Tag: Transportation and shipping
Light rail train derailment injures dozens in California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Authorities say more than two dozen people have been injured in a light rail train derailment in Northern California.Sacramento Fire...
Climate change turns Arctic into strategic, economic hotspot
TASIILAQ, Greenland (AP) - From a helicopter, Greenland's brilliant white ice and dark mountains make the desolation seem to go on forever. And the...
Justice Department sues to block merger of airline IT firms
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department is suing to block Sabre Corp. from buying Farelogix, a rival provider of technology services to airlines.In a...
US airlines expect record crowds over Labor Day weekend
DALLAS (AP) - Airlines expect record crowds over the week-long Labor Day period, continuing a rise in travel that has boosted the airlines' profits...
Crews reopen Denali park road, tourist buses begin to return
DENALI NATIONAL PARK, Alaska (AP) - Road crews have cleared one lane in Alaska's Denali National Park and Preserve, and buses are beginning to...
Mudslides isolate 300 tourists in Alaska national park
DENALI NATIONAL PARK, Alaska (AP) - Three hundred tourists are stranded in a national park in Alaska after heavy rains triggered mudslides and caused...
China flexes muscle near Hong Kong amid more weekend rallies
SHENZHEN, China (AP) - Members of China's paramilitary People's Armed Police marched and practiced crowd control tactics at a sports complex in Shenzhen across...
German shipping firm: 8 crew seized by pirates off Cameroon
BERLIN (AP) - A German shipping company says pirates have abducted eight crew members from one of its vessels off the coast of West...
China police exercises across from Hong Kong seen as threat
SHENZHEN, China (AP) - Members of China's paramilitary People's Armed Police marched and practiced crowd control tactics at a sports complex in Shenzhen across...
Pilot hailed as hero after bird strike disables Russian jet
MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian pilot was hailed as a hero Thursday for safely landing his passenger jet in a cornfield after a collision...
