FedEx Corp. reported fiscal second-quarter earnings that beat analysts’ estimates, lifted by price increases and cost cuts that helped make up for a decline in package volume. Shares of the delivery giant rose after the company announced an additional $1 billion of projected savings in fiscal 2023, bringing the total to about $3.7 billion. Earnings ...more
Colorado, North and South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming have declared temporary emergency exemptions of federal driving hours for deliveries of heating fuel. The Colorado State Patrol on Dec. 20 approved a temporary exemption through Jan. 31 from federal hours-of-service regulations for commercial drivers hauling consumer heating fuels, propane and natural gas. “Should it become apparent ...more
The president of Toyota Motor Corp. is publicly questioning whether the auto industry should transition as quickly to electric vehicles. The Wall Street Journal is reporting Akio Toyoda said during a recent visit to Thailand that a “silent majority” of auto executives question whether EVs should be a single option. “But they think it’s the ...more
Chicago is in the crosshairs of a powerful winter storm that could become a “bomb cyclone” — with deep snow, searing winds and an Arctic chill — threatening to disrupt Christmas travel for millions of people in the U.S. and bring a deep freeze to the eastern two-thirds of the country. While the city, a ...more
Certain vehicles will not be permitted to travel on the Indiana Toll Road starting on Thursday due to an impending winter storm. Starting on Thursday, December 22, 2022 at 5 p.m. (EST) through until Saturday, December 24, 2022 at midnight, a winter weather travel ban will be in place on the Indiana Toll Road for ...more
No one was was hurt after a semi truck slipped on slick roads and crashed into a house in Minnesota on Tuesday morning. The accident happened on December 20th at around 7 p.m. shortly after it started snowing. “The road on the church hill got slick, it was snow-covered when we got there on scene,” said Hokah ...more
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
