Tag: Transportation and shipping
Bloomington post office adds fence near where homeless meet
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A fence has been installed around a post office in Bloomington to protect staff and customers, the U.S. Postal Service said.
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No deal: Volvo truck workers striking again in Virginia
DUBLIN, Va. — Nearly 3,000 workers at a Volvo truck plant in southwest Virginia went back on strike Monday after they overwhelmingly rejected another...
Data recovered as ship with chemicals sinking off Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Experts recovered the data recorder of a fire-ravaged ship carrying chemicals that is slowly sinking off Sri Lanka’s capital, as...
Severe weather in Germany: Girl hit by car after lightning
BERLIN — Authorities issued severe weather warnings Saturday for parts of western Germany, a day after a man was killed and a 12-year-old girl...
Berlin police detain journalists at anti-Autobahn protest
BERLIN — Berlin police said 13 journalists were detained Saturday while reporting on a protest by environmentalist against the construction of a highway in...
House Dems unveil $547B infrastructure bill amid Biden talks
WASHINGTON — House Democrats are weighing in on the infrastructure negotiations between President Joe Biden and Senate Republicans by calling for a public works...
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though...
Ex-House member who resigned amid scandal hit with $220K fee
LOS ANGELES — Former California congresswoman Katie Hill has been ordered to pay about $220,000 in attorneys’ fees to a British tabloid and two...
Buttigieg to visit closed Interstate 40 bridge in Tennessee
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg travels to Tennessee on Thursday to learn how the closure of the Interstate 40...
Justice Department probing postmaster over fundraising
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is investigating Postmaster General Louis DeJoy over political fundraising activity at his former business, a DeJoy spokesman said Thursday.
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