A truck driver has been cleared of all felony charges and found guilty of several lesser charges after a fatal crash with a high school marching band bus in 2023.  61-year-old truck driver Jacob McDonald was found guilty on six misdemeanor counts of vehicular homicide on Friday, May 16th by Judge David Branstool in Licking ...more

(Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg) NEW YORK — Ford is recalling nearly 274,000 of its Expedition and Lincoln-branded Navigator SUVs across the U.S. due to an issue that may cause a loss of brake function while driving, increasing crash risks. According to documents published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the front brake lines in these now-recalled ...more

"A priority of mine will be to return the surface transportation reauthorization back to a traditional infrastructure bill that focuses on roads, bridges and the movement of freight," Graves said. (Al Drago/Bloomberg) WASHINGTON — The transportation panel in the U.S. House of Representatives recently reviewed proposals from its colleagues as a way to inform an ...more

(Douglas Rissing/Getty Images) Global oil demand growth will slow during the remainder of 2025 after a robust first quarter due to “economic headwinds,” the International Energy Agency said. After increasing 990,000 barrels a day year-on-year between January and March, the rate of consumption growth will decelerate to a “subdued” 650,000 barrels a day over the ...more

A Walmart store in Bristol, Conn. (Joe Buglewicz/Bloomberg) NEW YORK — Walmart’s first-quarter profit slipped and it said it must raise prices due to higher costs from tariffs implemented by President Donald Trump. The nation’s largest retailer posted strong quarterly sales May 15 and said it expects sales growth of 3.5% to 4.5% in the ...more

A "Store Closing" sign hangs on a Rite Aid store in Huntington Woods, Mich., on July 31, 2024. (Emily Elconin/Bloomberg News) CVS Health Corp. is trying to buy stores and patient data from Rite Aid Corp., the beleaguered pharmacy chain that is going out of business after filing for bankruptcy a second time earlier this ...more

Deere & Co. products at an agricultural exposition in Tulare, Calif. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images) Deere & Co. jumped to a record after earnings beat the highest of analyst estimates, even as the world’s largest farm machinery maker trimmed its profit outlook for the year due to the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Investors ...more

(LD/Getty Images) Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr said the economy is on solid ground, but warned tariff-related supply chain disruptions could lead to lower growth and higher inflation. Barr emphasized the importance of small businesses and their role in both supply chains and the overall economy. Trade policies, he said, have clouded the outlook and ...more

Sean McMaster is the Trump administration's nominee to lead the Federal Highway Administration. McMaster’s portfolio would include managing funds approved in the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. (Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg News) Sean McMaster, nominee to lead the Federal Highway Administration, appeared before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on May 14, the first ...more

Both Amazon and the small trucking company connected to the truck driver in the recent deadly wreck on Interstate 75 are denying responsibility for the incident.  65-year-old Joseph Antionier is facing more than a dozen charges, including 2 counts of reckless homicide, several counts of felony reckless endangerment, and reckless aggravated assault for a May ...more