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Collapsed Baltimore bridge span comes down with a boom after crews set off chain of explosives

May. 13, 2024 21:08 PM EDT

BALTIMORE (AP) — Crews set off a chain of carefully placed explosives Monday to break down the largest remaining span of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, and with a boom and a splash, the mangled steel trusses came crashing down into the river below. The...

As work continues to remove cargo ship from collapsed Baltimore bridge, what about its crew?

May. 13, 2024 20:48 PM EDT

A crew of Indian and Sri Lankan men has spent the last 49 days confined to a hulking and motionless cargo vessel in Baltimore, its bow pinned by what's left of the shattered bridge it struck. Demolition crews set off explosives Monday to push broken bridge trusses away from the...

Controlled demolition at Baltimore bridge collapse site postponed due to weather

May. 12, 2024 20:00 PM EDT

BALTIMORE (AP) — The controlled demolition of the largest remaining steel span of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has been postponed because of weather conditions, officials said Sunday afternoon. Crews have been preparing for weeks to use explosives to break...

Body of last missing construction worker recovered from Baltimore bridge collapse site

May. 07, 2024 17:38 PM EDT

BALTIMORE (AP) — The body of the last missing construction worker killed in the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March has been recovered, officials announced Tuesday as demolition crews prepared to use explosives in the ongoing cleanup effort. Officials said...

Death toll from heavy rains in southern Brazil jumps to 29, with 60 more still mising

May. 02, 2024 19:27 PM EDT

The death toll from heavy rains in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state jumped to 29 as of Thursday night, with another 60 people missing, according to the state's civil defense agency. The agency had said in its prior report, at noon, that 13 people were dead and 21 people...

Maryland officials release timeline, cost estimate, for rebuilding bridge

May. 02, 2024 18:20 PM EDT

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland plans to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge in just over four years at an estimated cost between $1.7 billion and $1.9 billion, a state transportation official said Thursday. The state plans to build a new span by fall of 2028, said David Broughton,...

Heavy rains in Brazil’s south kill at least 10 people, leave 21 missing, civil defense says

May. 01, 2024 15:20 PM EDT

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Heavy rains in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state have killed at least 10 people and left 21 missing since Monday, the country's civil defense said Wednesday. An additional 11 people were injured and more than 3,300 were forced to leave their homes...

The ship that brought down a Baltimore bridge to be removed from collapse site in the coming weeks

Apr. 30, 2024 17:31 PM EDT

BALTIMORE (AP) — At the site of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, crews plan to refloat and remove the grounded Dali container ship within roughly the next 10 days, allowing more maritime traffic to resume through Baltimore’s port. The ship, which lost power and crashed into...

Loved ones await recovery of 2 bodies from Baltimore bridge wreckage a month after the collapse

Apr. 26, 2024 22:10 PM EDT

BALTIMORE (AP) — A wooden cross is laden with Miguel Luna’s personal belongings — his construction uniform and work boots, a family photo, the flag of his native El Salvador — but his body remains missing after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. More than a month...

Businesses hindered by Baltimore bridge collapse should receive damages, court filing argues

Apr. 26, 2024 14:05 PM EDT

BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore publishing company has filed a class action claim arguing the owner and manager of the massive container ship that took down the Francis Scott Key Bridge last month should have to pay damages to businesses adversely impacted by the collapse. The claim,...