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(Headline USA) Investigators were combing through a New York City shipyard on Saturday trying to find the cause of a fire and an explosion that killed one person and injured more than 30 firefighters and other first responders. Authorities provided no major updates to the incidents that occurred Friday afternoon...

(Headline USA) President Donald Trump said Saturday that a deal with Iran on the war, including opening the Strait of Hormuz, has been “largely negotiated” after calls with Israel and other allies in the region. “Final aspects and details of the Deal are currently being discussed, and will be announced...

(Headline USA) Authorities braced for the possibility that a damaged chemical tank in Southern California could leak or explode as an evacuation order continued into the Memorial Day weekend for 40,000 residents with no timeline on when they can return. No injuries were reported after the pressurized tank overheated Thursday...

(Lauren Jessop, The Center Square) Data center developers are increasingly targeting agricultural land for new projects, and residents in affected communities are mounting opposition, concerned about the industrialization of their farmland. At the same time, Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration is pursuing two priorities that can be difficult to balance: attracting...

(Headline USA) President Donald Trump called off a signing ceremony Thursday for a new order on artificial intelligence because he worried it could dull America’s edge on AI technology. Trump said he was postponing the signing because he did not like what he saw in the order’s text. He announced...

(Michael Carroll, The Center Square) Six former Spirit Airlines employees, including five Florida residents, have filed a class-action lawsuit alleging that the Florida company’s worker layoffs violate a federal law mandating a 60-day notice prior to such terminations. The laid-off employees filed the litigation May 12 in the federal bankruptcy...

(Headline USA) A massive fire and explosion at a lumber mill in Maine's midcoast region killed a firefighter and injured at least 11 other people Friday, authorities said. The firefighter was found dead at the mill, state officials said. The firefighter was part of a huge emergency response to flames tearing...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Cuban government has said that it has run out of oil reserves under the ramped-up US oil embargo on the country, which has caused a devastating humanitarian crisis and widespread power outages across the country. “We have absolutely no fuel oil, absolutely no diesel,” Vicente de...

(Ford Turner, The Center Square) The vast extent of the Pennsylvania data center boom and the intense opposition to it were apparent during a virtual Town Hall Wednesday night, when it was called "an onslaught," something that has "bulldozed" citizens, and - many times - a byproduct of Gov....

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Israeli government wants President Donald Trump to order a US special forces operation to secure Iran’s uranium that’s enriched at the 60% level, according to a report from Axios, an operation that is fraught with risks and would mean the resumption of full-blown war in...

(José Niño, Headline USA) The Trump administration said Monday it would loan out 53.3 million barrels of crude from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to energy firms as fuel costs soar during the conflict with Iran, Just The News reported. The release comes after Washington agreed in March to put 172...

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) President Donald Trump confirmed Monday that he wants to temporarily suspend the 18.4-cent federal gas tax, with Republican lawmakers in both chambers announcing plans to introduce legislation hours later, but key details including duration, cost offset, and a phase-back trigger remain undefined. "I think it's...