The NTSB has said in a Tuesday statement that "investigators have identified and examined the rail car that initiated the derailment," adding "Surveillance video from a residence showed what appears to be a wheel bearing in the final stage of overheat failure moments before the derailment."
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Marshall McLuhan, the author and philosopher, saw new technologies as having the potential to disrupt civilizations worldwide, precipitating conflicts, including war--even World War.
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In a blatant display of Orwellian double-speak, the former executive in charge of Trust and Safety at Twitter told a House GOP hearing that unrestricted free speech "results in less speech, not more."
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