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  • Brett JamesArts & Entertainment

    Brett James, writer of ‘Jesus, Take The Wheel,’ dies in plane crash at 57

    By Kathy McCormack, Josh Funk, and others
  • Sean Duffy, US secretary of transportation, speaks during a news conference in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025.Law

    US orders Delta and Aeromexico to dissolve partnership that allowed them to price and schedule their flights jointly and share revenue

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Railroad bridgeLaw

    Railroad regulators to train 163 inspectors to spot cracks in railroad bridges, up from 7

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Donald TrumpPolitics

    Trump fires Democratic member from transportation board just before it considers the largest railroad merger in history

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy, on monitor left, swears-in the witnesses from left: Dan Cooper, Sikorsky Aircraft, Lance Gant, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Army CW4 Kylene Lewis, Steve Braddom, U.S. Army, and Scott Rosengren, U.S. Army, during the NTSB fact-finding hearing on the DCA midair collision accident, at the National Transportation and Safety Board boardroom, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)Travel & Leisure

    Night vision goggles may have hampered Army helicopter pilots before crash with jet, experts tell NTSB

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Railroad mergerFinance

    Even the railroad barons never did this: an $85 billion merger stretching from coast to coast

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy testifies during a House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Oversight hearing on the Department of Transportation’s Policies and Programs and Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)Politics

    Delta-Aeromexico alliance in jeopardy as Trump administration imposes limits on Mexican flights

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A Union Pacific train travels through Union, Neb., July 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)Finance

    Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are in merger talks to create North America’s largest railroad

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • CowboysFinance

    Where’s the beef? Hamburger inflation is running at 12% as America’s herds literally shrink

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • The New York City skyline is seen behind Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)Lifestyle

    Newark airport hopes its new $121 million runway will ease flight limits after tech chaos led to air traffic controllers to trauma leaves

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • A pilot in a United Airlines simulatorTech

    United Airlines pilot of 30+ years says there was only one time he lost communication—here’s why he said the emergency wasn’t ‘that big of a deal’

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • The New York City skyline is seen behind Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)Travel & Leisure

    FAA says controller shortage and tech issues mean Newark airport flight limits will extend into June

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Southwest flight landingTech

    Southwest Airlines tells passengers to keep chargers in plain sight as it tries to curtail lithium battery fires

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • FILE – In this Friday Jan. 25, 2019, file photo is the air traffic control tower at LaGuardia Airport in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)Travel & Leisure

    Speeding jet slams on brakes and has to abort takeoff to avoid runway collision at New York’s LaGuardia Airport

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • A United Airlines jetliner prepares to push off from a gate at Denver International Airport Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)Travel & Leisure

    Newark chaos spreads to another airport as Denver air traffic controllers lose communications for 90 seconds

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press