Airstrikes kill civilians as Syria’s Daraa offensive expands
Activists and U N officials report at least 17 civilians died in al Musayfrah during a day of up to 240 air raids as government troops push through Daraa and Quneitra. Tens of thousands flee western Daraa toward Jordan and the Golan frontier amid a collapsing ceasefire. International aid groups warn of blocked borders and dire humanitarian needs.
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Beirut
Syria
Jordan
Golan Heights
Damascus
Russia
United States
Daraa
U.N
Quneitra
Linda Tom
Nawa
Jan Egeland
Egeland
Tom
Observatory For Human Rights
al-Musayfrah
Observatory
Syrian Civil Defense
United Nations
Israel
Yasser al-Khatib
Nabaa News
Horan Free Media
Abu Mahmoud Hournai
Hourani
The
CARE
Aleppo
Homs
Ghouta
Wouter Schapp
Nabaa Media
Bashar Assad
Virginia Tech professor binds to Mountain Valley equipment
Appalachian studies professor Emily Satterwhite climbed onto an excavator used in Mountain Valley Pipeline work on Brush Mountain in Montgomery County and locked herself to it. Police, sheriff, forest service, and pipeline officials arrived and warned of arrest unless she descended. she said she would face the consequences. The protest follows other actions against the multi state pipeline including tree sitters earlier this year.
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Brush Mountain
Virginia Tech
Mountain Valley
Roanoke Times
Emily Satterwhite
Montgomery County
Satterwhite
U.S. Forest Service
Virginia teen’s terrorism charge dropped in prom threat case
Virginia Beach prosecutors drop a conspiracy to commit a terrorist act charge against a 17 year old boy linked to Bayside High School prom disruption. The teen and 18-year old Michael Coleman were charged after a handgun was discarded during a prom incident and a .45 caliber rifle found in a hotel room. The teen remains charged with firearms and alcohol possession.
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Virginia Beach
Virginia
Michael Coleman
Bayside High School
Jim Cervera
George Yates
Study on reducing coal dust to curb black lung
A National Academy of Sciences report analyzes how coal dust is sampled and regulated to curb black lung disease among miners in Appalachia. It notes rising rapid progression cases since 2000 in Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia, links silica dust from rock to higher risk, and calls for stronger monitoring and a silica detector.
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Louisville, Ky
Appalachia
National Academy of Sciences
U.S. Mine Safety and Health
Amy Louviere
The
Mine Safety Agency
Kentucky
West Virginia
Virginia
Repor
WV DHHR opens school clothing allowance July 2
The West Virginia DHHR Division of Family Assistance will begin accepting applications July 2 2018 for eligible West Virginia school children. Each eligible child will receive a 200 voucher toward clothing with use by October 31 2018.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Department of Health and Human Resources
DHHR
Division of Family Assistance
Wiinroads.org
Wvinroads.org
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