SEATTLE — When Amtrak Cascades No. 503 to Eugene, Ore., officially kicks off the “Airo era” on Wednesday with the equipment’s first revenue run, passengers will experience the third generation of Siemens equipment first introduced by Brightline in 2018. The equipment shows that Amtrak and the builder have learned from the earlier generations of the [...]Read More...

The new steel mill would use iron ore from Mesabi Metallics’ new mine on the Iron Range, which officially opened earlier this month. It’s the first new iron ore mine in the state in a half-century.

Bret Devereaux writes about the origin of cities. He critiques a fantasy fiction-oriented YouTube vlogger who isn’t a trained historian, and in his critique, he expounds on the origin of citi…