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Final U.S. Transportation Dept. regulation aims to cut risks in lines that carry natural gas, carbon dioxide and other hazardous liquids.

Massachusetts officials are bracing for a lengthy recovery process following the partial collapse of a parking garage that killed one worker.

Bill introduced in response to Champlain Towers condo collapse snarls despite general agreement on inspection requirements.

Despite many upgrades with new technology for loaders,  excavators and cranes, manufacturers are still busy trying to solve a persistent safety problem: striking workers or pedestrians while moving in reverse.

UPDATE: Russians now occupy Zaporizhzhia faciity, but fire caused by shelling is out with no reactor damage or elevated radioactivity as yet, although power output remains reduced, Ukraine officials said, in latest big assault on the country's infrastructure from Putin military invasion.

Detailed analysis of the catastrophic 2021 Texas winter storm finds systemic flaws in the state's electric sector contributed to a "cascade of failures" that overwhelmed the power grid.