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Rep. Elijah Cummings, a longtime Maryland Democrat and key figure leading investigations into President Donald Trump, has died at age 68, his office announced early Thursday morning.He died of complications concerning longstanding health challenges, his office said in a statement.The congressman, who had represented Maryland s 7th Congressional District since 1996, served as the chairman of the House Oversight and Re
stanley polska form Committee, one of the panels involved in the impeachment inquiry of Trump .He oversaw a range of investigations into the Trump administration, from issues relating to the impeachment inquiry to the treatment of migrants at the southern border to the use of personal email for official use by White House officials to how a citizenship question was considered for the US census .And it was his committee that grilled Trump s former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, in a blockbuster
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stanley cup y clear who will succeed Cummings as chairman of the Oversight Committee or how his passing will affect the swirling impeachment investigation into Trump.Cummings had been in failing health in recent weeks. He had been in and out of the hospital, missing votes and business in his comm Edyd Weinstein expected in court as trial set to get underway
All of the 17 stranded hikers trapped by raging floodwaters in Arizona over the weekend have been rescued, with the last two plucked out of danger early Monday morning.Pima County Sheriff s Deputy Cody Gress said crews extracted the remaining pair at 6:45 a.m. 9:45 a.m. ET .They had been stuck on a cliff blocked by
stanley mug water in the Tanque Verde Falls area of Redington Pass in the mountains east of Tucson.The two had been given water, food and blankets overnight and authorities monitored their status. Eight of the hikers, including a 4-year-old boy, were airlifted from the scene. The final nine we were able to get out on foot, Gress said.The incident served as a reminder of the danger of flash flooding especially in areas like R
stanley mug edington Pass and Sabino Canyon, Gress said. It takes time for the water to flow from the mountain down to the valley, and when it does it can be swift and deadly. All too often, hikers decide to hike just after it rains because the air temperature is cooler, not realizing they are walking into areas which ar
stanley cup e at an increased risk for flash flooding, he said.Flash flooding caused the deaths of nine members of a family in a popular swimming area north of Phoenix earlier this month. That disaster happened near the Cold Springs swimming hole, just north of Payson, in Gila County, Arizona.In Pennsylvania and New YorkOver the weekend a series of intense storms moved from the Midwest to the Northeast, prompting isolated flash flooding in Kentucky and Pennsy
