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Lonely Lover Triggers Plant Evacuation with Bomb Threats

The calls disrupted manufacturing operations for an entire day.

Tesla Software Update Grades Drivers

If deemed safe, a driver could unlock Tesla’s Full Self-Driving beta software.

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Man Wins Candy Factory; Harley Launches E-bike; Toyota Scraps V8 | Today in Manufacturing Ep. 34

Also on the podcast, Lucid passes Tesla, bug meat farming ethics, Colt's comeback, McDonald's ditches plastic toys, Walmart labels "better" products and aluminum wrap saves homes in wildfires.

How Manufacturing Can Spearhead Diversity and Inclusion Through Accessibility Technology

In this Sept. 14, 2021 photo, a syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at the Reading Area Community College in Reading, Pa.

Employer Vaccine Mandates Convert Some Workers, but Not All

Jacqueline Evans at her home in Delaware Township, N.J., Sept. 27, 2021.

Company Shelves Natural Gas Pipeline Project

A truck drives down a rural road near a water tower marking the location of the Memphis Regional Megasite on Sept. 24, 2021, in Stanton, Tenn. Ford Motor Co. and SK Innovation of South Korea plan to build three new electric-vehicle battery factories and an auto assembly plant by 2025 in Tennessee and Kentucky. The industrial site in Stanton will be the location for a factory to produce electric F-Series pickups and a battery factory.

Ford to Add 10,800 Jobs Making Electric Vehicles, Batteries

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The Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge was part of Boston’s Big Dig, which was infamous for its cost overruns.

Trillions in Infrastructure Spending Could Mean Hundreds of Billions in Fraud

The problem is lawmakers don’t always make preventing fraud a priority.

In this July 21, 2021 photo, a consumer shops as she wears a mask at a retail store in Morton Grove, Ill.

Consumer Confidence Slides for 3rd Straight Month

September's reading is lowest level for the index since it sank to 95.2 in February.

This 2018, photo provided by Renovo/Woven Planet shows Renovo's automated driving test fleet in Calif. Japanese automaker Toyota is revving up acquisitions in mobility technology, adding Renovo Motors Inc., a Silicon Valley software developer, to its Woven Planet team, which is working on automated driving.

Toyota Banks on Mobility Technology for Future Growth

The automaker added Renovo Motors to its mobility division.

Overturned passenger railcars sit beside train tracks near Joplin, Mont., Sept. 27, 2021.

Derailed Amtrak Train Was Going Just Under Speed Limit

The stretch of track had been inspected just two days before.

People line up at an Apple Store to buy the latest iPhone 13 handsets in Nanning in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Sept. 24, 2021. Global shoppers face possible shortages of smartphones and other goods ahead of Christmas after power cuts to meet government energy use targets forced Chinese factories to shut down and left some households in the dark.

China's Power Cuts May Foreshadow Shortage of Global Goods

Factories were idled to avoid exceeding limits on energy use imposed by Beijing to promote efficiency.

This Jan. 12, 2017, file photo shows gas gathering plant on a hilltop at the Southern California Gas Company's Aliso Canyon storage facility near the Porter Ranch neighborhood of Los Angeles. Attorneys for families sickened and forced from their Los Angeles homes after the nation's largest-known natural gas leak have reached a $1.8 billion settlement with the utility.

Gas Blowout Near Los Angeles Leads to Up to $1.8B Settlement

The blowout led to the largest-known release of methane in U.S. history.

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California 1st to Require Hourly Wages in Garment Industry

It's estimated that 12,000 Californians with disabilities who work in so-called sheltered workshops can be paid as little as 15 cents an hour.

In this July 15 photo, Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell testifies before Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing to examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Powell: Inflation Spike Lasting Longer than Expected

He says that if inflation does not abate, the Fed is ready to use its tools to lower the pressure on prices.

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OPEC Says Oil to Remain World's Top Energy Source Through 2045

The cartel says electric cars and alternative energy will reduce demand in rich countries, but expanding economies will still rely on the fossil fuel.

Members of the 'August 1st' Aerobatic Team of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force perform during the 13th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, also known as Airshow China 2021, on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021, in Zhuhai in southern China's Guangdong province.

China to Unveil Drones, Moon Rocket at Air Show

The ruling Communist Party is pouring billions of dollars into developing fighter jets, stealth technology, drones and other hardware for its military wing.

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