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Understandably, the main building of Blue Origin's sprawling campus in Florida buzzed with activity on Sunday evening as the final hours ticked down toward the company's historic, first orbital launch. The time had come to celebrate a moment long awaited. On one side of the large foyer, a multi-story print of the New Glenn rocket lit up on its launch pad hung from the wall.

Express lanes on the Kennedy Expressway will reopen and resume normal operations by 5 a.m. Monday after a month’s delay as the testing of a new reversible gate system nears completion, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. A sequenced removal of the work zone and barricades began Thursday night. IDOT said drivers should still expect temporary lane closures occasionally in the next few weeks and be careful as pavement markings are refreshed and any remaining miscellaneous work is completed. The rehabilitation of the bridges and pavement in the two express lanes in the center of the Kennedy has also included technical work behind the scenes, according to IDOT, including the replacement of the entire Reversible Lane Access Control or REVLAC system, which controls the gates and whether traffic flows inbound or outbound. Along 7.5 miles, REVLAC work included the installation of overhead signs and 120 gates, the integration of local and remote controls, the replacement of cameras, and the modernization of electrical components, fiber-optic cables, and terminal blocks.

Following lawsuits filed by U. S. Steel and Nippon Steel earlier this week, the United Steelworkers president released a statement Friday, doubling down on the union’s reasoning for its opposition of the Japanese company’s potential purchase. “In a ridiculous final attempt to get the government, the general public and the union to support this shortsighted and dangerous merger, U.

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