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Trump is loosening red tape to help America’s $20 billion seafood trade deficit. Conservation groups worry overfishing could unravel the ocean’s ‘safety net’

Trump's executive order drew praise from commercial fishing groups and condemnation from environmental organizations.

19.04.2025 9

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Patrick Whittle

Schools and government offices in several states across the U.S. closed due to winter blast of snow and ice

The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings from Kansas and Missouri all the way to New Jersey.

06.01.2025 5

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Patrick Whittle

Government engineer says Titan’s carbon fiber hull showed signs of manufacturing flaws

Engineer Don Kramer told a Coast Guard panel there were wrinkles, porosity and voids in the carbon fiber used for the pressure hull of OceanGate's...

26.09.2024 10

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OceanGate founder hopes tragedy inspires more deep-sea exploration

“This can’t be the end of deep ocean exploration," said businessman Guillermo Sohnlein.

23.09.2024 1

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Titan’s scientific director says the sub malfunctioned days before it imploded and hung one passenger upside down

The malfunction caused passengers onboard the submersible to “tumble about,” Steven Ross said, and it took an hour to get them out of the water.

20.09.2024 9

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OceanGate employee who warned of Titan safety issues testifies disaster was preventable

“The whole idea behind the company was to make money,” Lochridge said. “There was very little in the way of science.”

18.09.2024 20

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OceanGate former lead engineer who refused to pilot Titan testifies to pressure to get sub into the water

“'I'm not getting in it,'” Tony Nissen said he told Stockton Rush, co-founder of the OceanGate company that owned the Titan submersible.

17.09.2024 3

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Former OceanGate employees set to testify to Coast Guard about Titan implosion

The Titan imploded in the North Atlantic in June 2023, killing all five people on board and setting off a worldwide debate about the future of...

16.09.2024 10

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The investigation into the Titan submersible disaster is about to go public

The U.S. Coast Guard's high-level investigation into what happened is set to reach its public hearing phase on Sept. 16, when OceanGate insiders...

10.09.2024 3

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Titanic salvage crew discovers a statue feared to be lost for good in first expedition since 2010

RMS Titanic Inc., a Georgia-based company that holds the legal rights to the 112-year-old wreck, captured more than 2 million of the highest...

02.09.2024 1

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French explorer’s family sues for $50 million over implosion death

“Common sense dictates that the crew were well aware they were going to die, before dying," the lawsuit alleges.

08.08.2024 3

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