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Baltimore (AFP) - The complex process of clearing the tangled wreckage of the Baltimore bridge that collapsed spectacularly this week was set to begin Saturday with removal of a first section, officials said. The collapse killed six people and blocked traffic through the busy US port. "This is the first of many, many, many steps going forward," Maryland transportation secretary Paul Wiedefeld said at a news briefing. "But it is a huge milestone as we start this process." Coast Guard Rear Admiral Shannon Gilreath said a huge floating crane -- capable of lifting loads of more than 100 tons -- wa...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - The captain of a dive boat that caught fire and sank off the California coast in 2019, leaving 34 people dead, has been found guilty of negligence in a US court. Federal prosecutors said late Monday that Jerry Boylan, who captained the Conception, was convicted by a jury of one count of misconduct, or an offense often described as "seaman's manslaughter," and faces up to 10 years in prison. During a Labor Day holiday weekend dive trip in 2019, a fire broke out as guests and crew slept below deck aboard the 75-foot (23-meter) wood-and-fiberglass boat anchored off Santa Cruz ...
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Pasadena (United States) (AFP) - Holding binoculars and toting folding chairs the sightseers are laser-focused: the objective is to see the massive container ship Ever Forward, which has been stranded for a month in the mud of the US East Coast's Chesapeake Bay. Some bring their families, while others come with friends, popping a squat at the best vantage point around -- a park in the city of Pasadena, Maryland which offers an easy view of the vessel that is lodged in some 20 feet (six meters) of muck a few hundred yards from shore. "Even with the storms we get here in the bay, we don't get sh...
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New York (AFP) - A retired, hulking ferry of the iconic line linking Staten Island and Manhattan has been purchased by a group of investors who include popular American comedians Pete Davidson and Colin Jost. The goal: turn it into an entertainment venue. The orange ferry John F. Kennedy, which was commissioned in 1965, was sold by New York City to Paul Italia, a real estate agent who owns a comedy club called "The Stand," and other investors including Davidson and Jost, both cast members of the long-standing comedy show "Saturday Night Live," Italia told AFP. The sale -- through an auction th...
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Washington (AFP) - Some 135 years after the arrival of its big sister in New York, a relatively diminutive replica Statue of Liberty was unveiled Wednesday in the US capital as a token of American-French friendship. The replica, standing at around 10 feet (three meters) tall -- compared to the famed 300-foot-tall New York version -- was inaugurated by French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and his US counterpart, Antony Blinken. The bronze statue was erected in the garden of the residence of France's ambassador in Washington. On its journey from Paris, it travelled via Liberty Island, so...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - The captain of a scuba diving boat that caught fire last year off the coast of California, leaving 34 people dead, was charged Tuesday with manslaughter, one count for each victim.The blaze -- the worst maritime disaster in modern California history -- broke out while all six crew members and 33 passengers were asleep. The cause of the fire is still unknown.A federal jury said that Jerry Nehl Boylan, 67, captain of the Conception, "was responsible for the safety and security of the vessel, its crew, and its passengers."He was charged with 34 counts of manslaughter due to "h...
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