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Why modern railroads no longer use expansion joints

Trains used to make that iconic clickety-clack — but not anymore. That sound came from expansion joints between rail segments, designed to handle temperature changes. Today, continuous welded rail has ...
The Business Journals

Biz: Carolina North is bold move for UNC

View of the former Horace Williams Airport at Carolina North in Chapel Hill. Dane Huffman To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser ...
Health Affairs

Medicaid Expansion Led To Reductions In Postpartum Hospitalizations

Maria W. Steenland, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Laura R. Wherry ([email protected]), New York University, New York, New York. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansions ...
The Business Journals

Raleigh to land jobs from Siemens Energy's billion-dollar U.S. investment

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min The investment spans Charlotte ...
Al Jazeera English

What ICE agents are taught: How to use ‘deadly force’, evade lawsuits

In the weeks since United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jonathan Ross shot and killed Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, Minnesota, another ICE agent shot a Latino man in the leg, ...
Health Affairs

Changes In Coverage And Access To Dental Care Five Years After ACA Medicaid Expansion

Hawazin W. Elani ([email protected]) is an assistant professor in the Department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine and a research associate in the ...