Did North Korea drug, torture Otto Warmbier as a potential CIA spy?
Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer, of the London Center for Policy Research, on the death of Otto Warmbier after his return from North Korea.
Boeing upbeat on mid-market jet, sees composite fuselage
Boeing's head of airplane developments said on Tuesday he was "very optimistic" that the world's largest planemaker would close the business for a new mid-market jet designed to open up new routes from the middle of the next decade. Mike Delaney, general manager of airplane developments at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, said the final decision would be for Boeing's top leadership but that design, production and cost characteristics were all pointing in the right direction. Speaking to Reuters, Delaney confirmed for the first time publicly that the proposed new aircraft would have a composite fuselage, a key decision likely to boost suppliers such as Boeing's sole composites contractor Toray of Japan.
XPO port, rail drivers strike over job classification
Today, port and rail drivers who claim they have been misclassified as independent contractors at XPO Cartage, part of XPO Logistics Inc., began an “Unfair Labor Practice” strike to protest job classification.
Drivers are picketing XPO facilities in Commerce, Rancho Dominguez, and San Diego, and are picketing at America's largest port complex, the twin ports of Los Angeles/Long Beach, and the Intermodal Rail Intermodal Container Transfer Facility (ICTF), when XPO trucks attempt to enter marine terminals and the rail yard.
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Steve Bannon says Sean Spicer does fewer daily briefings because he ‘got fatter’
When he was asked why the White House has recently diminished the number of daily press briefings...
Seven fleets to participate in Run on Less demonstration
Report: Logistics industry headed for cognitive dissonance
Trucking is confronting a new era of logistics uncertainty, according to an annual report being released today; one where e-commerce, new technologies and business tactics, plus more regional and last-mile freight demand could upend the industry's economics for years to come.
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CTA calls on members to complete NAFTA survey