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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), North America's largest transportation network, recently launched new R211S subway cars into service on the Staten Island Railway (SIR). The cars are part of the MTA's ongoing modernization efforts and replace R44s subway cars from 1973. The R211S cars travel an average of 240,000 miles between replacements and major repairs.
The Justice Department recently unsealed a warrant authorizing the seizure of 41 internet domains used by Russian intelligence agents and their proxies to commit computer fraud and abuse in the United States. "Today's seizure of 41 internet domains reflects the ... Read More "
The U.S. Department of the Treasury recently awarded New York-based chief economic development agency Empire State Development (ESD) a $9.4 million Small Business Credit Initiative Investing in America Small Business Opportunity Program (SBOP) grant.Empire State Development CEO Hope Knight The program connects underserved and very small businesses to financing.
Newtown-based Harold Beck & Sons, a manufacturer of electric actuators for industrial valves and dampers, recently appointed William T. Fejes Jr. as its next CEO, effective immediately. "Bill is a great addition to the Beck team and will use his experience to guide us in developing new products and markets, improve our processes, and deliver outstanding value to our customers and employee-owners," Douglas C.
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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie in 1914 Sarajevo plunged the globe into a massive war — one that would completely reorganize life as we once knew it.
In 1880s Ontario, the arrival of a new, forward-thinking headmaster forces a young teacher to wrestle with her heart’s conflicting desires.
Dive into the shadowy corners of a tumultuous decade where crime reigned supreme and sensationalism ruled the headlines: the dark and gritty world of the 1910s. In , journey back to a time when forensics was in its infancy, police departments cast a wide net over "idiots and morons" and journa...