John Hanna

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A pint of Guinness beer is poured on St. Patrick's Day on March 17, 2023, in Bellows Falls, Vt.
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The logo of Japanese motor-maker Nidec Corp., is seen in Kyoto, Japan, on May 15, 2026.
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"We cannot make it through a second summer."
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The scene of an ammonia spill at the Holiday Inn Express in Weatherford, Okla. on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025.
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Dozens were treated at hospitals and casualty centers for exposure to the deadly gas.
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A solar farm sits in Mona, Utah, on Aug. 9, 2022.
Energy
Trump Administration Cancels $4.9B Loan Guarantee for Line to Deliver Green Power
The company indicated that project would go forward anyway.
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Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Marla Luckert, left, chats with spectators who have gathered for a joint meeting of the Kansas House and Senate Judiciary committees.
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Courts Need $2.6M to Recover from Cyberattack
Officials have blamed a Russian ransomware gang, saying it stole data and threatened to post it on a dark site.
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In this photo taken by a drone, cleanup continues in the area where the ruptured Keystone pipeline dumped oil into a creek in Washington County, Kan., on Dec. 9, 2022. A faulty weld at a bend in an oil pipeline contributed to a spill that dumped nearly 13,000 bathtubs' worth of crude oil into a northeastern Kansas creek, the pipeline's operator said Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, estimating the cost of cleaning it up at $480 million.
Energy
Firm: Faulty Weld, Pressure on Pipe Led to Kansas Oil Spill
“It begs the question of how many other bad welds are on the Keystone pipeline from this same fabrication facility."
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A remediation company deploys a boom on the surface of an oil spill after a Keystone pipeline ruptured at Mill Creek in Washington County, Kansas, on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. Vacuum trucks, booms and an emergency dam were constructed on the creek to intercept the spill.
Energy
Oil Spill Shuts Down Keystone Pipeline
About 14,000 barrels spilled into a creek about 150 miles northwest of Kansas City.
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Kansas state Sens. Jeff Longbine, left, R-Emporia, and Pat Pettey, D-Kansas City, confer as the Senate votes on a measure to allow the state to offer more than $1 billion in breaks to an unnamed company to bring a $4 billion project to Kansas, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Both Longbine and Pettey supported the measure, which is designed to seal a deal with the company to create 4,000 jobs.
Economics
Kansas to Offer $1B+ Tax Breaks to Mystery Firm
Most legislators signed off without knowing the name of the company or what it plans to make.
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