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LG Electronics is expanding its U.S. presence with a new solar module assembly plant in Huntsville, Alabama. The South Korean technology giant will invest $28 million to set up the factory that's expected to create 160 new full-time jobs. LG will add two production lines at its 48-acre campus in Huntsville, where the company has had operations for four decades. The solar module plant will bring LG's total employment in the Southern city to more than 400 workers. Starting in early 2019, the new manufacturing plant is expected to produce 500 megawatts of solar modules per year. LG joins a...

MATT HELMS Detroit Free Press;Crews at the collapsed 9 Mile overpass above I-75 were inspecting the damage this morning from a massive tanker explosion and fire that has shut down the freeway indefinitely. Bridge demolition begins; freeway shut indefinitely Smoke still billowed from the twisted wreckage beneath the collapsed Nine Mile Road bridge on Thursday as police investigated the spectacular, fiery crash that has closed I-75 indefinitely. The driver of the gas tanker that exploded has been identified as Michael St. John, 44, of Armada. The driver of the car believed to have caused the accident may face charges and...

A bridge over the I-75 in Hazel Park, Michigan has collapsed following a massive explosion after a gas tanker overturned.