at least in part at whether the crew left the port knowing the vessel had serious systems problems. Authorities are reviewing the events leading up to the moment that the Dali, a 985-foot Singapore-flagged ship, lost
JoeMyGodApr 15 2024
News
Federal criminal investigation opened into Key Bridge crash
The FBI has opened a criminal investigation focusing on the massive container ship that brought down the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last month — a probe that will look at least in part at whether the crew left the port knowing the vessel had serious systems problems, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the matter. Authorities are reviewing the events leading up to the
Washington PostApr 10 2024
News
Congressional runoff in AL-2 between Figures, Daniels divides legislative Democrats
MONTGOMERY -- Congressional candidate Shomari Figures announced two new endorsements Monday from members of the Alabama House, further dividing Democratic state lawmakers in what has become a hotly contested race in the state’s newly drawn 2nd Congressional District.
Figures faces Alabama House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels, D-Huntsville, in next week’s primary runoff election. Both
AL.com