Illinois ammonia truck crash kills 5, forces temporary evacuation
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The tanker truck crash in central Illinois that killed five people may have started when another vehicle tried to pass the chemical-laden
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The tanker truck crash in central Illinois that killed five people may have started when another vehicle tried to pass the chemical-laden
NEW YORK — New York City began drying out Saturday, Sept. 30, after being soaked by one of its wettest days in decades, as city
WASHINGTON — The threat of a federal government shutdown suddenly lifted late Saturday as President Joe Biden signed a temporary funding bill to keep agencies
NEW YORK — A potent rush-hour rainstorm swamped the New York metropolitan area on Friday, shutting down parts of the city’s subway system, flooding streets
The UAW strike is growing, again. What to know as 7,000 more auto workers join the union’s walkouts NEW YORK — The United Auto Workers
NEW YORK — A driver who took an 18-wheel tractor-trailer inside a tunnel between Manhattan and Brooklyn on Thursday, Sept. 18, despite height restriction warnings
WASHINGTON — Traffic fatalities dropped 3.3% in the first half of the year compared with the prior-year period, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
NEW YORK — With gridlock persisting in Washington, a government shutdown is looking more and more likely ahead of Saturday night’s deadline. As the Senate
SAN ANTONIO — One of six men charged in Texas over 53 migrants who died last year in a sweltering tractor-trailer has pleaded guilty for
FRANKFURT, Germany — The average weekly price for a gallon of diesel fuel — $4.586 per gallon– has eased for the first time in almost
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich. — President Joe Biden joined United Auto Workers (UAW) strikers on a picket line Tuesday, Sept. 26, as their work stoppage
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill to require human drivers on board self-driving trucks, a measure that union leaders and
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Tropical Storm Ophelia formed off the mid-Atlantic coast and was expected to bring heavy rain, storm surge and windy conditions over the
The United Auto Workers (UAW) union expanded its strike against major carmakers Friday, Sept. 22, walking out of 38 parts-distribution centers operated by General Motors
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers, union leaders and truck drivers are trying to steer Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom toward signing into law a proposal that
DES MOINES, Iowa — A long stretch of hot, dry weather has left the Mississippi River so low that barge companies are reducing their loads
CAPE SANDY, Ind. — Divers recovered the body of a driver on Wednesday, Sept. 13, the day after his dump truck plunged hundreds of feet
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday, Sept. 15, dispatched two of his top aides to Detroit to help resolve the strike by unionized autoworkers, expressing
DETROIT — Nearly one in 10 of America’s unionized auto workers went on strike Friday, Sept. 15, to pressure Detroit’s three automakers into raising wages
BAR HARBOR, Maine — New England harbors and fishing villages were being emptied of boats — and some were becoming ghost towns — as commercial