A second temporary channel was opened Tuesday at the site where a cargo ship struck and took down the Francis Scott Key Bridge last week in Baltimore, Maryland, officials said. The new channel is 14 feet in depth. On Monday, two ships, a fuel barge and a scrap barge, passed through another temporary channel on the north side of the …
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2 April
WATCH: Ukrainian drone strike creates huge fireball as Kyiv continues attack on Russian energy, weapons plants
A Ukrainian “plane-type UAV” on Tuesday struck a Russian weapons plant that allegedly assembled drones, causing an incredible fireball after impact. “This morning, the republic’s industrial enterprises in Yelabuga and Nizhnekamsk were attacked by drones,” Rustam Minnikhanov, the leader of Russia’s autonomous Republic of Tatarstan, said in a post on his Telegram channel. “There is no serious damage, the technological …
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2 April
Klaus Mäkelä, 28, will take over as music director for the Chicago Symphony in 2027
Klaus Mäkelä was hired Tuesday to succeed Riccardo Muti as music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and will become the youngest head since its start in 1891. A Finn who turned 28 in January, Mäkelä has had an astonishing rise in the music world, becoming principal guest conductor of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in 2018-19, then chief conductor …
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2 April
Alabama inmate set for second-ever nitrogen gas execution sues: 'pain and disgrace'
An Alabama inmate seeking to block the state’s attempt to make him the second person put to death by nitrogen gas has filed a lawsuit arguing the first execution under the new method was “botched” and caused cruel and prolonged suffering. Attorneys for Alan Eugene Miller, who survived a 2022 lethal injection attempt, filed the lawsuit Friday in federal court …
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LSU's Kim Mulkey, Angel Reese reveal what they told Iowa's Caitlin Clark after Elite Eight loss
LSU head coach Kim Mulkey didn’t want to be at a post-game press conference talking about an Elite Eight loss to Iowa, but that’s the way the game ended in Albany as Caitlin Clark dropped 41 against her Tigers to end their NCAA Tournament run. Mulkey was seen in the post-game handshake line having a brief moment with Clark, who …
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Jay Leno's wife has trouble recognizing him amid dementia battle, lawyer recommends conservatorship
In January, veteran comedian and retired talk show host Jay Leno filed for conservatorship over his wife Mavis’ estate, a decision he deferred out of respect for his longtime bride who is battling dementia. Fox News Digital obtained new documents filed by Mavis’ court-appointed council, Ronald E. Ostrin, which noted her current condition. Ostrin consulted with her neurologist, Dr. Hart …
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Biden could permanently bench female athletes
The Biden administration is poised to complete its radical rewrite of the U.S. Department of Education’s regulations on Title IX, the 1972 law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education. To label the administration’s proposed changes as highly controversial would be an understatement. One seismic change would expand Title IX’s prohibition on sex discrimination in education to …
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New York inmates sue corrections department to watch solar eclipse amid planned prison lockdowns
Several inmates at a New York state prison are suing the corrections department over its decision to lock down correctional facilities during next week’s total solar eclipse, saying it infringes on their right to practice their faith. The lawsuit was filed in federal court by six inmates incarcerated at the Woodbourne Correctional Facility in Woodbourne, located about 110 miles north …
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2 April
Biden admin approves eighth US offshore wind project off Massachusetts coast
The U.S. Interior Department on Tuesday approved the country’s eighth commercial-scale offshore wind project, which will be built off the coast of Massachusetts, bringing online electricity to power more than 900,000 homes. The New England Wind Project approval brings the U.S. one-third of the way to President Joe Biden’s goal of permitting 30 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity by 2030 …
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Israeli soldier gravely injured in Oct. 7 terror attack finds new faith, offers hope to others
Recalling the Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel — nearly six months ago now — IDF soldier Shalom Shitrit, 20, stood on one leg with crutches and addressed over 1,200 people at The Armon Hotel & Conference in Stamford, Connecticut, on March 2, 2024, to reveal what happened to him. “I had no idea that the next few minutes were …
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