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A South Carolina motorcycle rally stampede leaves at least 19 people injured

According to local officials, at least 19 people were hurt in a stampede that occurred at the annual motorcycle rally in Atlantic Beach on Sunday morning. Subscribe to read the story without ads

staff quickly accessed and took control of this situation, communicating to the crowd several times that there had been no incident and that people had just begun running,” said interim Town Manager Titus Leaks in the statement. The swift response of SLED personnel helped calm attendees and restore the order. According to the town, each Memorial Day weekend up to 40,000 visitors flock to Atlantic Beach for the Black Pearl Cultural Heritage and Bike Festival.

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Officials race to stop a vapor explosion as a crack could ease pressure in a California toxic chemical storage tank. Subscribe to this story to enjoy it ad free

Enjoy unlimited access to exclusive articles and ad free content. TJ McCoy, interim Orange County Fire chief said on Sunday that the crack was detected during a Saturday night visual inspection of a 7,000-gallon storage tank at GKN Aerospace in Garden Grove. The new information could alter our proach to the event, and we are currently evaluating and validating it. Officials spraying water on the storage tanks of GKN Aerospace at Garden Grove, Calif., on Sunday. Kayla Bartkowski/ Los Angeles Times/

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. crews will conduct an “all night mission” Sunday to confirm that the pressure has been released in the tank. Chief said that a report on this mission will be available Monday. The chief said that there was still the possibility of an explosion, but by releasing pressure, he could avoid a BLEVE. He described a BLEVE as “very dangerous and much worse than a blast.” If there is still a possibility of a BLEVE, the area for evacuation will be large. However, if this is eliminated, it can be reduced and crews could focus on cooling down the tank. McGovern said that the air monitoring showed the fissure did not lead to toxic air being released. Officials are worried that the tank at GKN Aerospace may rupture, releasing toxic materials into waterways or vors in the air. Kayla Bartkowski / Los Angeles Times /

According to a spokesperson for GKN Aerospace, crews work “round the clock” to minimize the risk of a possible leak.

Officials also worry that the tank may rupture and leak toxic material into nearby waterways. Covey told reporters that the incident could be one of California’s worst ever chemical accidents. Officials claim that the blast radius of up to a half-mile would cause structural damage, and toxic vors will most likely be released into the air. Orange County’s shelters are full of frightened locals, as 50,000 are ordered to leave. Lydia Green is one of those people. She lives in Anaheim – about a mile away from the facility. Green told NBC News in La Palma, California, on Sunday that she was “nervous, scared and devastated.” I’ve gone without medication, food, and hotels. It has been a very difficult time.

Sunday, Garden Grove, Calif. streets are empty. Orange County’s shelters are full of locals who have been ordered to evacuate. Ethan Swope / 001010 She and Eugene Smith had been sleeping inside their car. Smith said that the experience was “like living in nightmare,” and he is afraid of a devastating blast and its aftermath. “Blowing and then contaminating all. Everything. It’s our home. “That’s where we live,” he said. Jaden Gebeleinis, who lives on the edge of the evacuation area, was also present at the shelter. He said that he was nervous.

It’s a whole lot of anger. … I wonder why these facilities are located right next to so many houses. He said, “And it makes me sad too.” “You hope it gets managed properly and that the worst-case scenarios don’t occur, because these are peoples’ houses and it’s likely going to affect more of a range than they have said.” said Sunday evacuees in a temporary Shelter on Garden Grove, Friday. Blake Fagan / through .

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, six shelters for evacuees in the area are at or near cacity. McGovern stated that there’s still no set date for residents to return. Orange County firefighters said that concern first sprang up on Thursday after a “vor discharge” was detected at the tank holding 7,000 gallons. Further investigation revealed that the temperature in the tank was increasing.

The firefighter used sprinklers and hoses to cool the tank. McGovern stated that crews noticed that during an operation on Saturday night the pin of the temperature gauge displayed 100 degrees Fahrenheit. This was the highest setting it could display, which meant that actual temperatures inside the tank may have been higher. Garden Grove is located in Orange County in the northern part, proximately 35 miles south-east of Los Angeles. Disneyland Anaheim is 4 miles away.

Gov. Gavin Newsom declared an emergency in Orange County, California on Saturday. He requested on Sunday that President Donald Trump

support response operations within the county. McGovern stated that officials are using “outside the box thinking” and working together to find a solution so families can return home. He added, “We will not return them until it is safe.”

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Machado announces she will run for the presidency again in Venezuela and plans to return before the end 2026. Subscribe to read the story without ads

Get access to exclusive content and articles that are ad-free. Machado made her remarks while meeting with other Venezuelan opposition leaders in Panama. This was more than four months ago, after the White House decided to ignore Machado and work instead with a Venezuelan loyalist of the ruling party following the U.S. Military’s cture then-President Nicolas Maduro. Machado is in exile from December when she left Venezuela after 11 months of hiding and went to Norway, where she received the Nobel Prize. She said to reporters in Panama City, “We are committed to a democracy transition through free and fair elections where all Venezuelans, inside and outside of the country, vote.” U.S. President Donald Trump, and senior administration officials, have praised Maduro’s replacement, acting President Delcy Gonzalez, who has opened Venezuela’s petroleum industry to U.S. investments at a time when oil prices, tied to the Iran war, are on the rise. María Corina Machado Trump has also stopped talking about elections in Venezuela, which must be held within 30 calendar days after the president is declared “permanently unavailable” by Venezuela’s Constitution. The changes that are needed include neutral election authorities, updated voting registration and the freedom of opposition candidates running for office without interference from the government. Machado became Maduro’s biggest opponent in recent times, but her government barred from running for office at the 2024 presidential elections, so she chose retired ambassador Edmundo Gómez Urrutia, to represent her. Machado’s organized campaign collected evidence that Gonzalez defeated Maduro more than 2-to-1. Officials loyal the ruling party announced Maduro was the winner only hours after the polls had closed. Machado said to reporters on Saturday that she would be running against any other presidential candidate in an “impeccable election.” “I would be hpy to compete with everyone who wants to run for office.”

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Authorities investigate safety failures after China coal mining blast kills atleast 82

Authorities were investigating safety failures in a coal mine operator in northern China, while rescuers looked for the missing from the country’s deadliest coal mine explosion that occurred in recent years and killed at least 80 people. Subscribe to this story to enjoy it ad free

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, southwest of Beijing, with a population of proximately 34 million people, is China’s primary coal-mining region. Residents say that the village Shangzhuang lies just a few hundred meters from the coal mine. Some of the miners working at the site, as well as some of those killed, reside there. The village is centered around a single street, which is used by mining trucks. Two-story houses with some red-tiled roofing are on both sides. Some of the houses are divided into different rooms and rented by people, including miners. Residents reported that, after the gas explosion, the other mines around the area were shut down, and some workers left while others stayed back to await their wages. Wang Linjun said that he was home at the time of the explosion. He told the that “my heart is very heavy.” “No one can feel good about the fact that people who have worked together and eaten together for years are suddenly gone.” Wang told . He does not wish to continue working, but he is unsure of his next step. Miners are paid up to 10,000 yuan (1,500 dollars) per month. Feng Renfu said that he, too, was a Liushenyu miner and he had been working in the pit adjacent to the accident. Feng Renfu, also a miner at Liushenyu, said that he was working underground in a pit next to the one where the accident took place.

My father is more than 80 years old and is worried about my well-being. Feng says that he always calls to see if I’m doing well and safe at work. There are eight people who depend on me. Liushenyu coal mine Safety lses were investigated.

According to local officials, the coal mine violated the laws “seriously”, but they didn’t elaborate. CCTV, China’s national broadcaster, reported that the blueprints supplied by the Liushenyu mine did not match up with the actual layout. This hampered the rescue efforts. State media announced that those responsible for the accident had been “put under control”. On Sunday, the People’s Daily published a commentary urging all regions and departments “to always keep safety in mind.” A more extensive inspection of coal mining could affect the province’s cacity to produce 1.3 billion tons of coal annually, which is nearly a third China’s total. Last year, China’s coal production reached 4.8 billion tons. China is still reliant on coal. In the last few years, authorities have taken measures to increase safety. In 2024, China’s National Mine Safety Administration placed the Liushenyu coal mine, run by the private Shanxi Tongzhou Group, on its national list of mines that are prone to disaster.