Tag: Transportation and shipping
Touting new trains, Amtrak CEO foresees riders heading back
DETROIT — Amtrak is betting big on a return of ridership.
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Kraken on track for home arena to be ready by mid-October
SEATTLE — Seats have been bolted into position throughout the upper deck and into the lower bowl. All the concrete has been poured and...
Black female WWII unit hoping to get congressional honor
BOSTON — Maj. Fannie Griffin McClendon and her Army colleagues never dwelled on being the only Black battalion of women to serve in Europe...
‘Scary’: Fuel shortage could ground firefighting aircraft
BOISE, Idaho — Airport officials facing jet fuel shortages are concerned they’ll have to wave off planes and helicopters that drop fire retardants during...
Volvo to resume production at Virginia plant despite strike
DUBLIN, Va. — Volvo Trucks North America says it will restart production at a plant in southwestern Virginia on Monday despite an ongoing strike...
Biden backs Trump rejection of China’s South China Sea claim
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Sunday upheld a Trump-era rejection of nearly all of China's significant maritime claims in the South China Sea....
Founding family of UK’s Daily Mail mulls taking it private
LONDON — The founding family of Britain’s Daily Mail is considering making a bid worth 810 million pounds ($1.1 billion) to bring the parent...
“Cyber disruption” stops websites of the Iranian ministry
TEHRAN, Iran — Websites of Iran’s transport and urbanization ministry Saturday went out of service after a “cyber disruption” in computer systems of its...
Striking Volvo workers nix tentative deal at truck plant
A tentative agreement between Volvo and a union representing nearly 3,000 workers who have gone on strike twice this year at a southwest Virginia...
Travel firms sue UK government over its travel restrictions
LONDON — A group of British airports and airlines took the U.K. government to court Friday, demanding it disclose the evidence behind its coronavirus...