The leader of a “large-scale Pittsburgh-area drug trafficking organization” was recently sentenced to more than two decades in prison, officials say. On June 11, 2025, Andrew Beatty was sentenced to twenty-three years of imprisonment and five years of supervised release following his conviction on charges of Conspiracy to Distribute Five ...more
Love’s opens new truck stops in Arizona and Mississippi
On Thursday, Love’s Travel Stops announced the opening of two new stores in Willcox, Arizona, and Lucedale, Mississippi. The 13,000 ...more
Two drivers, passenger killed in head-on semi truck crash
Two truck drivers and a passenger are dead after a head on collision between two rigs on Tuesday afternoon. The ...more
Senate Panel Approves NTSB Nominee Alvin Brown
Alvin Brown speaks at his nomination hearing June 21. (commerce.senate.gov) The Senate Commerce Committee on July 12 easily advanced the ...more
Amazon Prime Day Pushes Online Sales Up 6% in First 24 Hours
Prime trailers at an Amazon delivery station in Dallas. (Kathy Tran/Bloomberg News) U.S. consumers spent $6.4 billion online in the ...more
California Sees Huge Battery Storage Spike Over Three Years
The Crimson Battery Energy Storage Project in Blythe, Calif. (Bing Guan/Bloomberg News) California has, in just three years, seen a ...more
Inflation Falls to 3% in June, Lowest in Two Years
A shopper looks down an aisle in a Target store in Upper Saint Clair, Pa. (Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press) WASHINGTON ...more
Bill outlawing self-driving trucks without a human driver on board advances in California
California lawmakers have advanced a high-profile bill that would ban the operation of heavy autonomous ...more
Volvo VNR Electric trucks recalled for ‘aggressive’ braking with use of adaptive cruise control
Volvo Trucks North America has issued a recall for certain VNR Electric models due to ...more
Hundreds of trucks inspected during Georgia blitz targeting container drivers, distracted drivers
Last week, officers with the Georgia Department of Public Safety (DPS) held a large-scale enforcement effort ...more
FedEx semi truck driver knocked out by thrown rock while driving through Indiana
The Decatur County Sheriff Department (DCSD) is investigating a rock throwing incident that put a ...more
Texas interstate closed for fatal tanker crash
Transportation officials in Texas closed both directions of I-14 on Monday morning for a multi-vehicle ...more
CHP hopes video will convince truckers to stop at brake check area
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is hoping that truckers learn from the mistakes of a ...more
Truck spills load of glue on Michigan roadway after being cut off, troopers say
Michigan State Police (MSP) say that Monday cargo spill was caused by a vehicle cutting ...more
FMCSA orders truck driver off the road following DUI crash that killed four in Tennessee
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared a truck driver to be an imminent ...more
Diesel Price Sheds 4.9¢ to $3.487 a Gallon
A tanker truck delivers fuel to an Oregon filling station. The price of diesel on ...more
President expected to veto House, Senate’s cancellation of tough truck emissions rules
The House voted to cancel the tough emissions regulation for commercial trucks on Tuesday, but ...more
Minnesota Department of Transportation (MNDOT) traffic cameras captured the moment that a truck tipped while ...more
Cummins Invests in Jamestown Plant for Fuel-Agnostic Engine
Jamestown Engine Plant by Cummins Inc. LAKEWOOD, N.Y. — Engine manufacturer Cummins Inc. is readying a ...more
Canada Premiers Pitch Carney on Pipelines, Ports and Mines
Port of Prince Rupert in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, on Canada's West Coast. (Ben Nelms/Bloomberg ...more
Cummins Spinoff Atmus Raises $275 Million in IPO
A Cummins engine at the Cummins Seymour Engine Plant in Seymour, Ind. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg News) ...more
The Wyoming Transportation Commission has awarded two emergency repair contracts to two different companies as ...more
Feds plan to require that all new cars be equipped with automatic emergency braking systems
On Wednesday, federal transportation authorities announced a major rule proposal to require that new cars ...more