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Amtrak no longer has to live ‘hand to mouth’ after being starved of funding for decades, CEO says

Authored by fortune.com

“We’ve always lived hand to mouth, year to year,” Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner told Fortune in an interview.

The funding came as part of Congress’ $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, which allocated $66 billion dollars in rail investments across the country.

The bill “makes available to Amtrak over the next five years the equivalent of what the federal government has invested in Amtrak over 50,” Gardner said. »

Children ‘piled up and shot’: new details emerge of ethnic cleansing in Darfur

Authored by theguardian.com
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Together, the 221 witness statements collated by Human Rights Watch offer the latest evidence that the Arab-led RSF has orchestrated a concerted 12-month campaign of ethnic cleansing against Sudan’s non-Arab Masalit tribe in West Darfur.

The current flashpoint, El Fasher, is the last city held by Sudan’s military in Darfur.

The city is encircled by the RSF, and diplomats fear it is on the “precipice of a large-scale massacre”. »

Hertz Charges Tesla Model 3 Renter $277 Fee for Gas, Won’t Back Down [Update]

Authored by thedrive.com
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You might understand the shock that Hertz customer Joshua Lee felt when he saw the receipt for his rented Tesla Model 3.

Unfortunately for Lee, the further he pried the company for information, the more Hertz doubled down, and the more confused he became.

You might ask, maybe Hertz was charging Lee for having to top the Model 3's battery upon its return? »