Firefighters Make Progress In Calif. Wildfires As Death Toll Climbs
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Firefighting crews are making some progress in trying to contain the deadly wildfires in northern California. But at least 35 people have been...
View ArticleFirefighters Gain Ground On Wildfires Raging Across California
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: The winds in northern California remained mostly calm over the weekend, allowing firefighters to finally get the upper hand in the battle...
View ArticleIn California, Many Wonder Why There Were No Mass Evacuation Alerts For...
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The California wildfires have now killed at least 41 people. Residents of the northern counties burnt by the fires are asking why there...
View ArticleAre Social Media Sites Doing Enough To Combat Rumors And False News?
As fire fighters in California's wine country worked frantically to contain and put out devastating wildfires that killed at least 42 people in recent weeks, and while his officers were still...
View ArticleWhite House Pushes New Truck Safety Regulation While Loosening Obama-Era Rules
Updated on Dec. 4 at 6:29 p.m. ET Some of the nation's 3.5 million truck drivers staged protests with their big rigs at truck stops and a few state capitols around the country on Monday, in hopes of...
View ArticleAmerican Airlines And Pilots Work Out Deal To Save Holiday Flights
There is no need to charter a sleigh pulled by reindeer for your air travel to holiday destinations after all. American Airlines and its pilots have worked out a deal to staff cockpits in late December...
View ArticleAre $40 Toll Roads The Future?
How much would you pay to avoid traffic jams on your daily commute? $10? $20? How about $40? That's how much a tollway in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., charged for a short time last week....
View ArticleNTSB Looks At Disabled Signals, Locked Switch In Latest Deadly Amtrak Crash
Updated at 11:59 p.m. ET Federal investigators say a track switch locked in the wrong position appears to have led to Sunday's deadly Amtrak collision with an idle CSX freight train, and they are...
View ArticleIllinois Town Tries To Show It Is More Than Just Steel
Workers in traditional steel towns across the country are rejoicing over President Trump's steep tariffs on imported steel that go into effect Friday. Especially in Granite City, Ill., where United...
View ArticleWhat Happened On That Southwest Flight
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right. The Federal Aviation Administration says it will soon require new inspections of fan blades in jet engines like the one that...
View ArticleOn National School Walkout Day, Students On Chicago's South Side Chant For...
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: Today, thousands of students from schools around this country are walking out of class to protest gun violence. This is the third national...
View ArticleWhy It's Infrastructure Week, Again
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: It's Infrastructure Week again. Since President Trump came into office, it sometimes feels as though every other week is Infrastructure Week....
View Article5 Reasons It Could Feel Like You're Traveling Without Moving This Summer
If you've already tried to get away for the long holiday weekend or are planning on leaving soon, you probably know this: the highways, airports and train stations are packed with like-minded folks...
View ArticleChicago's Hyperloop Announcement Met With Questions
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Chicago is famous for its L, the transit system of mostly elevated trains. Soon it might have the X, a high-speed transit system some are...
View ArticleAnxiety Grows Over Anti-Immigrant Actions: 'We Feel They Are After Us'
The Trump administration's practice of separating children from their parents at the border is not just heartbreaking to other immigrants but also terrifying. Even immigrants who are in the country...
View ArticleRide-Hailing Services Add To Traffic Congestion, Study Says
If there's one thing veteran Chicago taxicab driver Jay Khawas says he sees a lot of, it's cars with the familiar Uber and Lyft emblems. "Oh my God. Like, many, many," says Khawas. "They're...
View ArticleEven As Cars Get Safer, Traffic Fatalities Still High
The U.S is on pace to record close to 40,000 roadway and highway deaths for the third consecutive year, according to preliminary figures released Wednesday by the National Safety Council. The silver...
View ArticleHurricane Prep Challenges Transportation Networks
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Many sea ports and airports along the southeastern United States coastline are closed today as Hurricane Florence nears. Authorities in...
View ArticleHurricane Florence: Travel Begins To Snarl As Storm Closes In
Many seaports and airports along the southeastern U.S. coastline have been shut down, more than 1,000 flights have been canceled, and some highways and bridges in low-lying coastal areas could close...
View ArticleMore Than 30,000 Steelworkers Threatening To Strike Across The U.S.
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: There are a lot of reasons why a woman might not come forward and report a claim of sexual assault. This next story is about a woman who...
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