Company Hired 24 Minors to Clean Slaughterhouses, Labor Department Says
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Company Hired 24 Minors to Clean Slaughterhouses, Labor Department Says

Fayette Janitorial employed at least 24 children between the ages of 13 and 17 to work overnight shifts cleaning dangerous equipment at plants in Virginia and Iowa, federal regulators said.
The TikTok ‘Tunnel Girl’ Is Not Alone
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The TikTok ‘Tunnel Girl’ Is Not Alone

Hobby tunneling is a rare, but not unheard-of, pastime that has produced frustrated neighbors, media frenzies and at least one state landmark.
What Ails Offshore Wind: Supply Chains, Ships and Interest Rates
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What Ails Offshore Wind: Supply Chains, Ships and Interest Rates

Government officials and energy developers misjudged the difficulty of building huge clean energy projects in the United States, which has built very few of them.