Tag: Transportation

A tanker train carrying crude oil burns after derailing in western Alabama outside Aliceville, Ala., early Friday morning. The train exploded, sending flames and black smoke into the air and temporarily forcing one family to leave their home. (AP Photo/ ABC 33/40, Bill Castle)ÃÂ

Obama should approve Keystone and encourage more pipelines

Diana Furchtgott-Roth · November 12, 2013 5:00 am

In 2008, the National Transportation Safety Board recommended that the Federal Aviation Administration require all gliders to carry transponders or similar devices that alert other aircraft to their presence in crowded airspaces, especially around busy commercial airports. Such a requirement has yet to come from the FAA.(AP Photo/Roswell Daily Record, Mark Wilson)

Examiner Editorial: Why does the FAA continue to dawdle on glider rule?

Editorial Writer · November 12, 2013 5:00 am

Joe Biden, Whoopi Goldberg ride Amtrak together

Washington Examiner · November 8, 2013 11:58 pm

Police, emergency response vehicles and officials are positioned outside Terminal 3 at Los Angeles International Airport on Nov. 1. (AP/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Don’t arm TSA agents

Steve Chapman · November 8, 2013 5:00 am

Obama: ‘No question’ shutdown hurt jobs

Meghashyam Mali · November 8, 2013 5:00 am

The NTSB's analysis of deadly tour bus crashes in multiple states found major problems in the way tour bus companies are regulated.ÃÂ (Photo: Thinkstock)

Federal oversight of tour bus industry faulted

Associated Press · November 7, 2013 5:00 am

Dozens of Department of Homeland Security employees, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement, spend at least half of their time working for labor unions instead of taxpayers while still drawing full salaries, according to a new data obtained by theÂ Washington Examiner.Â (AP Photo/Khampha Bouaphanh)

Too big to manage: Dozens of Homeland Security employees spend more time working for unions than taxpayers

Mark Flatten · November 6, 2013 5:00 am

Four out of five millennials text and walk; nearly a third text and bump

Paul Bedard · November 6, 2013 5:00 am

LosÃÂ AngelesÃÂ Police Chief Charlie Beck talks with other responders atÃÂ LosÃÂ AngelesÃÂ InternationalÃÂ Airport on Friday. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Beltway Confidential

TSA employees’ union calls for arming agents

Sean Higgins · November 6, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2013 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate prepared to push major gay rights legislation past a first, big hurdle Monday as Democrats and a handful of Republicans united behind a bill to prohibit workplace discrimination against gay, bisexual and transgender Americans. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File )

Harry Reid: No plans to revisit gun control legislation

Sean Lengell · November 5, 2013 5:00 am

Gov’t easing the way for disabled air passengers

Joan Lowy · November 4, 2013 9:14 pm

The project has broad support on both sides of the aisle, despite its financial maladies. The Corps estimates the project will yield $640 million in economic benefits annually, largely through reduced transportation costs. (AP Photo/Paducah Sun, John Wampler)

Energy and Environment

Costs overflow for Kentucky dam

Zack Colman · November 1, 2013 4:00 am