Transportation

Christmas came on time this year for most people.

Shares of some top airlines companies are up at 1 p.m.: Delta Air rose $.45 or .9 percent, to $48.50.

The morning rush at Lincoln's airport has eased, thanks to efforts by airport officials to get the recent crush of morning passengers through ticket and security gates.

Shares of some top airlines companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Delta Air rose $.08 or .2 percent, to $48.13.

Shares of some top airlines companies were up at the close of trading: Delta Air rose $.92 or 2.0 percent, to $48.05.

Christmas Eve is shaping up to be windy, wet and warm instead of white across much of the country.

Nevada and the federal Energy Department announced Tuesday they've formalized a panel to study contentious issues including whether radioactive material from a World War II-era plant in Tennessee will be buried at a former nuclear weapons proving ground north of Las Vegas.

A New York prosecutor has announced five arrests in a brazen scheme in which guns — even an AK-47 rifle — were taken onto passenger jets for years in carry-on luggage.

A proposed settlement fund for victims of a fiery train derailment that claimed 47 lives in Canada is nearly halfway to a goal of $500 million in funding commitments ahead of its filing next month, the defunct railroad's bankruptcy trustee said.

Some Christmas fliers got their wings clipped — literally.

Shares of some top airlines companies are up at 10 a.m.: Delta Air rose $.79 or 1.7 percent, to $48.17.

Shares of some top airlines companies are up at 1 p.m.: Delta Air rose $.28 or .6 percent, to $47.66.

The association that represents shipping lines and cargo terminal operators at West Coast seaports says it's asking for federal mediation in its ongoing contract talks with dockworkers.

Transportation officials say a new highway tunnel through downtown Seattle won't be open until August 2017, more than 20 months behind schedule.

Alarmed by increasing encounters between small drones and manned aircraft, drone industry officials said Monday they are teaming up with the government and model aircraft hobbyists to launch a safety campaign.

The Obama administration on Friday set the first national standards for waste generated from coal burned for electricity, called coal ash, treating it more like household garbage rather than a hazardous material.

Shares of some top airlines companies were mixed at the close of trading: Delta Air rose $.61 or 1.3 percent, to $47.38.

Shares of some top airlines companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Delta Air rose $.14 or .3 percent, to $46.31.

West Coast dockworkers and their employers don't appear to be close to agreeing on a new contract, nearly six months after their old deal expired.

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard says it's in the process of hiring more than 700 workers.