infrastructure
China able to spy on Americans with intelligence-gathering devices on seaport cranes: House report
ZPMC owns roughly 80% of cargo cranes at American ports – leaving the US maritime sector 'dangerously reliant' on China, lawmakers say.
Nearly three-quarters of infrastructure bucks — about $7.8B — go to blue states, watchdog finds
The Center for Transportation Policy found $7.8 billion from five grant programs went to Democratic-led states, while GOP-led states got just $3 billion.
Massive geyser pummels house after contractors accidentally smash water main in NJ
The Edison, New Jersey home was hit with a torrent of water for hours as local officials tried to figure out how to turn the deluge off.
Dems’ obsession with identity, ‘equity’ fails black Chicagoans and other commentary
“Nearly 200,000 white women hopped on a two-hour Zoom call and reportedly raised at least $11 million for newly anointed presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris,” reports USAToday’s Ingrid Jacques.
Kamala Harris touted greener school buses -- but good luck finding them with only 7% of districts switching
Veep Kamala Harris touted federal grants two years ago to replace thousands of gas-guzzling school buses with greener versions — yet fewer than 7% of the initial districts have actually...
French fiber optic networks 'sabotaged' days after 'coordinated' attacks paralyzed rail service ahead of Olympics
There has so far been no claim of responsibility for the recent attack on the country’s infrastructure.
Three white supremacists — including 2 ex-Marines — sentenced for roles in racist plot to cripple Northwest power grid
"As part a self-described 'modern day SS,' these defendants conspired, prepared, and trained to attack America's power grid in order to advance their violent white supremacist ideology," said US Attorney...
Genocidal 'white supremacist' teen's plot to destroy NJ power substations foiled by feds
Andrew Takhistov is charged with soliciting another individual to engage in criminal conduct.
Four huge NYC service disruptions at Penn Station in a week? No way to run a railroad
For the fourth time in less than a week, NYC-area commuters who rely on Penn Station train service faced major delays Monday as New Jersey Transit and Amtrak halted service,...
Fleet of massive cranes arrive at Baltimore's Key Bridge to begin clearing wreckage following deadly collapse
The largest crane on the East Coast is in place and ready to start hauling debris out of Baltimore's Patapsco River as early as Saturday following the deadly collapse of...
Pete Buttigieg says Baltimore Key Bridge repairs won't be 'quick or easy or cheap'
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said that replacing the Francis Scott Key Bridge "will not be quick or easy or cheap" — as he prepared to convene industry leaders to discuss...
Why the Baltimore Key Bridge crumbled so spectacularly after it was hit by cargo ship
Ben Schafer, a structural engineering professor at Johns Hopkins University, said that he doesn’t believe most bridges would have withstood the impact of a modern cargo ship.
Russia plunges Ukraine city into darkness after onslaught of drone, missile strikes on country's infrastructure
Russia blitzed energy infrastructure in Ukraine Friday during a missile and drone attack that killed at least five people and left more than a million others without power, authorities said.
'Squad' members AOC and Jamaal Bowman boast of infrastructure improvements they voted against
They're selling the bacon, but not bringing it home.
Deadly foreign cyberthreats, abolish speech codes and other commentary
Harvard University President Claudine Gay and University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill testified during the House Education and Workforce Committee Hearing.
Biden flubs spending boast in latest gaffe: 'Over a billion, three hundred million, trillion, three hundred million dollars'
President Biden appeared to invent a vast new number -- boasting of "a billion three hundred million trillion three hundred million dollars" in federal infrastructure spending -- in a bungle...
Italian officials secure 12th Century leaning tower to prevent collapse
Italy’s civil protection agency has maintained a yellow alert on the site, denoting caution but not imminent danger.
Hole opens in NYC garage above Amtrak tracks, leading to service shutdown
The gap inside a garage on West 51st Street cut service north to Albany.
Stalled Second Ave subway work gets $3.4B in federal funds
After a years-long delay, the second phase of the Second Avenue Subway extension is set to take off thanks to a $3.4 billion injection from the federal government.
San Francisco 'Leaning Tower' residents forced to pay $6.8M for failed fix
Residents of Millennium Tower, better known as the Leaning Tower of San Francisco, have been left to foot a $6.8 million bill after a much-needed renovation project failed to fix...