Amy Forliti

Associated Press

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.

This aerial image from video provided by KSTP-TV in Minneapolis, shows smoke rising from the Husky Energy oil refinery after an explosion Thursday, April 26, 2018, at the plant in Superior, Wis. Authorities say several people were injured in the explosion.

Refinery Explosion Injures 11, Spurs Evacuation

Most of Superior, a city of 27,000 people in Wisconsin, was ordered to evacuate.

Law enforcement and protesters clash near the site of the Dakota Access pipeline on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016, in Cannon Ball, N.D. The clash came as protesters sought to push past a bridge on a state highway that had been blockaded since late October, according to the Morton County Sheriff's Office.

Injured Pipeline Protester May Lose Arm

Protesters and law enforcement gave conflicting accounts about what might have caused the explosion that injured her.

Enticed by big profits, small-time drug dealers are buying pill presses online and using low-cost fentanyl powder from China to make fake pills.

Counterfeit Pills Contributed to Prince's Death

Improved forensics tools, including the ability to use narcotics chemical signatures to narrow down possible manufacturers, will increase the chances of an arrest.