Abandoned Underground Bases, Decades-Long Mysteries And Potential Russian Sabotage In This Week's Beyond Cars Roundup

Abandoned Underground Bases, Decades-Long Mysteries And Potential Russian Sabotage In This Week's Beyond Cars Roundup

Back in 1959, the Army Corp of Engineers carved its own Echo Base into the Greenland ice as a testbed for launching nuclear missiles from Arctic locations. The base was abandoned in 1967, but a new scan from NASA shows it’s still sitting 100 feet below the ice — along with all its radioactive waste. … Read more

Judge refuses to toss lawsuit over 1.25 miles of Richmond railroad alleged to be at risk for derailments

Judge refuses to toss lawsuit over 1.25 miles of Richmond railroad alleged to be at risk for derailments

RICHMOND — The largest freight railroad company in the nation may have lost its bid to toss out a lawsuit alleging its 1¼-mile Richmond Rail Connector project was improperly built nearly a decade ago and continues to damage a small business nearby. A Contra Costa County Superior Court judge has tentatively denied a slew of … Read more