Bob Salsberg

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A Lufthansa 'Dreamliner ' aircraft lies on its nose in front of a terminal at Frankfurt Airport after the nose landing gear collapsed on Thursday, June 4, 2026 in Frankfurt, Germany.
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Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers delivers his State of the State address at the Wisconsin State Capitol, Feb. 17, 2026, in Madison, Wis.
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In this July 17, 2016 file photo, former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao and her husband, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., check out the stage during preparation for the Republican National Convention inside Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. President-elect Donald Trump has picked Elaine Chao to become transportation secretary, according to a Trump source.
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This November 2013 file photo shows the top of the Schlitterbahn Waterparks and Resorts new Verruckt waterslide in Kansas City, Kan. The waterslide on which a state lawmaker's 10-year-old son was killed Aug 7, 2016, will be demolished once the unfolding investigation of the tragedy is finished, the water park's operators said Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016.
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World's Tallest Waterslide Will Be Demolished
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This Feb. 28, 2017, file photo shows Indian Point Energy Center in Buchanan, N.Y. A deal announced April 16, 2019, would close the two reactors at Indian Point within two years.
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In this Friday, April 7, 2017 photo, Jimmy Duran poses near Phoenix House, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility, in Quincy, Mass. Duran was prescribed opioids for years after hurting his neck and fracturing vertebrae in a workplace accident in 2004. 'OxyContin, Percocet, morphine,' he recalled. 'It ruined my life. It brought me to my knees.' Clean now, he's become a licensed counselor at a substance abuse prevention and treatment program.
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In this Oct. 4, 2016 file photo, farm workers inside a drying barn take down newly-harvested marijuana plants after a drying period, at Los Suenos Farms, America's largest legal open air marijuana farm, in Avondale, southern Colo. Newly-approved laws in four states allowing the recreational use of marijuana are seen as unlikely to change rules regarding use of the drug in the workplace.
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