Bernard Condon

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July 9, 2025
President Donald Trump talks to workers as he tours U.S. Steel Corporation's Mon Valley Works-Irvin plant, Friday, May 30, 2025, in West Mifflin, Pa.
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Giant wind turbine blades for the Vineyard Winds project are stacked on racks in the harbor, July 11, 2023, in New Bedford, Mass.
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Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill briefs the media about the Tesla Cybertruck which exploded in front of the entrance to Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, in Las Vegas.
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Tesla Data Helped Police After Las Vegas Truck Explosion
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January 6, 2025
Workers search in the rubble at the Champlain Towers South Condo, Saturday, June 26, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. One hundred fifty-nine people were still unaccounted for two days after Thursday's collapse, which killed at least four.
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Engineers: Building Needed $9M+ in Repairs Before Collapse
There were several major repairs that needed to be done as soon as possible.
June 28, 2021
In this image from video, Delta Air Lines Flight 89 to Shanghai, China dumps fuel over Los Angeles before returning to Los Angeles International Airport for an emergency landing Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. Fire officials say fuel apparently dumped by the aircraft returning to LAX fell onto an elementary school playground. A fire department tweet says firefighters are assessing 'multiple patients' at the school in the suburban city of Cudahy, Calif. The flight tracking website FlightAware shows that Delta Air Lines Flight 89 to Shanghai, China, departed LAX, circled back over Southern California and returned to the airport.
Product Development
Experts Puzzled After Airliner Dumps Fuel on Kids
Retired pilot calls the move 'pretty outrageous.'
January 16, 2020
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Operations
Fisher Lands Border Wall Contract
He made numerous appearances on Fox, repeating that he could build the wall, faster, better and cheaper than anyone.
December 4, 2019
In this photo taken Monday, Sept. 23, 2019, Yonas Yeshanew, who resigned as Ethiopian Airline's chief engineer this summer and is seeking asylum in the U.S., listens to a reporter's question during an interview in Seattle area. Yeshanew says in a whistleblower complaint filed with regulators that the carrier went into the maintenance records on a Boeing 737 Max jet a day after it crashed this year, a breach he contends was part of a pattern of corruption that included fabricating documents, signing off on shoddy repairs and even beating those who got out of line.
Product Development
Ex- Engineer Criticizes Airline's Maintenance
He outlines a pattern of corruption that included fabricating documents, signing off on shoddy repairs and even beating those who got out of line.
October 7, 2019
In this March 11, 2019, file photo rescuers work at the scene of an Ethiopian Airlines flight crash near Bishoftu, or Debre Zeit, south of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Investigators have determined that an anti-stall system automatically activated before the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max jet plunged into the ground, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday, March 29.
Product Development
Pressure Mounts to Fix Troubled Jetliner
Peak summer travel season is on the way.
April 1, 2019
This Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018 file photo show the Charging Bull sculpture by Arturo Di Modica, in New York's Financial District. The U.S. stock market is poised this week to pass a surprising milestone, rising for the longest, unbroken stretch of time in the history of U.S. stock trading. If stocks don’t drop significantly in the next three days, the bull market that began in March 2009 will have lasted nine years, five months and 13 days. It’s a record that few would have predicted when the stocks finally found their footing after a 50 percent plunge during the financial crisis.
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Bull Market Nears Record
The bull market that began in March 2009 will have lasted nine years, five months and 13 days, a record that few would have predicted.
August 22, 2018
In a Thursday, July 19, 2018 file photo, Ivanka Trump, the daughter of President Donald Trump, applauds during a signing ceremony where President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order that establishes a National Council for the American Worker in the East Room of the White House, in Washington. Ivanka Trump’s clothing company is shutting down and all its employees are being laid off, according to news reports. The New York Post is reporting that its sources say the company “will be shuttered ‘ASAP’ and that staff have been informed that they’re being laid off.”
Supply Chain
Ivanka Trump to Shut Down Company
The company drew criticism for benefiting from the family's White House ties.
July 24, 2018
In this May 3, 2017, file photo, customers shop at a Whole Foods Market in Upper Saint Clair, Pa. Amazon is moving swiftly to make big changes at Whole Foods.
Supply Chain
Amazon Cutting Whole Foods' Prices
Amazon plans to use its deep pockets to cut prices on bananas, eggs, salmon, beef and more when it completes its $13.7 billion takeover next week.
August 25, 2017
In this March 15, 2017, file photo, a sign marks a pick-up point for the Uber car service at LaGuardia Airport in New York. The New York Times and other media are reporting Sunday, June 11, 2017, that Uber's board is considering placing Kalanick, the CEO of the ride-hailing company, on leave.
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Uber is Making Changes
The company adopted a series of recommendations about the company's corporate culture from former Attorney General Eric Holder.
June 12, 2017
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Jaguar Land Rover Coming to Lyft
As part of its investment in Lyft, Jaguar Land Rover agreed to supply a fleet of its vehicles.
June 12, 2017
Secretary of State-designate Rex Tillerson arrives for a meeting with Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., the committee that will conduct Tillerson's confirmation hearing, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Regulation
Tillerson Leaving Exxon with $180M
Rex Tillerson, if confirmed as the new secretary of state, will give up millions of Exxon shares in order to ease concerns his involvement as a stockholder could create conflicts of interest.
January 5, 2017
In this Nov. 21, 2013, file photo, cars sit at the General Motors plant where Chevrolet Sonics, Cadillac SRXs and Captiva SUVs are assembled in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s election could bring some upheaval to the U.S. auto industry, which helped to lead the nation out of the Great Recession as U.S. sales rebounded. The industry is waiting to see if Trump will make good on promises to redo trade agreements and slap tariffs on cars manufactured in Mexico.
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How Trump Could Affect Key Areas of Economy
Trump has said he'd slash taxes, strong-arm U.S. trading partners, end commitments to environmental rules and make it easier to drill for oil.
November 10, 2016
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