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Lordstown Motors, unveils their new electric pickup truck Endurance in Lordstown, Ohio, on October 15, 2020. The old GM factory has been acquired by Lordstown Motors, an electric truck startup. - Workers at the General Motors factory in Lordstown, Ohio, listened when US President Donald Trump said companies would soon be booming. But two years after that 2017 speech, the plant closed. GM's shuttering of the factory was a blow to the Mahoning Valley region of the swing state crucial to the November 3 presidential election, which has dealt with a declining manufacturing industry for decades and, like all parts of the US, is now menaced by the coronavirus. (Photo by MEGAN JELINGER / AFP) (Photo by MEGAN JELINGER/AFP via Getty Images)

Boom Or Bubble? Skeptics Take Aim At Buzzy Electric Vehicle Market

A ton of new vehicle start-ups are trying to follow in Tesla's footsteps but a battle between one electric pickup maker and a short seller shows how the heavily hyped industry is also a risky one.

This combination of satellite images provided by the National Hurricane Center shows 30 hurricanes which occurred during the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. Nature struck relentlessly in 2020 with record-breaking and deadly weather and climate related disasters. From the most named storms in the Atlantic with a record number of them intensifying rapidly to the largest area of the western U.S. states burned by wildfires, to killer floods in Asia and Africa and a hot, melting Arctic, 2020 was more than a disastrous year, it was a year of disasters. (National Hurricane Center via AP)

The 2021 Hurricane Season Won't Use Greek Letters For Storms

Forecasters used nine Greek letters to name the final storms of last year's Atlantic hurricane season. This year, the National Hurricane Center has a new plan.

Equality Act Would Extend Civil Rights Laws To LGBTQ People Throughout U.S.

South Carolina is one of about two dozen states that have few or no statewide LGBTQ protections. The federal Equality Act would change that, but some in the state say the bill goes too far.

The newly installed system to filter out PFAS chemicals in Horsham, Pa. (Bastiaan Slabbers/WHYY)

PA Finds PFAS In A Third Of Public Water Systems; None Exceeded EPA Limit

Critics push PA to set enforceable drinking water levels to protect public health

FILE - In this Tuesday Feb. 12, 2019, file photo is New York Assemblyman Charles D. Lavine, D-Glen Cove, during a public hearing on sexual harassment in the workplace, in Albany, N.Y. The top Democrat in the state Assembly, Speaker Carl Heastie, on Thursday, March 11, 2021, backed a plan for its judiciary committee to launch an investigation of Governor Andrew Cuomo. Lavine will lead the Assembly Judiciary Committee as it examines allegations of misconduct against Governor Cuomo. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

Assembly Impeachment Probe Into Cuomo Will Take 'Months, Rather Than Weeks,' Judiciary Chair Says

The New York Attorney General’s Office is conducting its own, simultaneous investigation into the sexual harassment claim leveled against Cuomo in recent weeks.

Protesters March Through Rochester One Year After Daniel Prude's Arrest

The protesters moved down Main Street and then to East Avenue, ultimately ending their march in the Wegmans parking lot. Wegmans locked the store around 11 a.m.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of the Likud party, addresses supporters at the party campaign headquarters in Jerusalem early on March 24, 2021, after the end of voting in the fourth national election in two years. (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP) (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images)

'Continuing Deadlock' As Netanyahu Lacks Votes To Win Israeli Election

Neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor his opponents appear to have a secure path to forming a majority coalition. The scales could tip as more votes are counted in the coming days.

Passengers register at a counter before being tested for COVID-19 at a bus terminal in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

India Sees Spike In Confirmed Coronavirus Cases — And Variants

India is reporting its largest spike in new coronavirus cases since November. Its health ministry said that several concerning variants have been detected.

Asian Grandmother Who Smacked Her Attacker With A Board Donates Nearly $1 Million

The money will be donated to help defuse racism against the Asian American community. Xiao Zhen Xie's grandson wrote, "She insists on making this decision saying this issue is bigger than Her."

Out Of Prison But Still Trapped: Examining The 'Afterlife' Of Incarceration

There are 45,000 laws, policies and administrative sanctions in the U.S. that target people with criminal records. Reuben Jonathan Miller researches how they affect people's lives in Halfway Home.

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