Thursday, May 18, 2017

Kenya Bradix Planet Hollywood Bouncer Tackles Times Square Crash Driver After He Tried to Flee



A Planet Hollywood door supervisor tackled the driver who plowed into pedestrians in Times Square Thursday and helped hold him, he told ABC News.

Kenya Bradix, 47, said he saw a car driving the wrong direction on 7th Avenue between 44th and 45th Streets, and then saw it crash.

The driver of the car, identified by police as Richard Rojas, 26, of the Bronx, was screaming and flailing as he got out of the car after hitting multiple people, Bradix said.

Then, a traffic agent told Bradix to "get him," he said.

"I ran toward him and tackled him down," Bradix said, adding that he was assisted by an off-duty police officer and two passers-by.

ABC News

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

The EPA isn't focused on environmental protection. So does it need a new name?

Is the Environmental Protection Agency still worthy of its name? Maybe, given the sweeping changes in the the agency's apparent focus, the EPA needs a new and more-accurate acronym.

CNN

EPA Just Scrubbed Even More Mentions of Climate from Its Web Site

U.S. EPA is continuing to quietly alter climate change information from the sub-pages of its website following the agency’s widely criticized decision more than a week ago to remove its main climate page.

Scientific American

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

The EPA just buried its climate change website for kids

The Environmental Protection Agency has sidelined a website aimed at teaching schoolchildren about climate change, a public watchdog group has determined, as part of the agency’s efforts to align online content with the new administration’s values.

Washington Post