A fire that broke out in Queens around 11 p.m. during the pounding rains and rising floodwaters of Hurricane Sandy ultimately destroyed 50 homes as nearly 200 fire fighters waded through submerged streets to rescue trapped New Yorkers. Video from the scene shows first responders in water up to their…
A Consolidated Edison power station in lower Manhattan erupted into a gigantic fireball on Monday night as electrical transformers at the station exploded in the midst of Hurricane Sandy’s lashing of New York City. According to DNAinfo, the explosion ocurred at the company’s plant near East 14th Street, leaving residents…
The story behind the HMS Bounty, sunk by Sandy off N.C. coast (+video) Hurricane Sandy has already claimed a well-known victim, as the massive storm has sunk the tall ship HMS Bounty off the coast of North Carolina. Two US Coast Guard helicopters rescued 14 of the ship’s 16 crew…
Amateur video uploaded to YouTube on Monday night showed a nearly empty Times Square — a rare sight in an area of New York City that is almost always jammed full of cars and people. The brightly-lit area is a major hub for the entertainment industry and a frequent destination…
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) on Monday said that GOP hopeful Mitt Romney’s ad suggesting that Chrysler was moving Jeep production to China was “100 percent correct and accurate” — even though fact checkers have determined the claim is false. “I saw a story today that one of the great manufacturers…
A Republican strategist defended his party’s presidential candidate Monday for saying he would privatize disaster relief programs or leave states to fend for themselves. “Most people don’t have a positive impression of FEMA,” Ron Bonjean said Monday. “I think Mitt Romney was right on the button.” Bonjean was referring to…
A fundamentalist Christian minister has become the first to link Hurricane Sandy to marriage equality and the “homosexual agenda.” Gay Star News first reported on Monday that Defend and Proclaim the Faith ministries founder John McTernan had posted on his blog that Hurricane Sandy is proof that “God is systematically…