Category: Explosive Things

Two people have died following a large explosion at a manufacturing facility in northwest Houston early Friday, Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo confirmed Friday morning. The explosion, which occurred around 4:30 a.m. at the Watson Grinding and Manufacturing facility, heavily damaged nearby buildings and homes, left rubble scattered in the area and was felt miles away. Eighteen people have gone...

Nearly 10 months after last September’s gas explosions in Lawrence, Andover and North Andover, more than 70 percent of the nearly 900 small, locally-owned businesses affected by the disaster have returned to pre-crisis operations, according to a status report provided by the collaboration of non-government organizations, nonprofits, municipalities and state government officials spearheading the recovery. Since the explosions on Sept....

Science writers at many major outlets got an abrupt assignment when word broke early Thursday of terrorists the British caught as they plotted and prepared to destroy airliners with easily-smuggled-aboard liquid explosives. What are they, how hard are they to detect, what machines or detectors might help thwart them? These vital explainers were prominent among the mix of news packages...

10:00 ETExisting-Home Sales Decrease 2.5% in November[1] WASHINGTON, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Existing-home sales fell in November, snapping a five-month streak of month-over-month gains, according to the National Association of Realtors®. All major regions either took a step back or held steady in terms of their respective month-over-month status,… References ^ Existing-Home Sales Decrease 2.5% in November (www.prnewswire.com) Read...