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Adirondack Forest Ranger killed after falling 1,000 feet from mountain in Alaska [Video]

INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE OF THE COLLISON. A CLIMBER, WHO WE NOW KNOW WAS A RESIDENT OF KEENE, NEW YORK… DIED AFTER FALLING ONE-THOUSAND FEET OFF OF A MOUNTAIN IN ALASKA’S DENALI NATIONAL PARK THURSDAY. YESTERDAY– THE NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE IDENTIFIED THE VICTIM AS 52- YEAR-OLD ROBBI (may-cuss) MECUS– A 25-YEAR FOREST RANGER WHO WORKED IN THE ADIRONDACKS. A RELEASE FROM THE PARK SAID (may-cuss) MECUS AND HER PARTNER WERE ROPED TOGETHER WHILE THEY WERE CLIMBING THE ROUTE, KNOWN AS “THE ESCALATOR” ON MOUNT JOHNSON… WHICH IS DESCRIBED AS BEING A “STEEP AND TECHNICAL CLIMBER”… THAT INCLUDES A MIX OF ROCK, ICE AND SNOW. THE PARK SAYS ANOTHER CLIMBING TEAM WITNESSED THE FALL AND CONTACTED OFFICIALS BEFORE THEY WENT DOWN TO HELP. MECUS’S PARTNER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED AND AIRLIFTED TO A HOSPITAL IN ANCHORAGE. YESTERDAY– THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION IN NEW YORK, BASIL SEGGOS, POSTED TO THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM ‘X’… SAYING THAT HE WAS DEVASTATED BY THE NEWS… AND THAT MECUS WAS “A PILLAR OF STRENGTH”. SEGG

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Rep. Katie Porter says the State Dept. is sitting on memos of human rights violations by Israel [Video]

The U.S. is still considering providing aid to an Israeli military unit after determining it was credibly implicated in gross human rights violations against Palestinians prior to October 7th. Rep. Katie Porter, who received a rare individual briefing from the State Department, says she has major questions about why this is happening. “The law is clear here. What is not clear is what has happened at the State Department and who, if anyone, besides Secretary Blinken may be implicated in this decision.”