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CBS News
2 days ago
- CBS News
Glass falls from 29th floor of building in Chicago's Streeterville community
Glass fell from the 29th floor of a building in Chicago's Streeterville community Tuesday afternoon. The glass fell just before 5 p.m. from a building at Huron and St. Clair streets. It almost hit the people on the sidewalk below. Some passersby picked up the shattered glass, grateful no one was seriously hurt. Further details were not immediately available.
CBC
2 days ago
- Automotive
- CBC
Weeklong disruptions expected at Abinojii Mikanah, St. Mary's Road intersection due to overnight roadwork
A busy intersection in Winnipeg's St. Vital area will be closing for hours-long stretches overnight this week. Paving work begins Tuesday and that means Abinojii Mikanah at St. Mary's Road will undergo a series of closures through Monday morning, a news release from the city said on Tuesday. Only one lane of Abinojii Mikanah will be open in each direction starting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday until 6 a.m. the next morning. Left turns onto St. Mary's will be down to one lane in each direction, and drivers can expect to see changes to right turns onto Abinojii Mikanah, including yields and detours around pedestrian islands. Friday starting at 6 p.m. until 6 a.m., no left turns will be allowed in either direction from St. Mary's onto Abinojii Mikanah, and there will be no through traffic on St. Mary's at Abinojii Mikanah. It won't be possible to turn left in either direction off Abinojii Mikanah onto St. Mary's, and only one lane will stay open in each direction of Abinojii Mikanah. The entire intersection will close down in all directions on Saturday and Sunday starting at 4 p.m. until 6 a.m. There will be no left turns in any direction, only right turns. From 6 p.m. Sunday until 6 a.m. Monday, there will also be no traffic allowed to cross the intersection, no left turns and only right turns in all four directions, the city said. The intersection is expected to reopen fully on Tuesday, July 29.
BBC News
3 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
Four months of major Penzance roadworks begin
Multi-million pound changes to the main shopping street in Penzance will make the area a nicer place for people to come and linger, the town's mayor has Jew Street is closed to traffic for most of the day on weekdays for the next four months while the work crossings, green areas with trees, and traffic calming measures are being put in there to make the area safer and more pleasant for pedestrians and scheme is part of Penzance's Town Deal, with £21m being spent on various projects with the aim of transforming the town centre. Martin Tucker, chair of Penzance Town Deal Board, said: "These essential works mark an important step forward in delivering the long-term vision for a greener, more accessible, and better-connected Penzance. "We're investing in a town centre that works better for everyone: residents, businesses, and visitors," he received a total of £21.7m as part of the previous Conservative government's Towns Fund initiative. Other projects include a "park and cycle" facility at Ponsandane, repurposing the iconic Market House, and creating a bouldering centre in an empty shop unit on Market Jew Street. The work on Market Jew Street means it will be closed to all traffic except emergency vehicles from Monday to Friday, between 7.30am and 5pm, until the end of November. Mayor of Penzance councillor Stephen Reynolds conceded there was concern from traders about the disruption the roadworks that would cause over the summer tourism season. He explained: "One of the reasons for timing it the way we did was that at least all the works will be finished for Christmas and for local traders Christmas is really important. "The visitors will come in the summer anyway even if there's a little bit of disruption. We hope there will be long-term gain."He said it would be for future generations to decide if the project had been a success. "If people who are now growing up look back and say, 'Yeah, I was around when Penzance was transformed, and it's made it a better place for my kids to grow up in'."It'll just be, I hope, a nicer place for people to stop, linger, chat and really enjoy the feel of being in their high street."
CBS News
4 days ago
- CBS News
3 teenage girls struck, injured by SUV on Chicago's West Side
A sport-utility vehicle struck and injured three teenage girls in the South Austin neighborhood on Chicago's West Side Sunday night. At 7:38 p.m., a 40-year-old man was driving a white sport-utility vehicle in the 4800 block of West Jackson Boulevard near Cicero Avenue, and then turned the corner to head south — striking three teenage girls who were crossing the sidewalk, police said. The driver stopped his car and waited for the Chicago police and fire departments to respond to the scene, police said. The victims — ages 13, 15, and 16 — suffered trauma to their bodies and were taken to Stroger Hospital of Cook County in fair condition, police said. Citations were issued to the driver.
New York Times
4 days ago
- Politics
- New York Times
Even as Air-Raid Sirens Blare, Ukrainians Wait for the Light to Change
Fires still smoldered throughout Kyiv, Ukraine, after another record number of drone and missile attacks in the early hours of a recent Tuesday. But when an air-raid siren blasted out just before noon, pedestrians at a busy intersection did not scurry for cover or play chicken with traffic. Mariam Mirakian, 25, waited patiently at the red light. So did everyone else. On the sidewalks of Ukraine's capital, order ruled. 'Yes, there are rockets flying and all the things, but still you can get killed by a car,' Ms. Mirakian said. 'You're just trying to live normally, trying to save as many normal things as possible, even in wartime.' Anyone new to Ukraine notices the disconnect between the front line and much of daily life farther away. Complicated espresso drinks are still sold at gas stations; pizza and sushi are still on offer; and rave parties still rave, even if they end at 11 p.m., in time for the midnight curfew. The desire for order is core to how Ukrainians cope in this fourth year of Russia's full-scale invasion. Traffic lights seem to be the most obvious sign of how Ukrainians hold onto normalcy. Red means stop. Green means go. There is no yellow light here, no caution, no chancing it. Even during air-raid alarms. 'Even when I walk my dog in the evening and there are no cars at all, I still wait at the curb,' said Volodymyr Yeremenko, 63, a resident of Pryluky, a city of about 52,000 people about 90 miles east of Kyiv, who had come to the capital for a doctor's appointment. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
