Businesses in the energy, health care, manufacturing and financial services industries will be watching closely as the week progresses. (Eric Lee/Bloomberg) Senate Republicans intend to propose revised tax and health care provisions to President Donald Trump’s $3 trillion signature economic package this week, shrugging off condemnations of the legislation by Elon Musk as they rush ...more
A shopper at a grocery store in New York. (Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg) Consumers’ expectations for future price pressures improved across all horizons in May, and households’ pessimism about the labor market somewhat eased, according to monthly survey data released June 9 by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Median expectations for inflation one, three and ...more
Witnesses pulled a trucker from his submerged cab after a fiery crash off of a bride along Interstate 81 over the weekend. The accident happened on June 7th, at about 4:30 p.m. on I-81 north near the 228 mile marker near Verona, Virginia. According to Augusta County Fire-Rescue, the semi truck was heading north on I-81 ...more
Traffic cameras captured a two semi truck crash that occurred in the Memphis, Tennessee, area over the weekend. The crash occurred amid rainy weather conditions around 10:40 a.m. on June 7, 2025.In the video, you can see a bobtail truck losing control on the wet pavement while traveling on I-55 near Horn Lake. The out-of-control ...more
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is planning an overhead sign removal after a tractor trailer crashed into it. The accident happened at around 8:45 a.m. on June 9th near the Fishing Creek exit on Interstate 83 in York County, Pennsylvania. According to Local 21, the tractor trailer crashed into a pole supporting an overhead sign. The ...more
Over one hundred truck drivers were ordered off the road during recent enforcement efforts in Oregon targeting those who bypass open weigh station facilities. According to the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), two commercial vehicle enforcement details took place in late April and early May 2025 along I-84 at Cascade Locks, Umatilla, and Farewell Bend ...more
Officials in multiple states are warning drivers about scam text messages that appear to come from state Departments of Motor Vehicles, or DMVs. Officials in more than a dozen states have issued warnings about a new text messaging scam that attempts to threaten the receiver into paying off a nonexistent traffic ticket to avoid penalties. ...more
A truck driver accused of shooting at a car for “driving too slow” has been ordered detained while awaiting his trail. 34-year-old Robertas Nenadovic-Jasinskas was arrested in Burlington, Wisconsin on May 17th after a road rage shooting in Gurnee, Illinois at about 11:05 p.m. the night before. His first court appearance was in Lake County, ...more
Food distributor United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) has been targeted by a cyber attack that is currently impacting operations, the company says. In a June 9 press release, Rhode Island-headquartered UNFI said that “we have identified unauthorized activity in our systems and have proactively taken some systems offline while we investigate.”According to a U.S. Securities ...more
The deal increases Herc's urban density in seven of the top 10 rental regions. (Herc Rentals) Herc Rentals has completed its merger with fellow construction equipment supplier H&E Equipment Services, and outbid a key rival in the process. The $3.9 billion cash-and-stock deal, announced in February, closed June 2. Herc paid $78.75 in cash and ...more
