Should Viewers Of Facebook Live Gang Rape Face Charges?
Chicago police have now arrested two suspects in the brutal sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl that was streamed on Facebook Live. Both of those charged in the attack are teenage boys, ages 14 and...
View Article'Textalyzer' Aims To Curb Distracted Driving, But What About Privacy?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3N0TL_WEtE If you're one of the many who text, read email or view Facebook on your phone while driving, be warned: Police in your community may soon have a tool for...
View Article'It Was A Mistake Of Epic Proportions,' United CEO Testifies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdD3ZV9B3WI Updated at 11:20 a.m. ET The CEO of United Airlines is in the hot seat on Capitol Hill this morning, answering pointed questions from members of Congress...
View ArticleHave The 'Miserable' Airlines Finally Reached A Tipping Point?
In the wake of recent high profile incidents of customer mistreatment, most notably, the viral video of airport security officers dragging a passenger off a United Airlines plane last month ,...
View ArticleTrump Announces Plan To Privatize Air Traffic Control
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71s3bh8acZA President Trump announced Monday a plan to privatize the nation's air traffic control system — a move that would remove the job of tracking and guiding...
View Article10 Years After Bridge Collapse, America Is Still Crumbling
Ten years ago, the Interstate 35W bridge over the Mississippi River in downtown Minneapolis collapsed, sending cars, trucks and even a school bus that were crawling over it in bumper-to-bumper rush...
View ArticleInside Wrigley Field, The Scorekeepers Stay True To Baseball's Beginnings
Modern technology has advanced the game of baseball in many ways. Teams use computer models to help strategize, data analytics to find the best players, and even tablets in the dugouts to instantly...
View ArticleWhy Hurricane Irma's Winds Are An Extreme Worry For Florida
Hurricane Irma, which battered the Caribbean with winds up to 185 mph, has its sights on Florida with winds now around 150 mph. according to the National Hurricane Center . Those are really strong...
View ArticleAre Social Media Sites Doing Enough To Combat Rumors And False News?
As fire fighters in California's wine country worked frantically to contain and put out devastating wildfires that killed at least 42 people in recent weeks, and while his officers were still...
View ArticleUnited Says Goodbye To Its Iconic 'Queen Of The Skies'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUbabyFKUvQ It's the end of an era in domestic commercial aviation Tuesday, as United Airlines flies the iconic Boeing 747 one last time. The flight from San Francisco...
View ArticleWhite House Pushes New Truck Safety Regulation While Loosening Obama-Era Rules
Updated on Dec. 4 at 6:29 p.m. ET Some of the nation's 3.5 million truck drivers staged protests with their big rigs at truck stops and a few state capitols around the country on Monday, in hopes of...
View ArticleAre $40 Toll Roads The Future?
How much would you pay to avoid traffic jams on your daily commute? $10? $20? How about $40? That's how much a tollway in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., charged for a short time last week....
View ArticleMore States Turning To Toll Roads To Raise Cash For Infrastructure
Attention Drivers: Many of those those freeways you're using may not be free for long. Several states are opening new toll roads this year and rates on many existing turnpikes and tollways are going...
View ArticleIllinois Town Tries To Show It Is More Than Just Steel
Workers in traditional steel towns across the country are rejoicing over President Trump's steep tariffs on imported steel that go into effect Friday. Especially in Granite City, Ill., where United...
View ArticleTrump's Infrastructure Strategist Is Leaving The White House
Another top adviser to President Trump is leaving the White House. An administration official tells NPR that DJ Gribbin, architect of the president's $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan, "will be moving...
View ArticleAfter Passenger Dragging Last Year, Airlines Improved Performance
Updated at 6:01 p.m. ET One year after a United Airlines passenger was violently dragged off a plane for refusing to be bumped, United and most other airlines have dramatically reduced their rates of...
View ArticleAnxiety Grows Over Anti-Immigrant Actions: 'We Feel They Are After Us'
The Trump administration's practice of separating children from their parents at the border is not just heartbreaking to other immigrants but also terrifying. Even immigrants who are in the country...
View ArticleTired Of Tiny Seats And No Legroom On Flights? Don't Expect It To Change
Most of us know the routine of boarding an airplane: First, there's the patient waiting in line at the gate, and then again on the jet bridge, and waiting yet again for fellow passengers to put luggage...
View ArticleRide-Hailing Services Add To Traffic Congestion, Study Says
If there's one thing veteran Chicago taxicab driver Jay Khawas says he sees a lot of, it's cars with the familiar Uber and Lyft emblems. "Oh my God. Like, many, many," says Khawas. "They're...
View ArticleIt's Been 25 Years Since The Federal Gas Tax Went Up
What do you remember about this week, 25 years ago? October 1993. Many of us were watching Seinfeld and the first Roseanne or listening to a Mariah Carey cassette on our Walkman. And one of the top...
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