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The largest crane on the Eastern Seaboard is arriving by barge so crews can begin removing the wreckage from the deadly Baltimore bridge collapse. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore says the crane can lift up to 1,000 tons. It will be used to clear the channel in order to resume the search for four workers who remain missing and reopen the key shipping route. Another crane is also on the way. Moore says “the best minds in the world” are working on plans to remove the twisted metal and concrete remains of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge. It was struck early Tuesday by a cargo ship and quickly fell into the river.

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Georgia’s two-year legislative session has ended. Thursday was the last day for bills to pass both the House and Senate or die as this term ends. Lawmakers had to decide questions including whether to legalize sports betting and tighten rules on immigration. Some key proposals had already passed, including a plan to cut income taxes and a bill to loosen Georgia’s rules for permitting new health care facilities. Others failed, including a proposal to expand Medicaid health insurance. Also failing was an effort to overhaul Georgia’s tax incentives for movie and television production.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has been granted $60 million in immediate federal aid but warns of a “very long road ahead” after the Baltimore bridge collapse. Moore says “the best minds in the world” are working on plans to clear the debris and move the cargo ship that struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Massive barges carrying cranes are heading to Baltimore to begin the challenging work of removing twisted metal and concrete from the blocked shipping channel. Officials say they’ll need to clear the wreckage before resuming the search for four workers who are still missing.

The U.S. military has finished draining more than 104 million gallons of fuel from an underground fuel tank complex in Hawaii that poisoned 6,000 people when it leaked jet fuel into Pearl Harbor’s drinking water in 2021. Joint Task Force Red Hill began defueling the tanks in October after completing months of repairs to an aging network of pipes to prevent the World War II-era facility from springing more leaks. The task force handed over responsibility for the tanks on Thursday to Navy Closure Task Force-Red Hill. This new command is charged with permanently decommissioning the tanks, cleaning up the environment and restoring the aquifer underneath.