(Andyborodaty/Getty Images) The national average price for a gallon of diesel slipped 3.3 cents to $3.549, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration data released March 17. The decrease is the third in as many weeks, totaling 14.8 cents a gallon. That comes on the heels of four consecutive increases that totaled 3.8 cents. A gallon ...more
A worker arranges boxes of imported pork from the U.S. at a cold storage warehouse in Shanghai, China. (Raul Ariano/Bloomberg News) China’s government has renewed export registrations for some U.S. meat plants whose eligibility was set to lapse, raising hopes that shipments won’t be disrupted. The registrations for U.S. pork and poultry plants were renewed ...more
Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume is slashing spending across the group to become more competitive. (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg News) Volkswagen AG’s Audi plans to cut as many as 7,500 positions in Germany by 2029 as the automaker tries to shore up its flagging profitability. The reductions, which correspond to about 14% of the brand’s German workforce, won’t ...more
The steps come as the disarray surrounding prior tariff rollouts has inflicted political damage on the White House and left some of the duties open to legal challenges. (Hannah Beier/Bloomberg News) President Donald Trump’s top trade negotiator is attempting to inject order into sweeping new tariffs expected next month, after previous announcements roiled markets and ...more
The founder of a logistics and supply company has pleaded guilty to defrauding a bank and to making false statements to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). On March 6, 2025, Spencer Askew, 46, the founder and former CEO of Georgia-based E-Freight Solutions Worldwide, LLC, pleaded guilty to charges of bank fraud and ...more
Semi trucks are getting their GPS devices stolen in certain parts of Chicago for the last month, police say. The thefts started last month, with the most recent robbery occurring on Sunday, March 16th. The incidents occurred in the Gage Park, West Lawn, and Armour Square neighborhoods in the South and Southwest sides of Chicago, ...more
The truck driver in a fatal crash that left five people dead was on central nervous system depressants at the time of the accident. The accident happened at 11:21 p.m. in a construction zone on Interstate 35 in Austin, Texas. Now, 37-year-old truck driver, Solomun Weldekeal Araya is facing multiple counts of intoxication manslaughter and ...more
A sedan seriously lost in a double red light runner crash involving a flatbed semi truck. The accident happened at AL69 southbound at Hinton Place Road in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. In the clip, a flatbed with a small load runs a red light and smacks straight into a sedan, also running their own red light. The video ...more
A truck driver is facing years in federal prison for taking and burning a semi truck owned by his former employer. Florida-based truck driver Kevin Kaedi, 27, was sentenced to five years in federal prison and three years of supervised release for “malicious use of explosive materials,” according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the ...more
16 bagpipers were hospitalized after the bus they were riding crashed into a flatbed trailer hauling steel pipes. The accident happened on Sunday, March 16th at about 6:15 p.m. along Mount Cobb Road in Jefferson Township, Pennsylvania. According to 16 ABC, the school bus was transporting a music group of bagpipers when it crashed into an ...more
