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Girard Point Bridge to get $261 million in repairs over the next five years

January 2, 2026January 3, 2026 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Local News

PennDOT is beginning a $261 million project to repair the Girard Point Bridge on I-95 over the Schuylkill River. Work starts Jan. 12 and will take five years.…

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How PennDOT plans to install a 258-foot pedestrian bridge over Columbus Boulevard in one night

November 26, 2025November 26, 2025 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Local News

“Basically, everybody goes to bed, they wake up in the morning and there’s a bridge there,” said Michael Altomari, assistant construction engineer at PennDOT The bridge will not…

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Gov. Polis presents budget to lawmakers, focuses on proposal that would cut Medicaid programs

November 12, 2025November 13, 2025 · Denver, Colorado Local News

DENVER — For the second year in a row, Colorado is staring down a daunting budget deficit — and the governor believes cuts to Medicaid are one solution…

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The Baltimore collapse focused attention on vital bridges. Thousands are in poor shape across the US

The Baltimore collapse focused attention on vital bridges. Thousands are in poor shape across the US

April 2, 2024April 2, 2024 · Orlando, Florida Local News

After a yearlong closure, a bridge over the Puyallup River reopened in 2019 with a sturdy new span and a brand new name. It even won a national…

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How to ease bridge-crossing fears after collapse of Key Bridge in Baltimore – WTOP News

How to ease bridge-crossing fears after collapse of Key Bridge in Baltimore – WTOP News

March 29, 2024March 29, 2024 · Washington DC Local News

A fear of bridges, especially after what happened on the Key Bridge in Baltimore, can be addressed with therapy or using drive-over services on bridges that are known…

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In Northern Ireland, ‘a Protestant state’ finally has a Catholic leader

In Northern Ireland, ‘a Protestant state’ finally has a Catholic leader

February 3, 2024February 3, 2024 · Politics

Demands and priorities Britain is providing the executive an extra £3.3 billion to start patching holes in services and pay long-delayed wage hikes that just triggered the biggest public sector strike in…

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Taiwan’s new president: 5 things you need to know about William Lai

Taiwan’s new president: 5 things you need to know about William Lai

January 10, 2024January 14, 2024 · Politics

TAIPEI — Forget Xi Jinping or Joe Biden for a second. Meet Taiwan’s next President William Lai, upon whom the fate of U.S.-China relations — and global security…

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Aid convoys set course for Nagorno-Karabakh under new pact with Azerbaijan

Aid convoys set course for Nagorno-Karabakh under new pact with Azerbaijan

September 21, 2023September 23, 2023 · Politics

KORNIDZOR, Armenia — Tons of humanitarian aid were en route on Saturday to Nagorno-Karabakh under the terms of a deal struck with the breakaway region’s Armenian leadership, Azerbaijan…

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normal decisive superficial

normal decisive superficial

August 7, 2023August 7, 2023 · Humor

When the euro banknotes were 1st designed in 2002, they featured fictional bridges, so as not to cause a row amongst EU member countries. Ten years later an…

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Sun, sea and sanctions evasion: Where Russians are spending the summer

Sun, sea and sanctions evasion: Where Russians are spending the summer

August 7, 2023August 7, 2023 · Politics

Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Even as war rages in Ukraine, hundreds of thousands of Russians are eyeing popular holiday destinations for…

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Drone attack on tanker shows Kyiv’s intent to hit Russian energy shipments

Drone attack on tanker shows Kyiv’s intent to hit Russian energy shipments

August 1, 2023August 5, 2023 · Politics

Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. KYIV — An overnight naval drone attack against a Russian tanker in the Black Sea signals a…

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Drones hit Moscow city center in latest attack on Russian territory

Drones hit Moscow city center in latest attack on Russian territory

July 27, 2023July 30, 2023 · Politics

Several drones attacked the center of Moscow in the early hours of Sunday morning, in the latest assault on Russian territory that the city’s mayor blamed on Kyiv.…

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Russia closes Crimea bridge — again — after attack on ammo depot

Russia closes Crimea bridge — again — after attack on ammo depot

July 20, 2023July 23, 2023 · Politics

Four days after re-opening the strategic Crimea bridge that links Russia to the occupied Ukrainian peninsula, Moscow was forced to close it again due to another attack. A…

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Why Latin America still won’t condemn Putin’s war in Ukraine

Why Latin America still won’t condemn Putin’s war in Ukraine

July 13, 2023July 19, 2023 · Politics

Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. The ghosts of colonial history returned to haunt European and Latin American leaders at their summit in…

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Defiant Ukraine says dam carnage won’t stop counteroffensive

Defiant Ukraine says dam carnage won’t stop counteroffensive

June 6, 2023June 6, 2023 · Politics

KYIV — Ukrainian officials insist the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam, which unleashed massive flooding in the Kherson region, won’t stand in the way of Kyiv’s counteroffensive.…

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Russians shooting at rescuers in flooded areas, Zelenskyy says

Russians shooting at rescuers in flooded areas, Zelenskyy says

June 6, 2023June 7, 2023 · Politics

Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Paul Ronzheimer is the deputy editor-in-chief of BILD and a senior journalist reporting for Axel Springer, the…

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2023’s most important election: Turkey

2023’s most important election: Turkey

April 11, 2023April 17, 2023 · Politics

Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. For Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, next month’s election is of massive historical significance. It falls 100…

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‘Beaten by a lettuce’: 44 glorious days of Liz Truss

‘Beaten by a lettuce’: 44 glorious days of Liz Truss

October 20, 2022October 24, 2022 · Politics

Press play to listen to this article LONDON — Westminster is in turmoil, the U.K. economy is floundering, and Tory MPs are about to pick their fifth prime…

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Kyiv calls for air defenses as Putin brings his Syria tactics to Ukraine

Kyiv calls for air defenses as Putin brings his Syria tactics to Ukraine

October 10, 2022October 10, 2022 · Politics

Press play to listen to this article Russian President Vladimir Putin turned back to his bloody, destructive playbook from Syria with a barrage of rocket attacks against civilian…

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Putin summons security council after Crimean bridge blast

Putin summons security council after Crimean bridge blast

October 9, 2022October 10, 2022 · Politics

Press play to listen to this article Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a meeting of his national security council on Monday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told Russian…

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