By Spectrum News Staff Mendon UPDATED 12:29 PM ET Feb. 23, 2021 PUBLISHED 7:07 PM ET Feb. 22, 2021 PUBLISHED 7:07 PM EST Feb. 22, 2021
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MENDON, N.Y. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is calling for a federal investigation following a last month’s deadly
helicopter crash just outside Rochester, and a second crash in Idaho weeks later. Six guardsmen were killed in those crashes.
Schumer wants investigators to look into the safety of Army and Air National Guard Vertical Lift Programs. He says a report by the National Commission on Military Aviation Safety found that, since 2013, 186 aircrafts have been destroyed, and people have been killed in non-combat-related mishaps.
Torrance Halts Tree Removal Following Sunday Protest
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TORRANCE, Calif. At least a dozen activists, alongside two of Redondo Beach’s elected officials, stood in protest on a median bordering Torrance and Redondo on Sunday.
The message was clear: Save Frankie the Ficus, a tree rooted in a median along Pacific Coast Highway, with a canopy that stretches over two and a half lanes of traffic.
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The City of Torrance has postponed the removal of a tree from a center median along Pacific Coast Highway
The tree s removal was planned to alleviate cut-through traffic issues in nearby residential neighborhoods