Crane Accident in Austin Injures at Least 20 People
Twenty-two people were injured Wednesday morning after two construction cranes became entangled and caused an accident at a work site in Austin, Texas, the authorities...
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Under Trump, OSHA’s Covid-19 Response Is Failing Workers
Just $15,615. That’s how much a $52 billion meatpacking company was fined by the federal government for unsafe conditions that led to the deaths of...
Search Squad Rescue Dog and Hopes of a Miracle Captivate Ravaged Beirut
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The sudden glimmer of hope in a devastated Beirut neighborhood came from a dog named Flash with a shaggy black coat, a...
U.S. Contractor Knew of Explosive Material in Beirut Since at Least 2016
An American contractor working with the U.S. Army warned at least four years ago about a large cache of potentially explosive chemicals that was stored...
Baltimore Gas Explosion Leaves 1 Dead and 2 Injured
A gas explosion leveled three rowhouses in a northwest Baltimore neighborhood on Monday morning, leaving a woman dead and at least six other people injured,...
Beirut Blast Hit 3 Disparate Neighborhoods. Now They’re United in Rage.
BEIRUT, Lebanon — For months, the restaurateurs poured their time and money into a gamble on a new joint called “The Barn.” Conceived as a...
After Beirut Explosion, Funerals and Fury
Lebanon began an official period of national mourning on Thursday, two days after a powerful explosion in Beirut flattened whole neighborhoods in the bustling metropolis,...
The Beirut Explosions: It Sounded Like the World Was Breaking Open
BEIRUT, Lebanon — It began as a rumble. A deep bass rattling through the building. And then a roar for seven, eight, nine seconds, an...
As Smoke Clears in Beirut, Shock Turns to Anger
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Since an orphaned shipment of highly explosive chemicals arrived at the port of Beirut in 2013, Lebanese officials treated it the way...
N.Y.C. Schools Reopening: The Whole Country Is Watching
With about a month to go before New York City schools are scheduled to reopen, the city is confronting a torrent of logistical issues and...