Bob Salsberg

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A view of the debris of a Voepass airplane that crashed the previous day, in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Aug. 10, 2024.
16 People Accused Over Plane Crash That Killed 62
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A water tower is seen Thursday, July 30, 2026, in Plymouth, Minn. A cyberattack targeted the operating technology at over 30 water systems in Minnesota, including Plymouth's, earlier this week, state officials said.
FBI Investigates as Michigan Joins Minnesota in Reporting Cyberattacks on Water Systems
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A man comforts a miner mourning fellow miners killed in an explosion at a coal mine on the outskirts of Quetta, in southwest Pakistan, Thursday, July 30, 2026.
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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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