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United Airlines planes are parked at gates at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., on July 1, 2020. United Airlines will cut about 50 flights a day in Newark, to try to limit flight delays and cancellations there this summer. A United spokeswoman said Thursday, June 23, 2022 that the flights being cut are all domestic, and no destinations are being dropped entirely. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Police arrest Pennsylvania man at airport with loaded handgun in his carry-on bag

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times
This photo provided by Transportation Security Administration shows a cat stuck in a checked bag going through security at John F. Kennedy airport on Nov. 16, 2022 in New York. The stowaway cat, identified as “Smells,” was returned to its owner. The cat's owner said that Smells must have crawled into the suitcase of a visiting friend. She didn't know her tabby was missing until airport officials reached her. (Transportation Security Administration via AP)

Cat's out of the bag when TSA finds stowaway feline at JFK

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Traveler walk towards the TSA screening area in LaGuardia Airport's Terminal B, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022, in New York. Travel experts say the ability of many people to work remotely is letting them take off early for Thanksgiving or return home later. Crowds are expected to rival those of 2019, the last Thanksgiving before the pandemic. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Airport security again halting travelers trying to bring handguns onto planes

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times
This April 2, 2021, file photo shows freight train cars and containers at Norfolk Southern Railroad's Conway Yard in Conway, Pa. Railroad engineers accepted their deal with the railroads that will deliver 24% raises, but conductors rejected the contract casting more doubt on whether the industry will be able to resolve the labor dispute before next month’s deadline without Congress’ help. The votes, Monday, Nov. 21, 2022, by the two biggest railroad unions follow the decision by three other unions to reject their deals with the railroads that the Biden administration helped broker before the original strike deadline in September. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Railroad strike looms as largest freight union rejects Biden-brokered deal

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
A Tesla sedan gets a charge at a Tesla Supercharging station in Cranberry, Pa, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Tesla recalls 300K vehicles over taillight software glitch

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U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg attends a groundbreaking ceremony for the New Portal North Bridge project held in Kearny, N.J., Monday, Aug 1, 2022. A group of environmental and racial justice organizations filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday, Nov. 17, against the U.S. Department of Transportation and Buttigieg. The lawsuit aims to halt a Gulf Coast road project that the group says will harm the environment near historic Black neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah, File)

Environmental groups sue DOT over Mississippi road project

By Michael Goldberg - Associated Press
Police car. Photo credit: zef art via Shutterstock. *FILE*

Former Metro Transit Police officer violated civilian's civil rights by beating him with a metal bat

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times
A charging cord for an electric vehicle is seen strung across a public sidewalk in San Francisco on Sept. 23, 2022. With inflation a top concern for voters, many Republican candidates are seeking to capitalize on Americans’ precarious financial situations heading into next week’s midterm elections to vilify a key component of President Joe Biden’s climate agenda: electric vehicles. (AP Photo/Haven Daley, File) **FILE**

Energy Department awards $74M for battery recycling, reuse

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A passenger gets into a taxi, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

New York City taxi fares about to rise 23%, highest jump in a decade

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times
Personnel from the Kenya Defence Forces disaster response unit examine the scene of a building collapse in the Kasarani neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. Workers at the multi-storey residential building that was under construction are feared trapped in the rubble and rescue operations have begun, but there was no immediate official word on any casualties. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Building under construction collapses in Kenya's capital

By Evelyne Musambi - Associated Press
In this file photo, Border Patrol agents hold a news conference prior to a media tour of a new U.S. Customs and Border Protection temporary facility near the Donna International Bridge in Donna, Texas, May 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) **FILE**

Customs officials seize 215 pounds of meth worth over $420,000 on the street from train in El Paso

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times
Locomotives are coupled to railway cars in the Selkirk rail yard Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, in Selkirk, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

Potential railroad strike delayed until early December

By Josh Funk - Associated Press
A man fishes as a ferry is docked during a 24-hour strike at the port of Rafina, east of Athens, Greece, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. A 24-hour general strike called by Greece's private and public sector unions is set to shut down most services around the country Wednesday. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Inflation strikes disrupt trains, flights in Greece, Belgium

By Elena Becatoros - Associated Press
A Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) bus is driven in Philadelphia, in this file photo from, Oct. 27, 2021. Members of Philadelphia's largest transit worker's union announced early Friday, Oct. 29, 2021 they reached a tentative contract agreement. The agreement has averted a possible strike that threatened to bring elevated trains, buses and trolleys to a halt and leave thousands of children and educators without a way to get to school next week. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Philadelphia transit officer wounds suspect after woman shot, killed

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A woman walks among colorful fall foliage in Rock Creek Park in Washington, on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Top portion of Rock Creek Park's Beach Drive in D.C. to remain closed to cars: National Park Service

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times
In this May 28, 2020, file photo, a passenger wears personal protective equipment on a Delta Airlines flight after landing in Minneapolis, United States of America. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency said Wednesday that from next week onward it is no longer recommending the use of medical masks at airports and on planes due to the coronavirus. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Supreme Court leaves ruling in place that allows transportation mask mandates

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
In this photo taken March 12, 2015, passengers wait on the platform before boarding a train at the U Street Metro Station in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

Metro Transit Police to start issuing fare evasion citations in November

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times
Jason Morisseau, an installation and maintenance technician with Waitsfield and Champlain Valley Telecom, uses a fusion splicer to install fiber optic cable that is being run to a home, in Concord, Vt., Feb. 10, 2022. The Agriculture Department is announcing on Thursday $759 million worth of grants and loans to enable rural communities to access high-speed internet. It's part of the broader $65 billion push for high-speed connectivity from last year's infrastructure law. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring, File)

USDA announces $759M for high-speed internet in rural areas

By Josh Boak - Associated Press
In this Jan. 13, 2015, file photo, a subway train arrives at the L'Enfant Metro Station in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Metro watchdog approves plan to return 7000-series rail cars to service

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times
Vice President Kamala Harris, right, laughs with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan, during a tour of electric school buses at Meridian High School in Falls Church, Va., May 20, 2022. The EPA said Thursday, Sept. 29, that it will nearly double, to nearly $1 billion, funding available to states to acquire electric school buses, responding to what it calls overwhelming demand for cleaner school transportation. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Biden celebrates first $1 billion for electric school buses, but bus drivers aren't cheering

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times
Firefighters work to extinguish a fire in a building after a single-engine plane crashed nearby in Keene, N.H., Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. Police at the time could not confirm if the plane crashed into the building. (Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP)

Single-engine plane crashes into New Hampshire apartments, killing all passengers but no others

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times
A Hawaiian Airlines plane taxis at Kahalui, Hawaii on the island of Maui on March 24, 2005. Hawaiian Airlines will operate 10 cargo planes for Amazon.com starting next fall under a deal that could eventually involve more planes and give Amazon a 15% stake in the airline, the airline’s parent company, Hawaiian Holdings Inc., said Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Lucy Pemoni, FIle)

Hawaiian Airlines to fly cargo planes for Amazon starting in fall 2023

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times
A Delta Air Lines plane leaves the gate on July 12, 2021, at Logan International Airport in Boston. Delta Air Lines announced Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, that it has invested $60 million in a startup that hopes to build electric helicopter-like air taxis to ferry passengers to the airport. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Delta posts $695 million profit, sees busy holiday season

By David Koenig - Associated Press
President Joe Biden, with Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh, left, speaks about a tentative railway labor agreement in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Major freight rail union rejects Biden-brokered contract

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
A passenger wears a face mask to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus as he waits for a Delta Airlines flight at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta on Feb. 18, 2021. Flight attendants are about to get an extra hour of required rest between shifts. The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, that it will require the workers get at least 10 hours off between shifts, fulfilling a requirement that Congress approved in 2018. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

U.S. to require more rest between shifts for flight attendants

By David Koenig - Associated Press
A JetBlue Airways Airbus A320, left, passes a Spirit Airlines Airbus A320 as it taxis on the runway, July 7, 2022, at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

U.S. case against American Airlines and JetBlue heads to court

By David Koenig - Associated Press
Norfolk Southern locomotives are moved in the Conway Terminal in Conway, Pa., Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Railroad pact could fall apart, unions set to vote Thursday

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

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