Three men who were “ringleaders” in a large-scale catalytic converter theft scheme have been sentenced in federal court. According to Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Missouri residents Evan Marshall, 25, of Rogersville; Cody Ryder, 31, of Springfield; and Camren Joseph Davis, 25, of Rogersville, were sentenced on December 19, 2022, by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool.“These ...more

One EMT is dead and another is hurt after a semi truck struck an ambulance responding to a previous medical emergency in Wyoming.  The accident happened near Rawlins early on Wednesday, December 21st on Interstate 80. According to Casper Star Tribune, the ambulance was attempting to respond to a medical emergency on I-80 when their ambulance ...more

One person is dead after a pickup truck crashes head on into a semi truck in Utah on Tuesday morning.  The accident happened on December 20th in Box Elder County near Logan, Utah at around 1 a.m. According to KSLTV News, the pickup truck was heading west on Route 30 when it crossed into the eastbound ...more

A motorist’s dash cam captured a major crash involving trucks that happened in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday. The incident was caught on dash cam on Parkway West by motorist Brandan Silvius during his Tuesday morning commute.In the clip, you can see that multiple vehicles in the right lane appear to brake. A white van veers to ...more

Police in Redmond, Oregon, are investigating a passenger vehicle versus pedestrian crash that claimed the life of a semi truck driver on Monday night. The incident occurred at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, December 19, 2022, on southbound Highway 97, just north of the SW Yew Ave exit (mile marker 124), in Redmond, according to the ...more

The U.S. Postal Service will spend nearly $10 billion for new electric vehicles in a push to make its mail delivery fleet more environmentally friendly. The agency will purchase 66,000 electric vehicles for its mail delivery fleet by 2028, according to a statement Dec. 20. That represents about a quarter of USPS’s current level, and ...more

WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders unveiled a governmentwide $1.7 trillion spending package early Dec. 20 that includes another large round of aid to Ukraine, a nearly 10% boost in defense spending and roughly $40 billion to assist communities across the country recovering from drought, hurricanes and other natural disasters. The bill, which runs for 4,155 pages, ...more

Truck tonnage inched up year-over-year in November, but for the second consecutive time declined on a month-to-month basis amid a tepid seasonal environment, American Trucking Associations said with the release of its monthly For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index. The index rose 0.8% compared with November 2021, but declined 2.5% compared with October. This followed a 1.2% ...more

Amazon.com Inc. settled European Union antitrust investigations over how the U.S. ecommerce giant allegedly abused rivals’ sales data to unfairly favor it own products and squeeze out other traders on its platform. The European Commission said Dec. 20 it accepted a number of proposals from Amazon, including a vow to stop using nonpublic data on ...more

Magna International Inc. has agreed to buy a driver-assistance unit from SSW Partners for about $1.5 billion following a drawn-out battle to control previous parent Veoneer Inc. The purchase will complement the Canadian-Austrian automotive supplier’s advanced driver-assistance business with combined sales expected to reach $3 billion in 2024, Magna said Dec. 20. The cash acquisition ...more