COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish King Frederik X inaugurated Monday the first element of a future 18-kilometer (11-mile) rail-and-road tunnel under the Baltic Sea that will link southern Denmark to northern Germany and contribute to the transport sector’s green transition. The Fehmarn link which is expected to open in 2029, will also cut travel from […]
Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Matthew Colangelo — who has long been the focus of Trump’s ire, both before and after Justice Juan Merchan entered a gag order — is a longtime public servant and civil litigator. But his less-than-two-year tenure at DOJ at the outset of the Biden administration and his subsequent move to Alvin […]
Social media posts claim Walt Disney and four others, including occult practitioners and a former Nazi party member, are the “founders” of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This is misleading; while two of the people on the list were scientists involved in rocket development — one of whom played a prominent role in […]
The Thruway Authority announced Monday it would begin construction in Tarrytown on May 29 on a bridge lengthening the pedestrian path of the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge to other Tarrytown attractions, including the Lyndhurst Mansion, the Old Croton Aqueduct trail and the RiverWalk, in time for the summer season. The new 270-foot pedestrian and […]
Tens of thousands of people use the Interstate 5 Bridge every day. (Courtesy of Interstate Bridge Replacement Program) When construction starts on a new Interstate 5 bridge across the Columbia River in early 2026, drivers will begin paying tolls on the existing span between Washington and Oregon. That’s the plan. Rep. Ed Orcutt, R-Kalama wanted […]
SALEM, Ohio — It took less than a day for the attacks to begin on Senate candidate Bernie Moreno over a report linking his email to an account on an adult website that sought “young guys to have fun with.” Buckeye Leadership Fund, a super PAC supporting his GOP primary rival Matt Dolan, on Friday […]
Three federal search warrants reveal evidence against a UNC-Chapel Hill graduate student accused of murdering a professor on campus in August. Tailei Qi, 34, bought a 9 mm pistol online and visited a shooting range the day before the murder, the warrants state. One witness heard an argument between Qi and Zijie Yan, a professor […]
A high-speed rail project that would reduce travel times between Houston and Dallas by more than half with Japan’s Shinkansen technology has attracted a $500,000 federal grant. Houston Public Media News 88.7 reported in December that Amtrak received the funds to develop the project from the Federal Railroad Administration, according to KERA News. This was […]