At least three people were killed Monday after an Amtrak train hit a dump truck and derailed in Missouri, officials said. It's not yet clear how many were injuraed, though at least two hospitals said they had received patients.
Officials said Southwest Chief Train 4, which was carrying 275 passengers and 12 crew members from Los Angeles to Chicago, hit a truck near Mendon, Missouri, at approximately 12:43 p.m. local time. An official from the Missouri State Highway Patrol said the crossing was "uncontrolled" and had no lights or crossing rails, which is common in more rural areas.
A 59% majority of US adults disapprove, with 41% approving. About half (52%) call the decision a step backward for America, with 31% calling it a step forward and 17% saying it's neither.
Among women, two-thirds (67%) disapprove of the ruling, with just 33% approving. A 56% majority of women say that the decision will make the lives of most American women worse.
A 58% majority of Americans say they'd favor a federal law making abortion legal nationwide, while 42% would
oppose this. And 64% say they'd like abortion in their states to be legal in most or all cases.
Most Americans now say they believe it's at least somewhat likely that the Supreme Court will eventually end or limit same-sex marriage (57%) and access to birth control and contraception (55%). Only 33% say they have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in the Supreme Court, with 23% saying they have just some confidence and 44% that they have very little confidence in the Supreme
Court.The CBS News/YouGov poll surveyed a nationally representative sample of 1,591 adults on June 24-25 after the Supreme Court decision was released. While this is a relatively short field period for a poll, the results provide an initial look at public reaction. The margin of sampling error for the poll is ±3.0
points.Seven of the train's eight cars derailed, Missouri State Highway Patrol Corporal Justin Dunn said at a press conference.
SAN ANTONIO – Forty-six people were found dead in a tractor-trailer on the Southwest Side, and 16 have been transported to area hospitals, according to San Antonio police and fire officials.
“It’s tragic,” said San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg. “They had families... and were likely trying to find a better life. It’s nothing short of a horrific human tragedy.”
Authorities said it was the largest mass casualty event they’ve seen in San Antonio.
“We hope that those responsible for putting these people through such inhumane conditions are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” Nirenberg said.
Earlier on Monday night, city councilwoman Adriana Rocha Garcia referred to the victims as migrants, after she was briefed on the situation by the San Antonio police
chief.Authorities were alerted to the scene just before 6 p.m., when a worker in a nearby building heard a cry for help, San Antonio Police Chief Bill McManus said at a news conference Monday night. The worker found a trailer with doors partially opened and saw a number of people deceased inside, McManus said.
Sixteen people -- 12 adults and four children -- have been taken to nearby medical facilities for further care, according to San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood.
Those who were found alive were hot to the touch and suffering from heat stroke and exhaustion, Hood said, and were conscious when transported for care. There was no sign of water in the refrigerated tractor trailer and no visible working air conditioning unit, he said.
High temperatures in the San Antonio area ranged from the high 90s to low 100s on Monday, according to the National Weather Service.
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Officials said they are hopeful that those transported for treatment will recover. Three of the migrants found were taken to Methodist Hospital Metropolitan and are in stable condition, according to a spokesperson for Methodist Healthcare.
Three people are in police custody, McManus said, but added it's unclear if they are connected to the situation.
The 60 firefighters that were on scene are being put through a critical incident stress debriefing, Hood said.
"We're not supposed to open up a truck and see stacks of bodies in there. None of us come to work imagining that," the fire chief said.
"It's tragic," Mayor Nirenberg said Monday. "There are, that we know of, 46 individuals who are no longer with us, who had families, who were likely trying to find a better life. And we have 16 folks who are fighting for their lives in the
hospital."The US Department of Homeland Security's investigation unit was alerted by San Antonio police to "an alleged human smuggling event" and is leading the investigation, a spokesperson from Immigration and
Customs Enforcement said Monday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said after the strike that up to 1,000 people were in the mall before the air raid was announced.
"Fortunately, as far as we know, at that time, many people managed to get out, they managed to get out, but there were still people inside -- workers and some visitors," he said.
At least 15 people were killed, according to a Telegram post from Dmytro Lunin, the head of the Poltava region military administration, who said earlier that the death toll could rise. At least 58 people were injured, Ukraine's State Emergency Services said.
Zelensky said in his nightly video address Monday that the rescue operation was ongoing and that "we must be aware that the losses can be
significant."Video from the scene showed heavy smoke billowing from the building, which was engulfed by fire. The mall measures about one hectare -- roughly the size of two football fields -- and the strike occurred around 4 p.m. local time,
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"We don't know how many more people might be under the rubble," said Volodymyr Solohub, a
regional official in the Poltava Oblast local
administration.Zelensky called the strike "one of the most defiant terrorist attacks in European history," in his evening video address.
"A peaceful c
ity, an ordinary shopping mall with women
inside, children, ordinary civilians
inside.""Only totally insane terrorists, who should have no place on earth, can strike missiles at such an object. And this is not an off-target missile strike, this is a calculated Russian strike -- exactly at this shopping mall," he said.
The attack targeted a site in central Ukraine far away from the epicenter of Russia's war, which has recently been focused in the east of the
country.
It came as G7 leaders met at a summit in Germany that was mostly geared toward coordinating the Western response to Russia's
invasion.British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said from that meeting that the attack showed the "depths of cruelty and barbarism" of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the UK's PA news agency
reported."This appalling attack has shown once again the depths of cruelty and barbarism to which the Russian leader will sink," Johnson said, according to PA.
In a tweet Monday, US President Joe Biden condemned the attack, saying, "Russia's attack on civilians at a shopping mall is cruel. We stand in solidarity with the Ukrainian people."
"As demonstrated at the G7 Summit, the U.S. along with our allies and partners will continue to hold Russia accountable for such atrocities and support Ukraine's defense," Biden added.
French President Emmanuel Macron called the attack an "abomination," in a tweet that included video of the burning shopping mall. "The Russian people have to see the truth," he said.
And Ukraine's Foreign Minister, Dmitro Kuleba, said on Twitter: "Russia is a disgrace to humanity and it must face consequences. The response should be more heavy arms for Ukraine, more sanctions on Russia, and more businesses leaving Russia."
Those issues were on the table at the summit in Germany. The G7 vowed to continue providing support for Ukraine "for as long as it takes" in a joint statement, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told CNN on Monday that she would not "bet on Russia" winning the war.
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