Tom Krisher | Associated Press

This photo taken with a drone shows portions of a Norfolk and Southern freight train that derailed Friday night in East Palestine, Ohio are still on fire at mid-day Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023.

NTSB chair says Norfolk Southern interfered with derailment probe after botching vent-and-burn call

National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy says Norfolk Southern repeatedly tried to interfere with the investigation into the East Palestine, Ohio, derailment and shape its conclusions about what the agency called a flawed decision to blow open five tank cars and burn the vinyl chloride inside.

A self-driving tractor trailer maneuvers around a test track.

Development & Transportation

A Pittsburgh company's self-driving tractor trailers will hit U.S. roads soon

Tom Krisher | Associated Press

Late this year, Pittsburgh-based Aurora Innovation Inc. plans to start hauling freight on Interstate 45 between the Dallas and Houston areas with 20 driverless trucks.

The front of a red truck with a bulldog hood ornament.

Economy & Business

Workers at Mack Trucks go on strike after rejecting tentative contract deal

Tom Krisher | Associated Press

Union workers at Mack Trucks went on strike Monday after voting down a tentative five-year contract agreement that negotiators had reached with the company.