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Officials: Engineer on Florida bridge project called state two days before deadly collapse to report crack
A lead engineer responsible for a pedestrian bridge that collapsed near Miami left a voicemail message for a state transportation official two days before the crash warning of "some cracking,"...

As President Trump puts longtime personal pilot on shortlist to head FAA, agency faces biggest challenges in decades
In a documentary shot a few years before Donald Trump ran for president, his personal pilot, John Dunkin, is shown buffing a 24-karat-gold-plated seat-belt buckle on Trump's Boeing 757, an...

Trump administration wants to sell National and Dulles airports, other assets around U.S.
The Trump administration is pushing federal officials to sell off, privatize or otherwise dispose of a broad array of government assets, from Reagan National Airport and the George Washington Memorial...

Trump administration wants to sell National and Dulles airports, other assets around U.S.
The Trump administration is making a push to sell off federal assets as part of its infrastructure plan released Monday.

White House plan would reduce environmental requirements for infrastructure projects
WASHINGTON - The White House has drafted a proposal to scale back environmental requirements in an effort to make it easier to construct roads, bridges and pipelines across the country...

In the shadows of Refinery Row, a parable of redevelopment and race
As industry ensnared Corpus Christi's minority Hillcrest neighborhood, its residents fought just to choose between impossible options.

Ford’s push for driverless vehicles includes a man pretending to be a car seat
Ford is trying to devise a "standard visual language" using flashing windshield lights so its self-driving cars can communicate with humans. In order to safely test it, a little deception...

Ford’s push for driverless vehicles includes a man pretending to be a car seat
He is wearing a "seat suit" to make it look like his Ford Transit Connect van is driving itself.

Charlottesville victim: “She was there standing up for what was right”
Heather Heyer was killed Saturday as she pushed back against hatred.