Truck Rates at Highest Since 2022 Add to Inflation Pressures April 8, 2026 By Mark Niquette and Vince Golle Skyrocketing fuel prices due to the Iran war are fanning the embers of transportation costs, which were already rising due...
‘Small Miracle’: How the I-95 Bridge Reopened Just 12 Days After Fiery Collapse June 29, 2023 By Skylar Woodhouse, Mark Niquette and Gregory Korte The rapid repair of a key stretch of Interstate 95, two weeks after a fiery crash caused an overpass to...
Duke Downplays Threat From Coal-Ash Spill in Carolina Storm September 17, 2018 By Rachel Adams-Heard, Mark Niquette and Taylor Riggs Duke Energy Corp. is confident most of the coal ash that breached a North Carolina landfill was contained at the...
Carolinians Must Wait for Flood Waters to Recede to Assess Florence’s Damage September 17, 2018 By Mark Niquette, Rachel Adams-Heard and Olivia Carville Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, 9:55 am — Record-setting, still-rising floods covering much of eastern North Carolina are preventing companies, regulators...
Florence Floods Cause Sewage, Coal Ash Spills September 16, 2018 By Mark Niquette and Christopher Flavelle A Duke Energy Corp. landfill near Wilmington, North Carolina, failed under the assault of Tropical Storm Florence, spilling about 2,000...
Florence’s Winds Slow But Serious Floods Continue; Death Count Rising September 16, 2018 By Mark Niquette, Rachel Adams-Heard and Olivia Carville Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018, 1:57 pm —The still-potent remnants of Hurricane Florence marched through the Carolinas on Sunday and as...
U.S. Warns European Businesses on Sanctions If They Do Business with Iran May 13, 2018 By Ryan Beene and Mark Niquette European countries and companies that continue to do business with Iran could face U.S. sanctions, National Security Adviser John Bolton...
Fatal Amtrak Crash in Washington State Stirs Safety Debate in D.C. December 19, 2017 By Ryan Beene, Mark Niquette and Alan Levin The deadly Amtrak crash in Washington state marked the railroad’s third fatal accident in as many years, putting the passenger...
Republican Platform Under Trump: Reinstate Glass-Steagall, Go Slow on Trade Pacts July 19, 2016 By Mark Niquette and John McCormick Republican National Convention delegates approved a platform Monday that calls for reinstating the Glass-Steagall Act and scaling back the Dodd-Frank...
Texas Leads U.S. in Road Fatalities, Needs Transportation Funding October 14, 2014 By Mark Niquette and Rodney Yap Gus Pando lost his mother last year in a crash at an intersection where a county road crossed four lanes...