VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican crosses a key milestone Thursday in the runup to its 2025 Jubilee with the promulgation of the official decree establishing the Holy Year. It’s a once-every-quarter-century event that is expected to bring some 32 million pilgrims to Rome and has already brought months of headaches to Romans. Pope Francis […]
BALTIMORE — The body of the last missing construction worker killed in the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March has been recovered, officials announced Tuesday as demolition crews prepared to use explosives in the ongoing cleanup effort. Officials said the crew of the Dali will remain on board the grounded container ship […]
PITTSBURGH — A steel drum weighing thousands of pounds somehow rolled out of a construction site in Pittsburgh and eventually struck and killed a woman who was walking on a nearby sidewalk, police said. The accident occurred around 10:40 a.m. Friday in the city’s Oakland neighborhood, where the University of Pittsburgh’s new sports performance center […]
On Wednesday, President Joe Biden received a major endorsement from the 3 million-member North America’s Building Trades Unions. During his remarks on receiving the NABTU endorsement in Washington, the president derided former President Donald Trump, claiming he “looks down on American union workers.” “Think about the guys you grew up with who you’d like to get […]
Former President Trump wanted to be there during oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court on presidential immunity. The former president, facing unprecedented legal lawfare, wanted to see the justices contend with the question: to what extent does a president get a legal pass for alleged criminal conduct during his presidency? Matt writes about […]
Former President Donald Trump got a loud and warm reception Thursday from construction workers in midtown Manhattan before another day in his hush money trial. Mr. Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee for president, is using his extended stay in the borough to campaign where he can, even if it includes stops in the Democratic stronghold […]
Boeing may be flying into more trouble, as another employee has come forward with claims of safety issues at the company. Sam Salehpour, an engineer who worked on Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, told The New York Times that the way the airplane manufacturer connected some sections of the plane’s fuselage together is unsafe and could lead […]
A construction worker was killed and three other people were injured after part of a crane fell onto a bridge in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Thursday. The piece also crushed two cars. Workers were adding more sections to the crane to make it taller, a process known as stepping, when the accident occurred, Fort Lauderdale Fire […]
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