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Fatal U.S. Steel plant explosion raises questions about its future despite heavy investment

August 23, 2025 Marc Levy

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The fatal explosion last week at U.S. Steel’s Pittsburgh-area coal-processing plant has revived debate about its future just as the iconic American company was emerging from a long period of uncertainty. The […]

Explosion fears remain as Winston-Salem fertilizer plant burns

February 2, 2022 Tom Foreman Jr. and Ben Finley, Associated Press

WINSTON-SALEM — An uncontrolled fire at a fertilizer plant in North Carolina continued to burn early Wednesday, forcing firefighters and thousands of evacuated residents to remain at least a mile away because there could be […]

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Massive Beirut blast kills more than 70, injures thousands

August 5, 2020 Bassem Mroue and Zeina Karam, Associated Press

BEIRUT — A massive explosion rocked Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the city’s port, damaging buildings across the capital and sending a giant mushroom cloud into the sky. More than 70 people were killed […]

Huge explosions rock Beirut with widespread damage, injuries

August 4, 2020 The Associated Press

BEIRUT — Massive explosions rocked downtown Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the port, damaging buildings and blowing out windows and doors as a giant mushroom cloud rose above the capital. Witnesses saw many people […]

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Fatal U.S. Steel plant explosion raises questions about its future despite heavy investment

Explosion fears remain as Winston-Salem fertilizer plant burns

Massive Beirut blast kills more than 70, injures thousands

Huge explosions rock Beirut with widespread damage, injuries

The independence document will be in the state for the first time in 250 years
Halifax Resolves returning to NC

The independence document will be in the state for the first time in 250 years