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- On March 26, shortly after midnight, the 984-foot-long containership DALI (sailing under the flag of Singapore) got underway from the Port of Baltimore.
- At approximately 1:30 am Eastern Time, the vessel collided with one of the pillars beneath the Francis Scott Key Bridge, resulting in a catastrophic failure and collapse of the bridge into the water.
- While authorities mount a full investigation, early reports suggest that the ship may have suffered a power or electrical problem, likely affecting propulsion and steerage and likely explaining its lights appearing to go on and off in the video.
- Currently, response authorities are executing search and rescue as their priority. Crews are searching for missing persons in and around the vessel, along the shorelines, and up and down river.
- Marine traffic into and out of the port is suspended at this time. It is estimated that approximately eight bulk carriers and a car carrier are held outside the harbor at anchor while another nearly 30 vessels were expected to arrive within the next few days. Approximately 40 other vessels of varying sizes and purposes are unable to leave the port.
- The Port of Baltimore is economically vital for the mid-Atlantic region and beyond, given its proximity to inland markets, efficient highway and railroad connections, cargo handling capabilities, and specialized terminal facilities.
- Baltimore is the ninth-largest port in the U.S. and is one of the nation's top ports for total cargo tonnage and overall dollar value of cargo as one of the major East Coast destinations for containers and autos.
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- While it’s clear that the FDA’s decisions to loosen safety regulations in 2016 and 2021 made using the pill more likely to be dangerous, the justices drove hard toward whether the respondent doctors could prove that those decisions directly injured them.
- Could the work that these doctors do in the emergency room caring for women who are experiencing complications from the use of the abortion pill be tied directly to the FDA’s 2016 and 2021 actions, or were they simply related to the baseline dangers of using the drug at all?
- The answer to this question may prove the hinge on which the Justice’s decisions swing.
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- Executives behind a Chinese chemical manufacturing plant who are planning to build two U.S. factories belong to the Chinese Communist Party and its affiliates.
- Capchem Technology USA, which is owned by China-based Shenzhen Capchem Technology (Capchem), has plans to build a $120 million factory in Ohio and a $350 million plant in Louisiana.
- Executives at these companies have held positions at organizations affiliated with the CCP, and a spokesperson for one of the companies even acknowledged that “some” of its employees are CCP members. The firm supposedly hired 44 CCP members in June 2020.
- Capchem previously scrubbed references to its products being used in “high-end military equipment” and within the “military and aerospace industries” from its website after being contacted for comment.
- “When these companies start scrubbing their websites, it’s clear that we’re on the right track,” said Mike Howell, director of The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project.
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