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March 31, 2026
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Micron Picks Construction Partner for Country's Largest Semiconductor Factory
June 11, 2026
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June 11, 2026
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June 11, 2026
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March 31, 2026
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Aerospace
Investigators Say UPS Plane that Crashed Had Cracks in Engine Mount
All MD-11s used by UPS, FedEx and Western Global were grounded after the crash.
November 21, 2025
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Aerospace
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Determining why it caught fire and why the engine fell off could take more than a year.
November 6, 2025
An aerial image of Consumer Energy's J.H. Campbell Generating Complex in Ottawa County, Mich., Sept. 21, 2024.
Energy
Michigan, Environmental Groups Challenge Federal Order to Keep Coal-Fired Plant Open
Consumers Energy had planned to close the power station by May 31.
June 19, 2025
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It would be the first nuclear power plant to be reopened in the U.S.
March 28, 2024
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Laws & Regulations
U.S. Files Charges in Michigan Over Diesel Engine Tampering
Nine of the 11 have agreed to plead guilty.
April 27, 2023
One of Pacific Gas & Electric's Diablo Canyon Power Plant's nuclear reactors in Avila Beach, Calif., is viewed Nov. 3, 2008.
Energy
Feds Offer $1B to Keep California's Last Nuclear Plant Open
The plant had been scheduled to close by 2025.
November 22, 2022
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Labor
Another UAW Official Charged with Looting Union Coffers
It's the latest chapter of union corruption that has sent more than a dozen people to prison.
November 11, 2021
In a Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, file photo, then-United Auto Workers president Dennis Williams speaks during a roundtable with reporters in Detroit. Prosecutors are seeking a two-year prison sentence for Williams, a former president of the United Auto Workers who they say had 'two lives' — as a leader of a blue-collar union and a connoisseur of premium champagne and California vacation villas paid for with members' dues the U.S. attorney's office said in a court filing Monday, May 3, 2021.
Labor
Ex-UAW Leader Sentenced
Dennis Williams, who led the United Auto Workers from 2014 to 2018, was one of two presidents convicted of corruption.
May 11, 2021
In a Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, file photo, then-United Auto Workers president Dennis Williams speaks during a roundtable with reporters in Detroit. Prosecutors are seeking a two-year prison sentence for Williams, a former president of the United Auto Workers who they say had 'two lives' — as a leader of a blue-collar union and a connoisseur of premium champagne and California vacation villas paid for with members' dues the U.S. attorney's office said in a court filing Monday, May 3, 2021.
Labor
Prosecutors Seek 2-Year Sentence for Ex-UAW Leader
Dennis Williams, who turns 68 next week, tried to portray himself as a reluctant participant.
May 4, 2021
The head of FCA labor relations, Al Iacobelli, executed the scheme with five UAW officials and a spouse.
Automotive
FCA Pleads Guilty in Plot to Enrich Union Officials
FCA's conviction follows a series of guilty pleas from UAW officials who were showered with more than $3.5 million.
March 2, 2021
United Auto Workers Vice President Joe Ashton addresses the autoworker's convention in Detroit.
Laws & Regulations
Former UAW VP Gets 2 1/2 Years in Prison
The former executive took a $250,000 kickback on a watch contract.
November 18, 2020
Then-United Auto Workers president Dennis Williams speaks during a roundtable with reporters in Detroit. Williams.
Automotive
Ex-UAW President Pleads Guilty in Embezzlement Scheme
Dennis Williams said he "deliberately looked away" despite suspicions that union dues were being used for golf, lodging and fancy meals.
October 1, 2020
In this Feb. 16, 2017 file photo, then United Auto Workers president Dennis Williams speaks during a roundtable with reporters in Detroit. Williams has been charged with corruption, accused of conspiring with his successor and others to embezzle money for golf, vacation villas and fine dining.
Automotive
Ex-UAW President Charged with Corruption
Dennis Williams is the 15th person to be charged in an investigation of the union's senior ranks.
August 27, 2020
Managers inform small groups of workers about new safety devices and measures taken at the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles plants.
Automotive
GM Alleges Fiat Chrysler Spent Millions to Bribe UAW Leaders
GM alleges the payments sought to saddle Fiat Chrysler's rival with more than $1 billion in additional labor costs.
August 4, 2020