Pedestrians Scatter as Fire Causes New York Construction Crane’s Arm to Collapse and Crash to Street July 27, 2023 By Jake Offenhartz and Karen Matthews NEW YORK (AP) — A towering construction crane caught fire high above the West Side of Manhattan on Wednesday morning,...
UN Says Operation to Siphon Oil out of Rusting Tanker Moored off Yemen Begins to ‘Avoid Catastrophe’ July 26, 2023 By Samy Magdy CAIRO (AP) — An international team began siphoning oil out of a decrepit oil tanker off the coast of Yemen...
Fears Aside, No Mass Exodus from Collapsed Building’s Twin June 30, 2021 By Terry Spencer and Russ Bynum SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — About a block from the Miami-area beachfront condominium tower that collapsed sits its sister building, erected...
OSHA Cites Companies in Deadly New Orleans Hotel Collapse April 6, 2020 A federal agency has issued citations against a dozen companies in connection with last fall’s deadly partial collapse of a...
Water Problems Lead to Big Repair Costs for Minnesota Science Museum June 29, 2015 By BRIAN BAKST The Science Museum of Minnesota, a major tourist attraction that opened its new, $100 million home just 15 years ago,...
‘Talking’ to Structures to Boost Public Safety August 14, 2013 University of Adelaide researchers are developing low-cost technology which can ‘talk’ to structures like bridges and aeroplanes to monitor their...