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January 31, 2023
U.S. soldiers attend the activation ceremony for the United States Space Forces Korea in Pyeongtaek, South Korea Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022.
U.S. Military Creates Space Unit in S. Korea to Watch North
December 14, 2022
Dust flies as a farmer plows over a failed cotton field, Oct. 4, 2022, Halfway, Texas.
Rural Voters 'in the Trenches' on Climate
December 12, 2022
It shows that the United States and Russia have enough fossil fuel reserves to exhaust the world’s remaining carbon budget to stay under 1.5 degrees Celsius warming.
First Public Global Database of Fossil Fuels Launches
September 19, 2022
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Dredge Jadwin, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredging vessel, powers south down the Mississippi River Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, past Commerce, Mo. Amid a major drought in the Western U.S., a proposed solution comes up repeatedly: large-scale river diversions, including pumping Mississippi River water to parched states.
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Pumping Mississippi River Water West a Potential Drought Solution
California Assembly member Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, a Democrat from Winters, California, speaks during a rally at the California Capitol on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023, in Sacramento, Calif. Aguiar-Curry has introduced a bill that would require human drivers to be present for self-driving semitrucks.
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Self-Driving Semis Focus of California Rules, Legislation
Netherland's Prime Minister Mark Rutte, left, speaks with U.S. President Joe Biden during a round table meeting at a NATO summit in Madrid, Spain, June 29, 2022.
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Dutch, Japanese Join U.S. Limits on Chip Tech to China
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January 31, 2023
A food delivery robot crosses a street in Ann Arbor, Mich. on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. Robot food delivery is no longer the stuff of science fiction. Hundreds of little robots __ knee-high and able to hold around four large pizzas __ are now navigating college campuses and even some city sidewalks in the U.S., the U.K. and elsewhere.
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Robots Hit the Streets as Demand for Food Delivery Grows
The company's fleet grew from 250 robots in 2019 to over 1,000.
November 2, 2021
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Ford Adding 450 Jobs to Meet Demand for New Electric Truck
The automaker has taken over 150,000 reservations for the electric version of its F-150.
September 17, 2021
In this Nov. 6, 2019, file photo, United Auto Workers union President Rory Gamble answers questions in Southfield, Mich. When Gamble took over as president of the United Auto Workers in 2019, the union was embroiled in a federal corruption probe that had ensnared two of Gamble's predecessors. It won't get any easier for Gamble's successor, Ray Curry. He will preside over a union that faces monumental changes as the auto business navigates an epochal transition from internal combustion engines to battery-electric powered vehicles.
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Retiring UAW Leader on Tough Times Past & Ahead
And will the EV boom mean fewer union auto jobs.
July 1, 2021
In this Nov. 17, 2019, photo provided by the University of Michigan, brothers Darren Kreps, left, and Bryan Kreps play a game modeled after soccer and air hockey using the iGYM system at the university in Ann Arbor, Mich. A University of Michigan research team has created iGYM, an augmented reality system that allows people with different levels of mobility to play and exercise together.
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iGym Designed for Disabled, Able-Bodied Children
The technology allows people with mobility disabilities and their non-disabled peers to exercise together in a fun environment.
December 10, 2019
In this Sept. 30 photo, a UAW flag flies near strikers outside the General Motors Orion Assembly plant in Orion Township, MI.
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Strike Could Cost GM About $1B, and Counting
Even as talks continue, GM is leery of settling the strike and saddling itself with costs that it will have to pay later.
October 2, 2019
In this Sept. 30, 2019 photo, a row of Chevrolet Suburban vehicles are shown at Wally Edgar Chevrolet in Orion Township, MI
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GM Closes Mexican Pickup Factory Amid Strike
Production at the factories ended Tuesday morning, affecting 6,000 workers.
October 1, 2019
A worker gives the thumbs-up gesture to a passing motorist as he demonstratives outside a General Motors facility in Langhorne, Pa., Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. More than 49,000 members of the United Auto Workers walked off General Motors factory floors or set up picket lines early Monday as contract talks with the company deteriorated into a strike.
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Striking Workers Question UAW
Some have gone so far as to wonder whether the leadership took them out on strike to show that the union is working for them.
September 19, 2019
General Motors employees Bobby Caughel, left, and Flint resident James Crump, shout out as they protest with other GM employees, United Auto Workers members and labor supporters outside of the Flint Assembly Plant on Monday, Sept. 16, 2019 in Flint, Mich. Thousands of members of the United Auto Workers walked off General Motors factory floors or set up picket lines early Monday as contract talks with the company deteriorated into a strike.
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No Deal Yet in UAW GM Strike
A UAW spokesperson said the two sides have come to terms on only 2% of the contract.
September 17, 2019
A person gets into a self-driving Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid Friday, April 5, 2019, in Detroit. Hundreds from the general public are signed up for the six-minute journey that leads riders through a course set up inside a Detroit convention center, as part of an effort to clear up misunderstandings and confusion about the technology.
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Detroit Gets Free Autonomous Rides
Hundreds signed up for the 6-minute journey.
April 8, 2019
Gary Jones, president of the United Auto Workers union addresses delegates to the union's bargaining convention in Detroit, Monday, March 11, 2019 that it would raise weekly strike pay from $200 to $250 per week and $275 in January of next year. Jones warned automakers that the union is prepared to strike if it doesn't get its way in upcoming contract talks. The new union president says no one expects a strike but the UAW is prepared to walk out.
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UAW Chief Raises Strike Pay
No one expects a strike, but the UAW is prepared to walk off the job, Jones said in a thinly veiled warning to GM.
March 12, 2019
In this photo provided by the Ford Motor Co., Mustang vehicles are parked to spell out '10,000,000' on a parking lot at the Flat Rock Assembly plant, Wednesday, Aug. 8, in Flat Rock, Mich. The commas were represented by the first Mustang produced and the 10 millionth, a 2019 Wimbledon White GT V8 six-speed manual convertible.
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Ford Celebrates 10M Mustangs
Mustang is the best-selling sports car of the last 50 years in the U.S. and the world's top-selling sports car for three years in a row.
August 9, 2018
In this Monday, Oct. 23, 2017 image made from video, a new robot, named 'Cassie,' walks on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich. Researchers say the two-legged, bird-like machine, which is capable of walking unassisted on rough and uneven terrain, could someday have applications for search-and-rescue efforts.
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Two-Legged Robot 'Cassie'
Cassie is an upright robot modeled after a rare bird's legs.
October 31, 2017
A person operates an oversized Rubik's Cube shortly after its unveiling inside the University of Michigan’s G.G. Brown engineering building in Ann Arbor, Mich., Thursday, April 13, 2017. Some of the past and present mechanical engineering students designed and built the 1,500-pound tribute to one of the world’s all-time great brain teasers.
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A 1,500-Lb. Rubik's Cube
The massive, mostly aluminum structure is meant to be played by students and others on campus.
April 14, 2017
In this Friday, April 7, 2017, photo, a prototype of the Ford Fusion police hybrid car sits along 11th Avenue in New York. Ford Motor Co., which sells more police cars in the U.S. than any other automaker, says it will offer a police pursuit version of the hybrid Fusion midsize sedan, in response to requests from cities nationwide.
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Hybrid Cop Cars
The next time the cops chase you down for speeding, they could be driving a fuel-efficient gas-electric hybrid.
April 10, 2017