Two headline-grabbing crashes underscore seasonal and situational risks A near-50-vehicle pileup on Interstate 70 in western Indiana and a separate fatal crash involving an Amazon-branded semi near Houston have truckers on alert as winter weather and holiday traffic converge. Indiana State Police said approximately 45 vehicles were involved on I-70…
WINTER STORM DISRUPTS POST-THANKSGIVING TRAVEL ACROSS MIDWEST AND GREAT LAKES Heavy snow, freezing rain and strong winds slowed highways from Montana to Ohio and led to widespread flight delays, including a 45-vehicle crash on I-70 near Terre Haute and hour-plus airport delays in Chicago and St. Louis. NEARLY 1,000 FLIGHTS…
Blizzard pileup near Moorhead snarls I‑94; no life‑threatening injuries Winter arrived hard on November 25, 2025, as whiteout bands and ice triggered a chain reaction crash involving “several semis” on westbound I‑94 just east of Moorhead, Minnesota (near milepost 7). Minnesota State Patrol diverted westbound traffic at Exit 15 (Downer)…
BLACK FRIDAY SHIFTS ONLINE AS SHOPPERS GROW MORE SELECTIVE, ADOBE/SALESFORCE DATA SHOW Thanksgiving online sales hit $6.4B and traffic surged, but buyers are cautious, prioritizing value and buying fewer, higher-priced items. Analysts say inflation and job-market jitters are nudging spend to e-commerce and targeted deals. THANKSGIVING E-COMMERCE EXPECTED TO CLIMB…
What changed and why it matters The City of Los Angeles has refreshed its “List of Permitted Waste Haulers,” confirming which firms are cleared to collect and transport solid waste, recyclables, organics, and construction & demolition (C&D) debris generated within city limits. The PDF roster shows a valid date of…
LAKE-EFFECT SNOW POUNDS GREAT LAKES; BLIZZARD WARNINGS HIT UPPER MICHIGAN Whiteouts and 45 mph winds are snarling Thanksgiving travel across Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and parts of Wisconsin and New York, with power outages and treacherous road conditions likely to disrupt truck and parcel flows through the weekend. U.S. THANKSGIVING ONLINE…
What people mean by the “$600 rule” The “$600 rule” refers to a change in law (first set in the American Rescue Plan of 2021) that would have required third‑party payment platforms like Venmo, PayPal and Cash App to send a Form 1099‑K to users who received more than $600…
FAA MD‑11 GROUNDING LIKELY TO STRETCH INTO 2026, RAISING PEAK-PARCEL CAPACITY PRESSURE Following the fatal Nov. 4 UPS crash, sources say inspection criteria won’t be finalized until next year, keeping MD‑11 freighters parked as UPS and FedEx scramble for substitute lift during holiday peak. FEDEX TO ELIMINATE 856 JOBS AT…
What’s in the Senate proposal Senate appropriators have unveiled a fiscal 2026 funding bill that would cut the IRS’s annual appropriation by about 4%, to roughly $11.8 billion, according to a summary of the plan first reported by Tax Notes and recapped by a national CPA firm’s tax news blog.…
BP FINDS LEAK IN OLYMPIC PIPELINE, RESUMES JET FUEL DELIVERIES TO SEA-TAC BP located the source of the Everett-area pipeline leak and restarted the jet fuel line feeding Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, easing fears of holiday disruptions; fuel reserves will take days to rebuild after emergency truck-fueled deliveries and HOS waivers…
