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Is the Gig Economy Coming for Manufacturing?
October 7, 2026
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Automatic Liquid Filtration and Magnetic Separation Technology Improve Reliablity, Product Quality
October 7, 2026
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Part Feed Systems Buffer, Separate and Present Trays and Totes to Automation Processes
October 7, 2026
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Ursa Major Gets $137M in Navy Contracts for Advanced Solid Rocket Motor Programs
October 7, 2026
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Dark smoke plume rises from industrial fire in residential area under bright sunlight with parked vehicles and onlookers nearby
Operations
Explosions, Fire Tear Through Industrial Recycling Building in Ohio
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Operations
Crews Recover 6 of 9 Victims Missing After Washington Chemical Tank Rupture
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Operations
Likely Death Toll Rises to 11 After Washington Paper Mill Tank Rupture
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Safety
What to Know About Deadly UPS Plane Crash in Kentucky
Fire blazed along the plane's left side near an engine as it attempted to take off.
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Sugar is unloaded during the Peeps marshmallow treats manufacturing process at the Just Born factory in Bethlehem, Pa., Thursday, April 10, 2025.
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Go Inside the Factory Where Peeps Are Made
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In this photo taken with a drone, portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed the previous night in East Palestine, Ohio, remain on fire at mid-day, Feb. 4, 2023.
Safety
Lawsuit Alleges First Deaths From Disastrous 2023 Train Derailment
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Former FirstEnergy CEO Charles Jones sits in the courtroom at the Summit County courthouse in Akron, Ohio on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024.
Laws & Regulations
Former FirstEnergy Executives Indicted in Ohio Bribery Scheme
The former execs were accused of bribing state officials to earn a $1B bailout for nuclear plants.
January 17, 2025
Multiple cars of a Norfolk Southern train lie toppled after derailing at a train crossing with Ohio 41 in Clark County, Ohio, Saturday, March 4, 2023.
Safety
Safety Agency Opens Probe of Norfolk Southern Rail Accidents
The NTSB says it will begin a broad look at the company's safety culture.
March 8, 2023
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, left, and Tristan Brown, deputy administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, crouch down to look at part of a burned traincar, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, in East Palestine, Ohio, at the site of a Norfolk Southern train derailment.
Safety
Probe: Train Crew Had Little Warning Before Ohio Wreck
An alarm sounded just before it went off the tracks.
February 24, 2023
In this undated combination of photos shown are CVS, Walmart and Walgreens locations. The retail pharmacy chains recklessly distributed massive amounts of pain pills in two Ohio counties, a federal jury said Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021.
Laws & Regulations
Public Nuisance Laws in Opioid Cases Give Hope to Both Sides
The industry argues public nuisance laws simply don’t apply to prescribing and distributing prescription painkillers.
November 25, 2021
GM autoworker Matt Moorhead looks out his window in Warren, Ohio.
Automotive
2 Years After Closure, Autoworkers Still Chased by Uncertainty
When GM ended a half-century of building cars in Lordstown, Ohio, 1,600 workers had to decide whether to move to another factory.
March 9, 2021
The exterior of the General Motors Toledo Transmission Operations facility is shown in Toledo, Ohio.
Automotive
EVs Leave Autoworkers Facing Uncertain Futures
Those who trained and worked for decades to build machines running on petroleum will need to do different work — or they might not have jobs.
February 12, 2021
FirstEnergy Corp.'s Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio, April 4, 2017.
Energy
Ohio Utility at Center of $60 Million Bribery Case Fires CEO
Until now, FirstEnergy and its executives have denied any wrongdoing.
November 2, 2020
In this April 4, 2017, file photo, plumes of steam drift from the cooling tower of FirstEnergy Corp.'s Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio.
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FirstEnergy Had Big Stake in Tainted Nuclear Plant Bailout
Investigators say the company secretly funneled millions to secure a legislative bailout for two unprofitable plants.
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Republican Ohio state Rep. Larry Householder sits at the head of a legislative session as Speaker of the House, in Columbus, Ohio, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019.
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Nuclear Bailout Tied to Bribery Scandal Was Years in Making
Ohio's House speaker and four associates are accused of taking a $60 million bribe.
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