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Spain Crash Investigators Focus on Train Traffic Controllers’ Role

After the country’s second major rail disaster in a year, Spaniards were confronting questions about the safety of their once-vaunted rail system.

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Emergency workers were still searching for survivors and victims at the site of the crash on Thursday.
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Civilian Suffering Was Goal of Russian Strikes in Ukraine, U.N. Panel Says

The assaults on infrastructure, which cut off heat and power on bitterly cold winter days, amounted to a crime against humanity, investigators said.

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Svitlana Zinoviyeva, left, and her daughter, Oleksandra Buzko, mounted a tent above the bed last winter to stay warm at home amid subzero temperatures, power outages and minimal to no heat in buildings across the city in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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The Storm Wrecked Their Bridges. ‘All That Red Tape’ Left Them Stranded.

Hundreds of households in North Carolina remain without a private bridge two years after Hurricane Helene. Many are frustrated by a state program’s progress.
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How the A.I. Boom Is Driving Up Sales of Gray Paint

Tech companies are painting data centers with gray coatings on top of gray concrete and steel to resist fire, rust and static electricity. That has made data centers a fast-growing market for paint makers.
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