For 20 years the safety of US mass transit systems remained about the same. In the pandemic year that ended: the injury rate went up by half and the death rate more than doubled. The change in 2020 is explicable as related in some way to COVID. But why have death and injury rates stayed ...continue reading "Mass transit deaths have skyrocketed since the pandemic"
Storms swept through the metro area Saturday afternoon, mixing heavy rains with lightning and gusting winds to topple trees, utility poles and knock out power in spots.
In Arnold, a fireworks tent located in the Walmart parking lot on Michigan Avenue was destroyed by weather Saturday. There are zip ties, cardboard and other firework debris all over the ground.
Tech and engineering firms were the most inventive patent winners across the U.S. last year—a year marked by growing tension with foreign nations racing to bring world-changing tech like artificial intelligence and space satellites to market. Nearly 160,000 patents were assigned across the U.S. in 2022, according to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. When [...]