Crews in Baltimore will use precision explosives on a collapsed section of the Francis Scott Key Bridge to free the container ship Dali from the wreckage and clear the channel for maritime passage, officials said Wednesday. Small charges will be placed inside precision cuts made in the steel to split a large section of the bridge’s truss at specific locations …
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A contract worker was killed and another was seriously injured when a box truck veered onto the shoulder of a Southern California freeway, authorities said. The crash happened Monday morning as a cleanup crew of about seven employees hired by Caltrans was working behind a guardrail along State Route 71 in Chino Hills, according to the California Highway Patrol. LOS …
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A Los Angeles bus driver was seen on video fighting back against a woman who attacked her on Sunday. The incident unfolded around 1 p.m. near South Central Avenue and Jefferson Boulevard in South Los Angeles. The suspect was boarding a DASH bus, which offers free service, and tried to pay a dollar to the driver, the Los Angeles Department …
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A man who was dragged by a bear following a car crash was most likely dead at the time, Massachusetts State Police said. First responders found the man outside of the car in Hatfield on Sunday morning and saw a bear in the woods nearby, Dave Procopio, a spokesperson for the state police, said in a statement. TRUCK CRASHES THROUGH …
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Two people were killed when a small plane headed for South Carolina crashed in Virginia, authorities said. The Fluvanna County Sheriff’s Office received reports of a low-flying plane and an explosion around 9 a.m. Sunday in Palmyra and an aircraft was found on fire in a densely wooded area, Virginia State Police said in a news release. The twin-engine aircraft …
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A section of a highway collapsed after heavy rains in a mountainous area in southern China, sending cars tumbling down a slope and leaving at least 36 people dead, authorities said Thursday. The Meizhou city government said that 23 vehicles have been found after a 58.7-foot long section of the highway gave way about 2 a.m. on Wednesday. Thirty other …
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A pilot has died after a small plane crashed into a residential neighborhood in a Georgia city. The plane crashed on Thursday a little more than a half mile from Daniel Field, a general aviation airport in Augusta. TWO KILLED AFTER SMALL PLANE CRASHES IN RURAL INDIANA Augusta University told local news outlets that the pilot was Jason McKenzie, the …
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Two people were killed Tuesday when a small plane crashed in a wooded area in northern Indiana, authorities said. MILITARY JET CRASHES NEAR HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE IN NEW MEXICO The aircraft crashed around 2:20 p.m. in a rural area outside Bristol, roughly 55 miles northwest of Fort Wayne, the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office said. Two people died after a …
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For skeptics of the Tesla Semi-Truck, performance across less-than-perfect conditions is near the top of their list of questions. Sure, this all-electric truck can handle perfectly controlled environments, but truckers know that things are rarely perfect on the roads in the real world. After we wrote about how the Tesla Semi-Truck blew away a diesel-fueled truck in acceleration, even on …
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The start date for the $15 toll most drivers will be charged to enter Manhattan’s central business district will be June 30, transit officials said Friday. Under the so-called congestion pricing plan, the $15 fee will apply to most drivers who enter Manhattan south of 60th Street during daytime hours. Tolls will be higher for larger vehicles and lower for …
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