DISASTERS

The Department of Justice sued Uber, claiming the company charged “wait time” fees to physically disabled customers who took more than two minutes to get into the vehicle.

Over 80 total bipartisan House members are telling Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to allow truckers under 21 years old to cross state lines.

The Port of Long Beach, the Utah Inland Port Authority, and Union Pacific Railroad announced a new partnership aimed at rapidly evacuating cargo from terminals in Long Beach to Salt Lake City for further distribution throughout western states.

The Biden administration unveiled its Methane Emissions Reduction Action Plan on Tuesday, as President Biden addressed a global audience at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland.

The backlog of cargo containers making their way from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach saw widespread burglaries as they were carried on trains through an area of tracks lined by homeless encampments.

Consumers could soon see a shortage of pumpkins and canned pumpkin due to delays in shipping and inclement weather hurting the growing season for farmers.

In August, Hurricane Ida capsized dozens of fishing boats and wiped out many seafood farms.

Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan noted that his customers currently have more money in the bank and are spending more, but warned that supply chain issues, labor shortages and inflation could have an impact on economic growth.

Spencer Young, the owner of City Lights Collectibles, said he is depending on supply chain issues “getting resolved quickly” ahead of the holiday season.

Dramatic video captured the moment that an Amtrak train in Oklahoma barrelled through a semi-truck hauling multiple cars on Friday.

Vaccine mandate would cause more confusion for trucking industry, according to logistics company JB Hunt.

The executive director of the Port of Long Beach, the largest container port complex in the United States, warned of an industry “crisis” over supply chain disruptions.

United Airlines was slapped with a $1.9 million fine by the Department of Transportation (DOT) Friday for violating regulations on how long passengers can be stuck on the tarmac.

Amazon, Facebook and Pfizer have joined a group of 33 companies vowing to hire refugees coming into the U.S. from Afghanistan.

A fire at a pet-boarding facility in Texas Sunday night killed 75 dogs, fire officials have confirmed.

President Biden approved a disaster declaration for New York state on Monday following Hurricane Ida, clearing the way for officials to access federal relief funding to aid recovery efforts.

Deliveries of Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliner will likely remain halted until at least late October as the plane maker has been unable to persuade air-safety regulators to approve its proposal to inspect the aircraft, people familiar with the matter said.

Seven nursing homes in Louisiana have been ordered shuttered by the state Department of Health, according to a series of Twitter messages that the department posted Saturday night.

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said Friday that she is "cautiously optimistic" about energy provider Entergy's plan to restore power to all of the city by next Wednesday.

President Joe Biden toured parts of Louisiana ravaged by Hurricane Ida on Friday, using the disaster to tout his Build Back Better spending plan as an effective way to mitigate hurricane damage in the future.