Five people are dead after a truck driver fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into stopped traffic on I-20 over the weekend.  The accident happened on Saturday, June 28th at about 2:40 p.m. on Interstate 20 near Hiram Road in Kaufman County, east of Dallas, Texas. According to CBS, 27-year-old Alexis Osmani Gonzalez-Companioni fell asleep ...more

A windmill turbine came loose during transport on Interstate 70 in Maryland on Monday morning.  The incident happened on June 30th in Washington County, Maryland at about 5 a.m. According to PHL 17, the tractor trailer was hauling the windmill turbine blade along I-70 westbound when it came loose during transport. The blade then ended up ...more

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is considering a request for regulatory relief from the National Propane Gas Association (NPGA). The NPGA has asked FMCSA for exemption from certain Hours-of-Service regulations from December 15 through March 15 each year “to enable the propane industry to better prepare and respond to emergencies threatening human health and ...more

(John Sommers II for Transport Topics) Workers at Tyson Foods Inc.’s beef plant in Amarillo, Texas, have agreed to a strike as they fight for higher wages and accuse the company of unfair labor practices. Members of Teamsters Local 577 voted by a 98% margin to authorize the move, the union said in a statement. ...more

The case stretches back to a 2018 trial in which a Houston jury returned what stands as one of the highest monetary judgments against a motor carrier. (Werner Enterprises) The Texas Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Werner Enterprises, reversing a $100 million jury verdict against the motor carrier upheld by an appellate court ...more

Walmart Pharmacy Central Fill. (Walmart Inc.) Walmart has opened a sprawling pharmacy hub in Maryland where robots and dynamic weighing systems will help fill 100,000 prescriptions per day for shipments to 16 states and Washington, D.C. Located in Frederick near the center of the retailer’s Eastern regional network, the 102,000-square-foot centralized processing facility is Walmart’s ...more

The Port of Keelung in Taiwan. (Billy H.C. Kwok/Bloomberg News) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Trump administration’s agenda for trade agreements could get wrapped up by the Labor Day holiday, indicating some negotiations are likely to extend past the upcoming July deadline for elevated reciprocal tariffs. “We have countries approaching us with very good ...more

(Julie Jacobson/Associated Press) WASHINGTON — A key inflation gauge moved higher in May in the latest sign that prices remain stubbornly elevated while Americans cut back on their spending. Prices rose 2.3% in May compared with a year ago, up from just 2.1% in April, the Commerce Department said June 27. Excluding the volatile food ...more

(cbarnesphotography/Getty Images) BANGKOK — Washington and Beijing have signed a trade agreement that will make it easier for American firms to obtain magnets and rare earth minerals from China that are critical to manufacturing and microchip production, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said June 27. The agreement comes after China retaliated against steep import tariffs imposed by the Trump ...more

(cbarnesphotography/Getty Images) BANGKOK — The U.S. and China have signed an agreement on trade, President Donald Trump said, adding he expects to soon have a deal with India. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told Bloomberg TV that the deal was signed earlier this week. Neither Lutnick nor Trump provided any details about the agreement. “We just ...more