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New York Thruway Uses Drones For Bridge Inspections; Saving Time And Money

"It’s safer, safer for motorists, safer for highway safety workers and more cost-effective than a quarter-million dollar truck.”

OTANGE CA OCTOBER 17, 2021 - Former President Bill Clinton, standing with his wife, Hillary, and doctors, was discharged from UC Irvine Medical Center Sunday morning, six days after he was admitted and treated for a urological and blood infection. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Former President Bill Clinton released from the hospital

Clinton, 75, had been hospitalized at the UC Irvine Medical Center since Tuesday for a "non-COVID-related infection."

KENOSHA, WI - AUGUST 25: Demonstrators march in the streets on August 26, 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. As the city declared a state of emergency curfew, a fourth night of civil unrest occurred after the shooting of Jacob Blake, 29, on August 23. Video shot of the incident appears to show Blake shot multiple times in the back by Wisconsin police officers while attempting to enter the drivers side of a vehicle. The 29-year-old Blake was undergoing surgery for a severed spinal cord, shattered vertebrae and severe damage to organs, according to the family attorneys in published accounts. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Protester shot by Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha is now suing Wisconsin authorities

The lawsuit alleges that authorities in Kenosha not only knew that armed vigilantes planned to patrol the protest attended by Black Lives Matter supporters, but also encouraged their participation.

FILE - In this Thursday, Oct 7, 2021 file photo, Workers in protective suits clean the contaminated beach in Corona Del Mar after an oil spill in Newport Beach, Calif. California's uneasy relationship with the oil industry is being tested again by the latest spill to foul beaches and kill birds and fish off Orange County. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

Coast Guard says a ship's anchor dragged California oil pipeline that later leaked

Investigators believe a 1,200-foot cargo ship dragging anchor in rough seas caught an underwater oil pipeline and pulled it across the seafloor, months before a leak from the line.

Are you ready for some volleyball? A new women's pro league hopes the answer is yes

"We have 400 girls that have to go abroad" if they want to play pro volleyball, the CEO of a fledgling women's league says. She's trying to fix that problem, starting with youth clubs.

Ka-Boom! Crash! Shiver! How paleontologists are unraveling the extinction that killed the dinosaurs

Ka-Boom! Crash! Shiver! How paleontologists are unraveling the extinction that killed the dinosaursScience Pub Guest Speakers: Corinne Myers, PhD and…

A Tour-de-force for Violin with the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra

Cayuga Chamber Orchestra concertmaster Christina Bouey is the soloist in this weekend's concert at Ford Hall on the Ithaca College campus. She speaks with…

KAMLOOPS, BC - OCTOBER 18 : Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes a speech during his visit to Tk'emlups the Secwepemc First Nation in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada on October 18, 2021. Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met indigenous leaders and listened Indian Residential School survivors in Kamloops where the remains of 215 children were found in May at a former residential school. (Photo by Mert Alper Dervis/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Canada's Trudeau apologizes for skipping remembrance for Indigenous school victims

Instead of attending the first-ever National Day for Truth and Reconciliation event on Sept. 30, the prime minister and his family were on a seaside holiday in Vancouver.

JEONGEUP, SOUTH KOREA - Mar 30, 2021: Portrait of Lee Bae-yong, the first woman to officiate a ceremony in Korea's 600-year confucian history, at Museong Seowon, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Seowons are Neo-confucian academies and memorial halls that honor distinguished scholars and statesmen. (Jun Michael Park for NPR)

A woman takes a lead role in Confucian ceremonies, breaking a new path in South Korea

Women's equality has made slow progress in South Korea. Some South Koreans want to bring about change starting at the country's cultural roots by reinterpreting Confucius.

The National Park Service could soon have its first Native American director

Charles "Chuck" F. Sams III could soon become the first Native American to head the National Park Service in the agency's history. A series of acting directors have led the department since 2017.

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