Industrials

Getting from New Jersey to Philadelphia to see Pope Francis might not be as cumbersome as officials had warned.

Business travelers to London always have plenty of options for exploring the city after the workday is done.

FedEx says it will raise a number of shipping rates in January, and will increase the surcharge on very large packages starting in November.

The governors of New York and New Jersey are asking the federal government to pay for half the cost of a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River.

Less-lethal weapons are drawing new interest as a series of fatal police shootings have sparked outrage and protests around the country.

Estonia is ready to create a new airline should the European Union rule that the existing national flag carrier illegally received state aid, a decision that would put it out of business.

Ford and Alcoa are broadening their partnership through the use of a newer form of aluminum that's stronger and more easily shaped into auto body parts for the carmaker's popular F-150 series pick-up trucks.

Scandinavian Airlines says it will stop flying between the Norwegian city of Stavanger and Houston, Texas, because of "a severe decrease" in demand following a downturn in the oil industry.

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission has reached a $2.5 million settlement with an energy company over a massive fish kill six years ago.

An official says a damaged engine will be removed from a British Airways aircraft that aborted takeoff and caught fire on a Las Vegas airport runway, forcing 170 people to evacuate.

A massive drill has finished the job of boring a 4.5-mile tunnel hundreds of feet below the city in a project aimed at stopping water pollution.

In a bid to unclog Connecticut's notorious traffic jams, the governor has put forward a plan to rip up and widen two major highways, Interstates 84 and 95.

The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday reversed a state Public Service Commission's ruling in the case of two farm operations whose claims for compensation were denied when a Pierce grain elevator closed.

Baggage handlers, cabin cleaners and ramp workers employed by Alaska Airlines contractor Menzies Aviation have walked off the job at Sea-Tac International Airport.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency managers were aware of the potential for a catastrophic "blowout" at an inactive Colorado mine that could release large volumes of wastewater laced with toxic heavy metals, according to documents released by the agency.

A single-engine plane that took off from a New Jersey airport on Tuesday and was reported missing two days later has been found crashed nearby.

Politicians in New York, New Jersey and Washington haven't figured out how they're going to pay for a new Hudson River rail tunnel — but work on the massive project has been going on for years.

A federal judge heard conflicting arguments Thursday on whether he should block a capacity expansion on the Alberta Clipper oil pipeline or allow a temporary workaround that lets Enbridge Energy move hundreds of thousands of barrels per day of Canadian tar sands crude across the border without triggering the kind of environmental review that has held up the proposed Keystone XL pipeline.

United Technologies Corp. officials have announced a reorganization that includes running subsidiaries Otis Elevator and United Technologies Climate, Controls & Security as stand-alone businesses with new presidents.

U.S. airlines are posting better results for on-time performance and fewer cancelations but consumer complaints are still rising.