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Pigs run loose on metro highway after semitruck tips over in Minnesota
LITTLE CANADA, Minn. (AP) — Pigs ran loose on a metro highway after a semitrailer truck that was carrying 50 hogs overturned, causing an hours-long shutdown Friday morning in Minnesota on Interstate 694. State troopers tried to corral several loose pigs that cameras showed running...
Car-dependent California seeks to follow New York's lead and save public transit
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sadaf Zahoor has bucked California’s car culture by never owning one, yet she and other residents who rely on public transit worry its bleak financial outlook could soon leave them standing at empty train stations and bus stops. The agencies running the...
Airline unions accuse SkyWest of evading safety rules by seeking charter status for flights
DALLAS (AP) — Airline unions are fighting a request by SkyWest Airlines to operate some flights as charters, accusing the company of trying to evade safety rules for passenger airlines. SkyWest is not a familiar name to most air travelers, but it is one of many...
Norfolk Southern is 1st railroad to give all workers sick time as others negotiate with unions
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Norfolk Southern became the first major North American freight railroad with deals to provide paid sick time to all of its workers Monday, but the other railroads are making progress, with nearly 65% of all rail workers securing this basic benefit since the start of the year. ...
Rail service halted again because of landslides on coastal tracks between San Diego and Los Angeles
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) — Rail service was suspended Monday for the second time this year along a section of Southern California coast where a crumbling hillside is dropping debris onto seaside tracks. Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner, regional Metrolink commuter trains and freight...
Man dies while trying to board subway train in Boston, police say
BOSTON (AP) — A man died after falling under a Boston subway train early Tuesday, authorities said. The man apparently wanted to board a moving Green Line trolley at North Station at 12:18 a.m., Transit Police Superintendent Richard Sullivan said in a statement. As...
Mechanical sails? Batteries? Shippers forming 'green corridors' to fast-track cleaner technologies
It's among the world's busiest container shipping routes — a stream of vessels packed with furniture, automobiles, clothing and other goods, traversing the Pacific between Los Angeles and Shanghai. If plans succeed, this corridor will become a showcase for slashing planet-warming...
Police: 17-year-old boy arrested in stabbing of Los Angeles bus driver
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 17-year-old boy was arrested Thursday on suspicion of stabbing a city bus driver in Los Angeles, the police chief said. The driver was stabbed after he and the suspect stepped off the Metro bus during an argument Wednesday in the Woodland Hills area,...
Train engineers deal with Union Pacific will improve schedules and address quality-of-life concerns
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Engineers who operate trains for Union Pacific will soon have much more predictable schedules that will allow them to plan when they are going to be off, a change addressing one of the key quality-of-life concerns that pushed the rail industry to the brink of a strike last...
Inspectors clear Michigan's Mackinac Bridge as safe after it was hit by crane
ST. IGNACE, Mich. (AP) — A crane being towed on a barge hit the main span of the Mackinac Bridge, although an official says inspectors found no significant damage to the span linking the Michigan’s lower and upper peninsulas. The incident happened May 7 to the 5-mile-long...
