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New industry readies for launch as researchers hone offshore wind turbines that float
Researchers around the world are racing to create large wind turbines and floating platforms as upcoming lease auctions bring offshore wind closer to reality More »
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Collapsed Baltimore bridge span comes down with a boom after crews set off chain of explosives
Crews have set off a chain of explosives to break down the largest remaining span of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge More »
Questions and grief linger at the apartment door where a deputy killed a US airman
At the apartment door where a Florida deputy shot and killed Senior Airman Roger Fortson, a small shrine is growing with the tributes from an Air Force unit grappling with his loss More »
UNC board slashes diversity program funding to divert money to public safety resources
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees voted to cut diversity program funding for next year's budget starting July 1 More »
3 men charged in Whitey Bulger's 2018 prison killing have plea deals, prosecutors say
Three men charged in the 2018 prison killing of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger have reached plea deals with prosecutors More »
Michael Cohen will face a bruising cross-examination by Trump's lawyers at the hush money trial
Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe awaits a bruising round of questioning from the former president’s lawyers after testimony that linked the celebrity client to all aspects of a hush money scheme prosecutors say was aimed at stifling stories that threatened his 2016 campaign More »
Waymo is latest company under investigation for autonomous or partially automated technology
The U.S. government’s highway safety agency has opened another investigation of automated driving systems, this time into crashes involving Waymo’s self-driving vehicles More »
Primaries in Maryland and West Virginia will shape the battle this fall for a Senate majority
Voters across Maryland and West Virginia will decide key primary elections with big implications in the fight for the Senate majority this fall More »
Pro-Palestinian protests dwindle on campuses as some US college graduations marked by defiant acts
Despite pro-Palestinian protests roiling some U.S. college campuses this spring, graduation ceremonies are going off largely peacefully so far More »
At Westminster dog show, a display of dogs and devotion
The 148th Westminster Kennel Club dog show is underway More »
