The world reacts with acts of kindness in the wake of the Boston tragedy
Moments after the bombing first occured in Boston, reports started to come in about people’s reactions to the tragedy. While some ran away from the chaos, others ran towards it. For example, Joe Andruzzi, a former Patriots player who has three brothers who were firefighters at 9/11 was seen carrying a woman to safety. Many of the videos circulating show people went off rushing into the smoke to help seconds after the bombs detonated.
The messages “Brooklyn Loves Boston” and “Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. NY <3 B” were projected on the side of the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Google joined in as well, making a public spreadsheet of Bostonians that opened their homes to those displaced and setting up a site to help those in Boston to find their loved ones.
Source: Buzzfeed
LOCAL
Strongsville teachers, administrators exchange offers, but strike continues
Despite negotiations, new offers and counter offers, Strongsville City Schools’ teachers and administrators have been unable to end a seven-week long strike. However, a resolution might finally be closer with the two sides now less than $1 million apart.
The school board presented a new offer to teachers late Sunday, offering to partially restore step pay, which had been a point of contention.
The teachers’ returning offer dropped the teachers union’s previous proposal to restore teachers’ step pay to the point it was before being frozen.
Four days of negotiations last week failed to bring about a resolution for the strike that began on March 4.
Source: Cleveland.com
NATIONAL
Stocks rebound from year’s worst sell-off
U.S. stocks bounced back from the biggest one-day sell-off of the year, Tuesday, as investors cheered a full slate of corporate results and economic reports. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped more than 150 points, or 1.1 percent. The S&P 500 added 1.4 percent and Nasdaq rose 1.5 percent.
The rebound comes one day after all three indexes declined sharply, following weak economic news out of China and the two explosions in Boston.
The dollar dropped versus the euro and the pound, but it climbed versus the Japanese yen.
Soruce: CNN
INTERNATIONAL
Strong earthquake hits Iran-Pakistan border
At least 34 people have died and 80 are injured in Pakistan after a powerful earthquake struck near the country’s border with Iran. Army doctors and Frontier Corps paramilitary forces are taking part in rescue efforts in Mashakel, according to a Pakistani official involved in relief efforts.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake was initially measured at 7.8 magnitude. The Iranian Seismological Center then said the earthquake had a magnitude of 7.5.
The epicenter of the quake, which struck about 3:15 p.m. local time, was about 50 miles north of the city of Saravan.
Source: BBC