All three boosters were expended, so no sonic boom landings.
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Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Apr. 2026
Parallel landings were already banned during foggy or otherwise inclement weather, which, when paired with runway construction in previous years, has caused delays to spike.
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Danielle Echeverria,
San Francisco Chronicle,
2 Apr. 2026
During the construction phase, the group avoided the use of heavy machinery to keep most of the jungle intact and used ironwood reclaimed from boat piers and fishing boat decks as the main construction material.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
After a ship crash in 1980 that killed 35 people, the Sunshine Skyway Bridge was replaced, and the ends of the old bridge were repurposed as the two Tampa Bay fishing piers.
The wharves and warehouses along Pratt Street burned fiercely.
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Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Feb. 2026
The infrastructure humans build in the water ‒ houses, piers, wharves, jetties, and even oil rigs ‒ create new habitats for juvenile jellyfish, called polyps, to attach and grow, Bologna said.
Scream Queens vegan ice cream company will serve root beer floats and other food and coffee vendors also will be on hand.
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Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
2 Apr. 2026
Carnival parades in Germany are famed for their floats mocking a wide variety of domestic and global political figures, and Putin has frequently been a target.
But farming communities nationwide have been adversely affected by the president's tariff policy, as global trading partners scaled back agricultural purchases like soybeans in retaliation for higher levees.
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Jennifer Jacobs,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
California legislators on Tuesday voiced their support for Senate Bill 872 — a bill aimed at reinforcing Delta levees and the State Water Project by directing $300 million annually to the state’s water infrastructure upgrades and repairs.
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