Power Outage Hits Los Angeles International Airport, Nearby Polling Places on Super Tuesday; Protesters Rush Stage During Biden’s Rally

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By NBC News. Several terminals at Los Angeles International Airport and nearby polling stations lost electrical power Tuesday afternoon, officials said.

A Los Angeles police station went dark, and traffic lights in the area were affected, authorities said.

LAX announced at 12:21 p.m. local time that the airport “has experienced a power interruption” and that crews were “working to restore systems.”

Then, 15 minutes later, LAX said the blackout had reached terminals 1, 2 and 3, while the Tom Bradley International Terminal and terminals “4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 have full power.” (Read more from “Power Outage Hits Los Angeles International Airport, Nearby Polling Places on Super Tuesday” HERE)

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Protesters Rush Stage During Biden’s Super Tuesday Rally

By The Hill. Anti-dairy protesters rushed the stage during former Vice President Joe Biden’s Super Tuesday rally.

A woman chanting “let dairy die” was swiftly removed from the stage at the California event. Moments later a second protester stormed the stage. She was abruptly carried off by Biden campaign aide Symone Sanders.

Both protesters came within a couple of feet of Biden, raising concerns about security surrounding one of the top Democratic presidential candidates.

The protesters were from Direct Action Everywhere, a group opposed to the dairy industry that also interrupted a campaign rally for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in Nevada last month and an event with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Monday.

“Biden’s ties to the dairy industry and indifference to the suffering of farmed animals — something he basically never talks about — flies in the face of everything he claims to stand for,” a spokesperson from Direct Action Everywhere said in a statement Tuesday. “We’re asking him to stand with animal rights advocates, environmental activists, and ordinary citizens — and against the inherent violence of the dairy industry.”

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