Transportation

The amount of semitrailers on the road has climbed in recent years, but the number of parking spots for drivers to stop and rest hasn't kept pace, leading to what truck drivers and industry leaders describe as a safety hazard that puts truckers on the road for too long.

The online price fight is heating up between Wal-Mart and Amazon.com and it's not even the holidays.

A volcanic eruption on Indonesia's main island of Java has sparked chaos for holidaymakers as international airlines cancel flights to the resort island of Bali.

The last flight for US Airways will take place this fall, and then one more name in airline history will disappear.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Barracuda Networks Inc. (CUDA), down $7.57 to $31.55 The cloud-based security and storage services provider didn't sign as many large and lengthy storage deals in the first quarter.

A United Airlines captain threw bullets in a trash bin and later flushed them down a toilet on board a flight he was piloting to Germany.

Berkshire Hathaway's RV maker, Forest River, has agreed to pay at least $5 million and reform its practices because regulators say it mishandled two recalls.

New Jersey Transit says passengers were stranded for more than three hours after their train broke down and their rescue train became disabled.

Southwest Airlines says no one was injured when one of its planes aborted takeoff at Midway International Airport in Chicago due to a mechanical issue.

All United Continental flights in the U.S. are currently grounded due to computer problems.

Homes and businesses damaged by flooding in Niobrara and Johnson counties can seek federal aid thanks to a federal disaster declaration.

Amtrak passenger service disrupted by a freight train derailment is expected to resume Wednesday along the Chicago-to-St. Louis line.

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What was to be a five-hour trip between Chicago and St. Louis turned into a 14-hour ordeal for passengers aboard an Amtrak train due to a truck accident and the derailment of a freight train.

The latest government report shows airlines doing a little better at arriving on time.

Europe's low-cost airline Ryanair says it will start its first cheap flights in and out of Israel in November.

It took $817 million, two starts, more than six years and one worker's life to drill a so-called "Third Straw" to make sure glittery casinos and sprawling suburbs of Las Vegas can keep getting drinking water from near the bottom of drought-stricken Lake Mead.