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Transportation

2 tugboats speed to help free vessel stuck in Suez Canal as shippers avoid it

2 tugboats speed to help free vessel stuck in Suez Canal as shippers avoid it

Two additional tugboats sped Sunday to Egypt's Suez Canal to aid efforts to free a skyscraper-sized container ship wedged for days across the crucial waterway, even as major shippers increasingly diverted their boats out of fear the vessel may take even longer to free.
by The Associated Press

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New attempts planned to free huge vessel stuck in Suez Canal

New attempts planned to free huge vessel stuck in Suez Canal

A giant container ship remained stuck sideways in Egypt’s Suez Canal for a fifth day Saturday, as authorities prepared to make new attempts to free the vessel and reopen a crucial east-west waterway for global shipping.
by The Associated Press

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Here's how a long shutdown of the Suez Canal might roil the global economy

Here's how a long shutdown of the Suez Canal might roil the global economy

With one of the world's largest container ships solidly lodged in the Suez Canal, blocking billions of dollars' worth of commerce each day, here are some of the worldwide implications.
by Scott Neuman and Jackie Northam

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As precious metals prices soar, Minnesota becomes hot spot for catalytic converter thefts

As precious metals prices soar, Minnesota becomes hot spot for catalytic converter thefts

There's something more valuable than gold attached to the bottom of your car — and it's sparking a crime wave in Minnesota and across the country. Catalytic converters contain trace amounts of precious metals, including rhodium, which in early March peaked at nearly $30,000 per ounce.
by Dan Kraker

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'Nothing but problems': Shipwreck removal enters fifth month

'Nothing but problems': Shipwreck removal enters fifth month

When salvage crews in Georgia began cutting apart the capsized Golden Ray, a shipwreck the size of a 70-story office building, they predicted the demolition could be wrapped up by New Year's Day. But the job remains far from finished.
by The Associated Press

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Planners rethink Bottineau light rail line in wake of rail dispute

Planners rethink Bottineau light rail line in wake of rail dispute

The reconsideration comes after years of haggling over the initially preferred alternative for the line. It also follows the death of George Floyd, which turned international focus on racial equity in Minnesota and helped spur new calls for the light rail line to provide better service to the heart of north Minneapolis.
by Tim Nelson

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