Top honors: For the second consecutive year, Turner Industries has been ranked No. 1 on Associated Builders and Contractors’ 2020 Top Performers lists, which recognize ABC member contractors’ achievements in safety, quality, diversity and project excellence ranked by work hours.
Unanimous verdicts: The Supreme Court ruled today that juries in state criminal trials must be unanimous to convict a defendant, settling a quirk of constitutional law that had allowed divided votes to result in convictions in Louisiana and Oregon. Read the full story.
Space junk: In a historic first, an aging satellite has been resurrected by another through technology that could reduce junk in space by keeping fewer old satellites from going out of orbit, The Washington Post reports. In February, a spacecraft built by Northrop Grumman reached the old satellite, which was running out of fuel, more than 22,000 miles above the Earth, latched on to it and is now essentially serving as a tow truck. Read the full story.
