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Department of Transportation declares regional emergency following BP refinery fire in Indiana
A Division of Transportation company declared a regional vitality emergency for 4 Midwestern states on Saturday after a hearth at an oil refinery in Indiana pressured the ability to close down.
The Federal Motor Provider Security Administration made the declaration to deal with the necessity for the speedy transportation of gasoline, diesel and jet gasoline for Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin.
The declaration permits the states to be exempt from sure federal rules to handle the emergency.
It is going to allow motor carriers and drivers offering direct, associated help to the impacted states to not abide by rules setting a most driving time.
The declaration states that drivers are required to take a 10-hour break when shifting from emergency aid efforts to regular operations if the overall period of time they interact in emergency aid efforts exceeds 14 hours. This regulation additionally applies if the overall period of time mixed from emergency aid and regular operations exceeds 14 hours.
Reuters reported on Wednesday that BP shut down a few of its items at its Whiting, Ind., refinery on account of {an electrical} fireplace. The fireplace was extinguished, and the corporate mentioned it was deciding when the affected items would restart.
There have been no accidents. The refinery handles greater than 430,000 barrels per day, in accordance with Reuters.
It offers about 20 to 25 % of the refined gasoline, diesel and jet gasoline that the 4 states collectively use.
Whiting is situated on Lake Michigan, close to the state’s border with Illinois.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) issued an govt order on Saturday to exempt motor carriers and drivers transporting gasoline and diesel gasoline from the utmost weekly driving and on-duty limits. The order additionally accelerates the transition to the autumn gasoline provide and takes benefit of present shares of gasoline.
“The impacts of the outage on the Whiting facility can be widespread throughout our area, and I’m taking proactive steps to assist Michiganders get the gasoline they should drive their automobiles and assist companies maintain their merchandise shifting,” she mentioned in a launch. “With at present’s motion, I’m releasing up extra gasoline provide and eradicating any impediments to gasoline supply to chop down wait occasions at stations.”
The discharge states the order will take impact instantly and final so long as the emergency continues or the tip of the day on Sept. 15, whichever is first
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Caitlin Clark Sets Indiana Fever Franchise Record in Half a Season
Caitlin Clark broke an Indiana Fever rookie record with half of the WNBA season still to go.
The No. 1 overall pick in the WNBA draft notched her 129th assist in a game against the Phoenix Mercury on Sunday, June 30. The helping hand came on a well-run pick-and-roll with center Aliyah Boston.
After Boston set a screen for a rapidly advancing Clark, the rising star found Boston as she peeled away and ran toward the basket. The end result was an easy layup for Boston and Clark’s new record.
Clark’s record is only within the Fever organization, and specifically for rookies, but she’s playing well enough to avoid needing any qualifiers. Her average of 6.6 assists per game is good for 4th-best in the entire league. She’s on pace to blow past the Fever’s all-time single-season assists record – 201, set just last year by Erica Wheeler – before the season is out.
Clark brought newfound attention to the WNBA after setting the NCAA record for points scored in basketball, men or women’s. She led her Iowa Hawkeyes to two straight NCAA championship games in 2023 and 2024, which they lost to the LSU Tigers and South Carolina Gamecocks, respectively.
At the first of those two championships, a seeming rivalry was born between Clark and her superstar counterpart on the Tigers: Angel Reese. While the pair have long denied that there’s any rivalry between them, games where Clark’s Fever play Reese’s Chicago Sky set ticket price and TV viewership records. Reese denied the rivalry in an interview in March.
“I don’t think people realize it’s not personal,” Reese said. “Once we get out between those lines, if I see you walking down the street, it’s like, ‘Hey, girl, what’s up? Let’s hang out.’ I think people just take it like we hate each other. Me and Caitlin Clark don’t hate each other. I want everybody to understand that.”
Clark agreed earlier this month, speaking during a post-game press conference.
“I’m pretty sure the only people that view this as a rivalry is all of you,” she said. “Like, to us it’s just a game of basketball.”
Reese set a rookie record on June 23 in a game against Clark when she recorded her eighth-straight double-double. She broke the single-season WNBA record for consecutive double-doubles on June 30 when she managed a 10th straight double-double. Prior to her 10-point, 16-rebound performance, she was tied with two-time WNBA MVP Candace Parker.
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Apparent fireworks malfunction leaves 7 injured, several homes damaged in Griffith, Indiana: police
ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team
Sunday, June 30, 2024 5:45PM
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GRIFFITH, Ind. (WLS) — A fireworks incident left seven people injured and several houses and vehicles damaged in Northwest Indiana on Saturday night, police said.
Griffith police said officers were dispatched to the 900-block of North Arbogast Street at about 9:30 p.m.
It appears that a private fireworks show at home there had an accidental malfunction, injuring seven people and damaging four houses and 10 vehicles, police said.
Information about the ages and conditions of those injured was not immediately available.
Police are investigating the incident and asked anyone with information to contact them at 219-924-7503. Anonymous tips can be left by calling 219-922-3085.
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Pleasant air moves in
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Many locations in central Indiana picked up beneficial rain with yesterday’s storms. Pleasant air will now move in following this system.
TODAY: Mostly sunny skies. Dew points will drop into the comfortable category by the afternoon. Winds will be sustained out of the north at 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph. High temperatures in the mid-70s.
TONIGHT: We will have our coolest morning since June 11. Mostly clear skies remain. Low temperatures in the low to mid-50s.
TOMORROW: Another refreshing day. The first day of July will feature plenty of sunshine with high temperatures in the mid to upper 70s.
8-DAY FORECAST: Our pleasant air is only temporary. Temperatures will build after Monday as a warm front crosses Indiana. This will also drive up our rain chances Wednesday to Friday with the frontal boundary stalling out in the Midwest. Unfortunately, the 4th of July will be included in these rain chances, but we should know more about the timing of rain as we get closer.
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