Mississippi | InsideOjodu https://www.insideojodu.com ...conecting the community Mon, 14 Aug 2023 21:32:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.10 http://www.insideojodu.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/favicon.ico Mississippi | InsideOjodu https://www.insideojodu.com 32 32 The US issues Emergency declaration in 17 states after fuel pipeline cyberattack https://www.insideojodu.com/the-us-issues-emergency-declaration-in-17-states-after-fuel-pipeline-cyberattack/ https://www.insideojodu.com/the-us-issues-emergency-declaration-in-17-states-after-fuel-pipeline-cyberattack/#respond Mon, 10 May 2021 09:25:16 +0000 https://www.insideojodu.com/?p=22058 Joe Biden’s administration has issued a regional emergency declaration for 17 states and Washington,…

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Joe Biden’s administration has issued a regional emergency declaration for 17 states and Washington, D.C., to keep fuel supply lines open after a cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline’s infrastructure on Friday, May 7.

Friday night’s cyberattack is “the most significant, successful attack on energy infrastructure” known to have occurred in the U.S., according to Politico.

Colonial Pipeline carries 45% of fuel supplies in the eastern U.S. Some 5,500 miles of the pipeline has been shut down in response to the attack.

While gasoline and diesel prices aren’t expected to be impacted if pipeline operations resume in the next few days, fuel suppliers are becoming “increasingly nervous” about possible shortages, Bloomberg reports.

Colonial said in a statement Sunday while its main fuel lines remained offline, some smaller lines between terminals and delivery points were now operational.

He said “We will bring our full system back online only when we believe it is safe to do so and in full compliance with the approval of all federal regulations”

The US said it’s “working with” fuel pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline to try and restart operations as soon as possible.

The regional emergency declaration by the Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is so that fuel supply lines can be kept open.

The emergency declaration covers Alabama, Arkansas, D.C., Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

The DoT agency said in a statement the declaration “addresses the emergency conditions creating a need for immediate transportation of gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and other refined petroleum products and provides necessary relief.”

The attack is a significant breach of critical infrastructure and comes on the heels of multiple other major cyberattacks on both U.S. companies and the federal government in recent months by foreign actors.

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Homeless man commits a crime to get locked up and out of the cold https://www.insideojodu.com/homeless-man-commits-a-crime-to-get-locked-up-and-out-of-the-cold/ https://www.insideojodu.com/homeless-man-commits-a-crime-to-get-locked-up-and-out-of-the-cold/#respond Sat, 21 Dec 2019 06:51:37 +0000 https://www.insideojodu.com/?p=9629 A homeless man in Mississippi made deputies arrest him because he wanted to get…

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A homeless man in Mississippi made deputies arrest him because he wanted to get out of the cold.

It happened in Natchez, Mississippi. Thursday morning, according to Adams County Sheriff Travis Patten, who said the incident underscored the need for greater resources to aid the area’s homeless.

Patten said the man showed up at his office and asked deputies if he could be jailed because it was too cold outside, according to the Natchez Democrat.

He said the deputies told the man they couldn’t do that for liability reasons and the man then told them, “I will make you lock me up then,” according to the paper.

After that exchange, the man then broke windows in the courthouse across the street and in the sheriff’s office.

He was charged with vandalism. His name wasn’t released.

“If there was a shelter he would not have to have committed a crime to have been able to get out of the cold and could have also had a hot meal,” Patten told the paper.

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ICE release arrested immigrants in Mississipi raids https://www.insideojodu.com/ice-release-arrested-immigrants-in-mississipi-raids/ https://www.insideojodu.com/ice-release-arrested-immigrants-in-mississipi-raids/#respond Fri, 09 Aug 2019 08:45:23 +0000 https://www.insideojodu.com/?p=6502 The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement have released nearly half of the 680 immigrants…

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The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement have released nearly half of the 680 immigrants who were arrested in a massive raid in Mississippi on Wednesday, August 7, 2019.

The 680 were initially arrested at several food-processing plants in Mississippi for allegedly not having proper documentation to be in the US.

Confirming the release of 300 immigrants, ICE spokesman Bryan Cox told the BBC that those who were not released will be moved to an ICE detention facility and held there.

He said “The 300 released are released from custody, they were placed into proceedings before the federal immigration courts and will have their day in court at a later date.”

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