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U.S. Steel, the Pittsburgh steel producer that played a key role in the nation's industrialization, is being acquired by Nippon Steel in an all-cash deal valued at approximately $14.1 billion. The transaction is worth about $14.9 billion when including the assumption of debt. The combined company will be among the top three steel-producing companies in the world, according to 2022 figures from ...
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NEW YORK (AP) — A six-story corner of a Bronx apartment building collapsed Monday afternoon, leaving apartments exposed like a stack of shelves, according to authorities and bystander and news video. There was no immediate word on any injuries. The Fire Department said it was called around 3:40 p.m. about a corner collapse at a building near the University Heights neighborhood. A message ...
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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A bold, innovative project begun nearly a generation ago to erect a “green-city” in the United Arab Emirates has run into realities and largely missed its mark, offering a cautionary tale about the risk of overblown environmental ambitions even for an oil-rich, future-minded sheikdom. Now 17 years and billions of dollars in the making, Masdar City next to ...
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Dec. 3—When the Washington Square West Civic Association met in October, president Tami Sortman held up a narrow blue-and-red flier that had been left at her house. "Who all got this put on their door today from the 76ers?" she asked, displaying a hanger that touted the team's plan to build a dazzling downtown arena. "Did anyone else receive it?" Vice president Marisa Shaaban said people on ...
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Nov. 29—"If you build it, they will come" could refer to the Buffalo AKG Art Museum since reopening in June with improvements to the entire campus, including a new three-story glass-and-marble edifice named for philanthropist Jeffrey Gundlach. Paid attendance has topped 115,000 and is on pace to reach 251,909, more than double 2018, the last full year of operation prior to closing for the ...
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A rendering of the planned new Terminal 2, the “global terminal,” at O’Hare International Airport. When complete, it would allow travelers to transfer from a domestic flight to an international flight without traveling to Terminal 5, the airport’s current international terminal.Studio Gang O’Hare Airport’s two largest carriers want to slow down, dramatically scale back or indefinitely ground ...
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MOUNT VERNON, Ky. (AP) — A train derailed and spilled a chemical in a remote part of eastern Kentucky on Wednesday, prompting officials to encourage residents of a small town to evacuate amid concerns about air quality. Gov. Andy Beshear said in a statement that local officials in Rockcastle County were encouraging residents of Livingston, with a population of about 200, to evacuate. News ...
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Marit Westermann has been appointed as director and chief executive of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation by the institution's board of trustees. She is the first woman to hold the position and succeeds Richard Armstrong, who announced his departure in summer 2022. Westermann will oversee the institution's flagship location in New York alongside the Peggy Guggenheim Collection and ...
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Nov. 22—Solar power "farms" are starting to pop up across Louisiana, as many utility companies and the energy industry seek alternatives to fossil fuels that are responsible for a warming climate. In some parishes, the huge rows of solar panels have been welcomed for their jobs, tax benefits and contributions to the power grid. But other projects have run into roadblocks from local residents ...
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Have you ever stopped for gas in Cloquet, Minn.? If you've gassed up at one specific station, you may have been curious about the elegance of the place: the angles of the building, the green roof, a single row of pumps. This isn't an ordinary gas station. The R.W. Lindholm Service Station has a pretty interesting story. Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation. Subscribe ...
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