A school bus carrying students was engulfed in flames along New Jersey’s Garden State Parkway on Wednesday, fire officials said. Firefighters responded around 2:30 p.m. to mile marker 20.8 southbound on the parkway in Cape May County and found the fire raging throughout the bus, the Seaville Fire and Rescue Company said. All 10 students and the bus driver had …
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Meat pie, spiders and a toupee: Uber dishes on weird things left behind in rides this year
Losing your belongings on the go can be irritating – especially if they’re valuable or sentimental. Uber drivers are accustomed to items being left behind in their rides, some more unique than others. The rideshare’s eighth annual Lost & Found Index, released on Wednesday, surveyed drivers for the most common and surprising possessions left in cars by their passengers. ‘STEAK …
Read More »3 Pennsylvania construction workers dead after being hit by truck on I-83
Three construction workers on a maintenance project along a Pennsylvania interstate were struck and killed by a truck early Wednesday, state police said. Investigators said a 24-year-old man was driving a large box truck at about 3:25 a.m. when it struck a construction vehicle in a work zone, then hit the three workers on the shoulder. The fatal crash occurred …
Read More »Pilot and dog swim to shore in California after small plane crashes off coast, authorities say
A pilot and his dog survived a small plane crash into the ocean off the coast of Southern California on Sunday and safely swam to shore, authorities said. Witnesses reported that a small plane landed in the waters off Rancho Palos Verdes shortly before 5:30 p.m., the Los Angeles County Fire Department told KTLA. The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department (LASD) …
Read More »1 critical after bus station gunfight in Flint, Michigan
Two men exchanged gunfire Tuesday after they exited a bus in downtown Flint, leaving one of them in critical condition and a woman wounded, police said. Flint Police Chief Terence Green said the two men got into an altercation in another city and continued fighting when they arrived at the Mass Transportation Authority bus terminal, WJRT-TV reported. DETROIT BLUES BAR …
Read More »Warren Buffett’s BNSF Railway to lay out defense in Montana asbestos deaths lawsuit
Thomas Wells ran a half-marathon at age 60 and played recreational volleyball until he was 63. At 65 years old, doctors diagnosed him with mesothelioma, a rare and aggressive lung cancer linked to asbestos exposure. “I’m in great pain and alls I see is this getting worse,” the retired middle school teacher from Oregon said in a video deposition recorded …
Read More »8 family members dead after makeshift boat sinks in Mozambique
At least eight people from one family have died after their homemade boat sank in central Mozambique, state media reported Tuesday. Monday’s sinking on a tributary of the Zambezi River in Sofala province came days after nearly 100 people, many of them children, died in one of the country’s worst shipwrecks. DEATH TOLL IN MOZAMBIQUE FERRY DISASTER CLIMBS TO 98 …
Read More »FBI opens criminal probe into Baltimore bridge collapse: source
The FBI has opened a criminal investigation into the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore, a federal source confirmed to Fox News. The probe, first reported by the Washington Post, centers on the 985-foot container ship, the Dali, looking at any violations of federal maritime law, with a focus on whether ship personnel may have been aware of any …
Read More »California's green agenda is targeting every mode of transportation, despite wide opposition
California’s state government, under the leadership of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, is pursuing a wide-ranging climate agenda targeting the transportation sector — actions that could have major economic implications. The California Air Resources Board (CARB), the state’s main environmental regulator, has finalized new rules mandating a rapid transition from traditional petroleum-powered modes of transportation to zero-emissions alternatives as it pursues …
Read More »How AI is paving the way to smoother streets using autonomous robots
Have you ever been in a situation where you’re cruising down the road, enjoying a smooth ride, when suddenly — wham — you hit a pothole? It jolts your car and reminds you of the never-ending battle against these road menaces. Well, that scenario could be over very soon. Tech firm Robotiz3d is developing three technologies as part of its …
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