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A Build America, Buy America law is causing construction delays amid the US housing crisis
It has a catchy name — Build America, Buy America — and the lauded goal of bringing manufacturing jobs back to the United States.
But the law has spurred a bottleneck for affordable housing.
Nearly everything from HVACs and lighting to sink hooks and ceiling fans in affordable housing projects that get federal do ... (full story)
What to know about the safety system that failed to prevent the deadly runway collision at LaGuardia
The systems in place at New York's LaGuardia Airport to prevent ground collisions failed to keep an Air Canada jet from smashing into a fire truck that had just pulled out on the runway as the plane was landing.
The National Transportation Safety Board will determine what went wrong before March 22’s crash that killed both ... (full story)
Meteorite hunters scour Ohio for fragments of 7-ton space rock that crashed into Earth
MEDINA, Ohio (AP) — Meteorite hunters fanned out across a wide swath of Ohio on March 19, hoping to collect fragments of an estimated 7-ton (6,350 kilograms) space rock that crashed into Earth this week after a dazzling fireball that was seen from hundreds of miles away.
The meteoroid broke apart around 9 a.m. March 17 ove ... (full story)
Dietary supplement makers push the FDA to allow peptides and other new ingredients
WASHINGTON (AP) — Makers of dietary supplements are pushing the Food and Drug Administration to expand the types of ingredients they can put in their products, a change that could open the door to more marketing of peptides, probiotics and other trendy wellness offerings.
The FDA was holding a public meeting March 27 to di ... (full story)
Teens get probation after using AI to create fake nudes of classmates
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Two teenage boys who used artificial intelligence to create fake nude photos of their classmates at an exclusive private school in Pennsylvania received probation March 25 after dozens of victims described the images' traumatizing effect on them.
The boys were 14 at the time. They admitted this month ... (full story)