National Guard to help DC control traffic for truck convoys
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has approved the deployment of 700 unarmed National Guard troops to the nation’s capital as it prepares for trucker convoys that
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Wintry weather disrupts travel across the heartland
DALLAS — Freezing rain and drizzle is disrupting travel from Central Texas to the Great Lakes, with ice-glazed roads leading to hundreds of traffic accidents.
Snowfall closes northern Arizona segments of Interstate 40
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz — A storm dropping heavy snow in parts of Arizona’s high country hampered travel and closed schools in some areas Wednesday. The National Weather
Canadian police clear Parliament street to end siege
OTTAWA, Ontario — Hundreds of police in riot gear swept through the streets of Canada’s besieged capital Saturday, arresting or driving out protesters, towing away
Ottawa crackdown: police arrest 100 after 3-week protest
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Police arrested scores of demonstrators and towed away vehicles Friday in Canada’s besieged capital, and a stream of trucks started leaving
US paves way for resumption of Mexico avocado exports
MEXICO CITY — The U.S. Embassy announced Friday that Washington is lifting a ban on inspections of Mexican avocados, freeing the way for exports to
Snowstorm pileup shuts interstate in Illinois for 2nd day
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — A pileup involving about 100 cars, trucks and big rigs during a blinding snowstorm has left a 17-mile stretch of interstate in
Blizzard conditions close portions of ND, Minnesota roadways
The above video is from the Minnesota State Patrol’s Facebook site. It shows the fierceness of the current winter storm. FARGO, N.D. — Blizzard conditions
Alabama Community College System launches rapid training for trucking, other skilled positions
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Alabama Community College System (ACCS) has launched its first of several programs designed to help students find immediate employment, including in
In GOP embrace of truckers, some see racist double standard
OTTAWA, Ontario — Former President Donald Trump, who repeatedly called Black Lives Matter protesters “thugs” and “anarchists,” said there’s “a lot of respect” for the
Canadian police arrest 2 leaders of protesting truckers
OTTAWA, Ontario — Hundreds of truckers clogging Canada’s capital stood their ground and defiantly blasted their horns Thursday, even as police arrested two protest leaders
Trudeau says protests must end, truckers brace for crackdown
OTTAWA, Ontario — Police poured into downtown Ottawa on Thursday in what truckers feared was a prelude to a crackdown on their nearly three-week, street-clogging
Grant money aimed to school bus stop-arm violators
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Schools and bus companies across Minnesota have been given $3.5 million in grant money to outfit school buses with stop-arm cameras.
Plane crashes into tractor-trailer on North Carolina highway
LEXINGTON, N.C. — An airplane crashed into a tractor-trailer on Wednesday on a North Carolina highway, killing the pilot and sparking a small fire, the
AP Fact Check: Biden takes half-steps on electric vehicles
WASHINGTON — Eager to show benefits from his policies, President Joe Biden is overstating the number of electric vehicle charging stations that would be built
Police ticketing, warning truckers to leave Canada’s capital
OTTAWA, Ontario — Ottawa police trying to break the nearly three-week siege of the capital by truckers protesting Canada’s COVID-19 restrictions began handing out leaflets
Construction of new Intracoastal Bridge to begin in April
PORT ALLEN, La. — Construction begins in April to replace the decades-old Intracoastal Bridge in Louisiana’s West Baton Rouge Parish. “This bridge was built back
Tanker semi-truck crashes into Long Island building, causing huge blaze
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. — An 18-wheeler carrying 9,200 gallons of gasoline overturned, crashed into a vacant building and burst into flames on Long Island early
US approves new headlights that won’t blind oncoming drivers
DETROIT — Anyone who has ever been temporarily blinded by high-beam headlights from an oncoming car will be happy to hear this. U.S. highway safety
Trucks leaving blockade at Canadian border crossing
OTTAWA, Ontario — Trucks and other vehicles in Canada are rolling out of a southern Alberta town and ending a blockade that paralyzed a U.S.