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Baltimore Bridge Collapses After Being Struck by Ship

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

News, Daily News

4.14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

A.M. Edition for March 26. The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapses after a large containership crashed into it, sending vehicles and people into the water and cutting off traffic on Interstate 695. Plus, the Dominican Republic looks to a border wall to contain the crisis in neighboring Haiti. The WSJ’s Santiago Perez discusses what this means for the broader region, including the U.S. And, after a series of high-profile production blunders, some manufacturers are on a quest to eliminate errors. Luke Vargas hosts. Listening on Google Podcasts? Here's our guide for switching to a different podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:06.0

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0:16.3

The Supreme Court considers whether to roll back access to abortion pills.

0:21.9

Plus Florida bans all minors under 14 from social media.

0:27.0

What ends up being at issue here is age verification. How can these sites make sure that kids under 14 aren't on these sites?

0:36.0

And the Dominican Republic looks to a border wall to contain the crisis in neighboring Haiti.

0:42.0

It's Tuesday, March 26th, I'm Lucy. the headlines and business stories moving your world today.

0:56.2

We begin in Baltimore where a bridge collapsed early this morning, leaving as many as 20 people

1:01.7

in the water in what police say they are treating as a mass

1:05.3

casualty incident. Several cars fell into the river after the Francis Scott Key Bridge

1:11.3

that carries Interstate 695 was struck by a large container

1:15.6

ship, the fire department said.

1:18.2

Video from the incident shows to ship slamming into one of the bridge's support pillars and the structure completely collapsing into the river.

1:26.8

Spanning roughly 1,200 feet, the bridge is one of the longest spanning continuous trusses in the world,

1:32.3

according to the state of Maryland's website.

1:35.0

And for more on this story as it develops throughout the day, head to W.S.J.com.

1:40.7

Also this morning a Russian court has extended the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gerschkovic by three months.

1:48.0

The move comes almost a year to the day since Gerskovic was detained in Russia on an allegation of espionage that he, the

1:55.1

journal, and the US government vehemently deny.

1:59.2

It has been two years since the Supreme Court allowed states to ban abortion and today it will

2:05.0

hear a case that could restrict access to the abortion pill across the country.

2:09.5

At issue is Mifopristone, a drug used in medical abortions, the most common form of ending a pregnancy today.

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