A Chicago man is facing charges in connection with a major cargo theft incident, according to local police. Isadore House, 57, has been charged with Class 1 Felony Theft, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) out of Illinois.Isadore House/CCSOPolice launched an investigation in April 2025 after learning that fitness equipment taken during a ...more
A fire at a crude oil facility in Texas on Monday evening involved a tanker truck and prompted an evacuation order for nearby residents. The fire started on Monday, July 7th at about 8:30 p.m. in the 12600 block of Copperhead Road near FM 2038, just south of Highway 21 near Kurten, Texas.According to KBTX3, ...more
A woman was awarded just over seven million dollars in a lawsuit against a towing company that illegally towed and held her food truck for 699 days. The case began back in 2022, when the woman’s “Crazy Tacos” food truck was towed from an unmarked, abandoned lot in Kansas City, Missouri. “They towed the truck after ...more
Dozens of Pennsylvania law enforcement agencies are partnering for a multiple week driver enforcement effort taking place in the southeastern part of the state now through mid-August. A traffic enforcement effort is taking place in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties from July 7 through August 17, 2025, according to the Pennsylvania Department of ...more
Trump Says He’ll Levy 25% Tariff on Japan, South Korea
A transfer crane unloads a container onto a truck in a shipping terminal at the Honmoku pier in Yokohama, Japan. (Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg) President Donald Trump announced tariffs of 25% on goods from Japan and South Korea beginning on Aug. 1, as he moved to impose unilateral rates on countries that have not yet secured trade ...more
Trump Sends Tariff Threat Letters to Allied Nations
A transfer crane unloads a container onto a truck in a shipping terminal at the Honmoku pier in Yokohama, Japan. (Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg) President Donald Trump unveiled the first in a wave of promised letters that threaten to impose higher tariffs rates on key trading partners, including levies of 25% on goods from Japan and South ...more
Nissan to Sell $1 Billion Convertible Bonds for Recovery
(Dominic Lipinski/Bloomberg) Nissan Motor Co. plans to sell about $5 billion in debt to help fund CEO Ivan Espinosa’s turnaround of the ailing automaker, part of a broader financing initiative to keep operations on track. The Japanese carmaker will sell 150 billion yen ($1 billion) of convertible bonds for investment in new products and technologies, ...more
Oregon Backs $100 Million Coos Bay Container Terminal
Ships dock at the Port of Coos Bay. (Oregon State University) Oregon lawmakers on June 30 approved $100 million for a new container terminal at the Port of Coos Bay, propelling the Pacific Coast Intermodal Port from proposal to construction plan. The state money joins $58 million in federal transportation grants — including Infrastructure for ...more
Diesel’s Supply Crunch Leaves Market Hungry for Barrels
(Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg) The world’s biggest oil product market is hungry for barrels as traders grapple with a summer supply squeeze. U.S. stockpiles of diesel products have dropped to the lowest for the time of year since 1996, while in Europe benchmark futures are signaling a tighter market than during the height of the Israel-Iran conflict. ...more