Texas Highway Patrol troopers and other first responders recently assisted an AI-powered self-driving truck maker with helping their technology to recognize emergency vehicles. Troopers recently worked with Houston-headquartered Bot Auto at the Texas A&M RELLIS Campus to teach the AI that powers the self-driving semis how to recognize first responder vehicles, according to the Texas ...more

The Brown County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) has issued a warning about railroad crossing safety following a major train vs. commercial vehicle crash caught on camera in Minnesota last week. The crash occurred at 2:13 p.m. on April 4 at at 24170 US Highway 14, in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota.See the dash cam video of the collision ...more

A third man has been charged for the theft of $100,000 worth of poultry from a tractor trailer in Miami last year.  42-year-old Yoel Torres-Diaz and 37-year-old Carlos Acosta-Viera were arrested on Wednesday, April 9th on grand theft charges in connection to a tractor trailer stolen the day before. According to NBC Miami, Torres-Diaz and Acosta-Viera ...more

Video telematics provider Netradyne announced that thousands of Knight-Swift trucks will be outfitted with new dash cam and safety technology as part of a partnership between the two companies. On April 3, San Diego-headquartered Netradyne announced an agreement with Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. to provide 15,500 Knight and Swift trucks with Driver•i D-450 and D-215 ...more

A biodiesel pump at an Iowa Kum & Go fuel station. The HBIIP grant program provides federal dollars intended to increase sales and consumption of biodiesel and ethanol. IowaBiodieselBoard via Flickr The U.S. Department of Agriculture will release nearly $260 million in new funds among a pot of $537 million in biofuel grants containing unfulfilled ...more

Almonds growing on a tree in Firebaugh, Calif. Almonds top the list of California farm exports. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg) Gov. Gavin Newsom said he’s seeking exemptions for California-made products from retaliatory tariffs and wants to open talks with global allies over new trade relationships, casting the state as a buffer against the fallout of Donald ...more

A worker installs parts on a vehicle on the assembly line at the Nissan Motor Co. manufacturing facility in Smyrna, Tenn. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg News) Nissan Motor Co. decided to stop selling a pair of Mexican-built Infiniti SUVs in the U.S. market, in response to President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on car imports. New orders for ...more

The entrance of Colonial Pipeline in Charlotte, N.C. (Chris Carlson/Associated Press) Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP and its institutional associates agreed to acquire Colonial Enterprises Inc., the operator of the biggest U.S. fuel pipeline, in a deal that values the pipeline operator at $9 billion. Colonial’s five owners are selling their entire stakes to Brookfield, including ...more

A person waits in a line for a prospective employer at a job fair. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky/File) WASHINGTON — U.S. employers added a surprising 228,000 jobs last month, as the American labor market continues to show resilience as President Donald Trump wages trade wars, purges federal workers and deports immigrants working in the United States ...more

A worker loads rolls of steel plate at a steel market in Hangzhou in east China's Zhejiang province on March 31. (Chinatopix Via AP) BANGKOK — China announced April 4 that it will impose a 34% tariff on imports of all U.S. products beginning April 10, part of a flurry of retaliatory measures following U.S. ...more