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Proposal Could Turn Historic Golf Course into Industrial Hub
Will this project be a hole in one?
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August 18, 2025
This is the back of the safety helmet worn by a steelworker listening to Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro's meeting with media at the Clairton Coke Works, a U.S. Steel plant, in Clairton, Pa., Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025.
Safety
Fatal Explosion At U.S. Steel's Plant Raises Questions About its Future, Despite Heavy Investment
The explosion could test Nippon Steel’s resolve in propping up the nearly 110-year-old plant.
August 18, 2025
Spartan Emergency Response Groundbreaking Ceremony.
Operations
Spartan Emergency Response Breaks Ground on $20 Million Facility Expansion
The investment seeks to increase production capacity by 40%.
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Main entrance to the Commscope Corporate Center.
Operations
Amphenol to Acquire Connectivity, Cable Solutions Business from CommScope for $10.5B
Amphenol will be adding the CCS business and its more than 15,000 employees.
August 11, 2025
Cowboys push a cow out of its spot to a veterinarian inspection at a ranch that exports livestock to the U.S., in Zamora, northern Mexico, Monday, July 28, 2025.
Food & Beverage
U.S. Plans $750M Texas Fly Factory to Stop Flesh-Eating Cattle Parasite
Officials worry that if the fly reaches Texas, it could cause billions of dollars in losses.
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Baked Goods Company to Expand to Former Eggo Plant
Officials expect the project to create nearly 400 jobs.
August 18, 2025
Vials of the measles mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine are displayed in Lubbock, Texas, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025.
Safety
Texas Declares Measles Outbreak Over
Health officials have not confirmed a new case in more than 42 days.
August 18, 2025
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary speaks during a news conference at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, April 22, 2025.
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Former agency officials worry the meetings are skirting federal rules.
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Mine shafts 10, left, and 9, right, tower over the Resolution Copper Mining Company facility, June 9, 2023, in Miami, Ariz.
Regulation
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The fight over Oak Flat dates back about 20 years, when the land exchange was first introduced.
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This photo provided by United States Space Force the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-7 (OTV-7), the U.S. Space Force's dynamic unmanned spaceplane, successfully deorbited and landed at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., March 7, 2025.
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Hijacked Satellites & Orbiting Space Weapons: In the 21st Century, Space Is the New Battlefield
Disabling a satellite can deal a devastating blow without a single bullet.
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Workers transfer a robot before the opening ceremony for the World Humanoid Robot Games held in Beijing, China, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025.
Automation
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The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is seen, Sept. 8, 2021, in Kittery, Maine.
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Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomes Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum to the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, June 17, 2025.
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One of the U.S. Postal Service's new zero-emission electric Next Generation Delivery Vehicles (NGDV) is displayed in front of the organization's headquarters in Washington, on Aug. 7, 2025.
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A female worker sorts through empty bottles at a plastic recycling factory in Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025.
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Flat screen TVs displayed at a retail store in Vernon Hills, Ill., Aug. 7, 2025.
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Operations
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