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TL/DR - Recovery teams at the site of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse have begun the critical step of removing shipping containers from the vessel that struck the bridge, to allow access to the collapsed section of roadway. The Unified Command, which includes the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Maryland State Police,…

TL/DR - A crash involving a motorcycle and another vehicle occurred near the intersection of McClintock Drive and Rio Salado Parkway in Tempe, Arizona, sending two people to the hospital. The motorcycle, carrying two people, was heading north on McClintock when a vehicle exiting a driveway failed to yield, leading to the collision. The identities…

TL/DR - Four people have died in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 440 near Capital Boulevard, according to Raleigh police department. A man driving a 2013 Honda Civic in the wrong direction collided with a 2018 Honda Civic, driven by a woman. All four people involved in the crash, including two other adults in the 2013 Honda Civic, died from their…

TL/DR - Trillions of cicadas, specifically two groups known as Brood XIX and Brood XII, are set to emerge from the earth across the midwestern and eastern United States, an event not seen since 1803. Brood XIX, the largest of all periodical cicada groups, will emerge after a 13-year dormancy, at the same time as Brood XII, a smaller group that…