See photos of the last prison ship still operating in the US. The 5-story vessel is slated to close this week.

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A photo of the last prison ship in the US
The Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center is the last ship prison in the US. The New York-based facility is slated to close this week.

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The UAW strike is over after 46 days. Here are the details of their contract that will leave some workers making up to $42 an hour.

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Workers picket outside of the Ford Assembly plant during the UAW strike against the Big Three U.S. automakers.

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Doctor's transplanted a genetically-engineered pig heart into a human, again, and now the saved patient has reached a major milestone

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Lawrence Faucette, a pig heart transplant patient, works with a physical therapist at the school's hospital in Baltimore, Md
Lawrence Faucette, a pig heart transplant patient, works with a physical therapist at the school's hospital in Baltimore, Md.

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FBI says North Korea deployed thousands of IT workers to get remote jobs in US with fake IDs

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Jay Greenberg, FBI's special agent in charge, shared the news of North Koreans working remote American IT jobs at a press conference Wednesday.

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America's electric grid is in shambles. Biden has made the largest federal investment ever to try and fix it.

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The American grid is old and not ready for the transition to clean energy.

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US oil production just hit an all-time high. 'Millions of people will die,' if this trend continues, a Stanford climate scientist said.

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Oil is still widely used as an energy source, despite international efforts to reduce usage.

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Antarctica has lost 8.3 trillion tons of ice since 1997, a new study found. That's enough to cover the contiguous US in 3 feet of water.

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Antarctica saw temperatures 39 degrees Celsius above average last year.

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A government shutdown would be a 'gut punch' to Head Start programs that serve 10,000 low income children

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Alliance for Community Empowerment, Director of Early Learning Tanya Lloyd, right, interacts with a child in the Head Start program, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Alliance for Community Empowerment, Director of Early Learning Tanya Lloyd, right, interacts with a child in the Head Start program, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

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Mark Zuckerberg takes the stage later today for Meta's annual conference. Get ready for new AI chatbots.

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Mark Zuckerberg will speak about Meta moving forward with AI and virtual reality in the face of stiff competition at Sept. 27 developer conference.

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Amazon is facing a lawsuit from the FTC and 17 US states. They say it's stifling competition and keeping prices high.

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An Amazon employee passes by its logo on the opening day of the new distribution center in Augny, eastern France, on September 23, 2021
Amazon is facing a lawsuit brought by the Federal Trade Commission and 17 states.

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