2 feet of snow in Sierra; record rain in Reno; I-80 reopens
RENO, Nev. — More than 2 feet of new snow snarled traffic in the Sierra on Monday while record rainfall in Reno forced the closure
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Ports of LA, Long Beach to fine firms over container backlog
LOS ANGELES — In an effort to ease congestion at the nation’s busiest port complex, officials said Monday that they will start fining shipping companies
Drought-stricken California pounded by massive storm
SAN FRANCISCO — A massive storm barreled toward Southern California on Monday, Oct. 25, after flooding highways, toppling trees, cutting power to about 380,000 utility
Traffic headache: Container trucks jam neighborhood
LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles neighborhood just outside the nation’s busiest port complex has become a perpetual traffic jam, with trucks hauling cargo containers
Feds: Former FedEx manager stole more than $3.25M in goods
BALTIMORE — A Delaware man who stole goods worth more than $3.25 million while working at a FedEx facility has been sentenced to more than
Biden recommends new highway safety chief
DETROIT — A former California pollution regulator is being nominated to run the nation’s highway safety agency at a time when highway deaths are on
Bridge being demolished collapses, killing 1, injuring 2
COVINGTON, Ga. — One worker was killed and two seriously injured when part of a bridge in Georgia collapsed into a river during early demolition
Truck driver convicted in Colorado pileup that killed 4
GOLDEN, Colo. — A truck driver accused of causing a fiery pileup that killed four people and injured six others on a Colorado highway has
Nation wonders when, if spending package will pass
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and his fellow Democrats are struggling to bridge intraparty divides by month’s end to pass a bipartisan infrastructure bill and
South Carolina city wants to take over dangerous road
GREENVILLE, S.C. — A South Carolina city wants to take over a heavily trafficked state road so it can have more say in safety improvements.
Infrastructure bill still caught up in D.C. muck
HARTFORD, Conn. — President Joe Biden said this week that although he expects his social safety net and climate spending package, which is supposed to
Ex-Indiana mayor gets 21 months in prison for seeking bribe
HAMMOND, Ind. — A former northwestern Indiana mayor who was found guilty of taking a $13,000 bribe from a trucking company and illegal tax evasion
Biden tries to tame inflation with plan to move backlog of goods
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden tried to reassure Americans on Wednesday that he can tame high inflation, announcing a deal to expand operations at the
Tanker truck rolls over near Boston, spilling diesel fuel
REVERE, Mass. — A tanker truck carrying 10,000 gallons of diesel fuel rolled onto its side near Boston early Wednesday morning, spilling fuel into environmentally
US to reopen land borders for fully vaccinated
WASHINGTON — By mid-January, essential travelers seeking to enter the U.S., like truck drivers, will need to be fully vaccinated. Vehicle, rail and ferry travel
Wildfire rages in Southern California coastal mountains
SOLVANG, Calif. — A major highway in Southern California coastal mountains remained closed Wednesday and evacuation orders were in place as a growing wildfire chewed
Infrastructure bill becoming hot potato in D.C.
WASHINGTON — Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal, the head of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, says she has pushed President Joe Biden to hold the line and
Campaign encourages seat belts, safe driving practices
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky officials are participating in a campaign to encourage safe driving practices including the use of seat belts. The high-visibility enforcement campaign
Alabama swamped, 4 killed in floods from slow-moving front
PELHAM, Ala. — Terrified drivers climbed out of swamped cars and muddy floodwater flowed through neighborhoods after a stalled weather front drenched Alabama for hours,
Zebras escape from Illinois pumpkin farm, snarling traffic
PINGREE GROVE, Ill. — Two zebras that escaped from a suburban Chicago pumpkin farm had travelers on a state highway doing double takes as the