NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Transit wants to buy 25 acres (10 hectares) to serve as a safe haven for trains after more than 300 were flooded during Superstorm Sandy. NJ.com reports agency officials plan to vote...
Read MoreJACKSON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey theme park worker who was struck by a lift truck has died from his injuries. The 19-year-old worker was stringing lights near a fountain at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson on Friday...
Read MoreDETROIT (AP) — An investigation by U.S. auto safety regulators has found 27 reports of engine fires in tiny Smart Fortwo cars, including one that caused an injury. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — After Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, an antique store needed more than six years to fully recover. A Long Island restaurateur couldn’t reopen one of his locations for a year and a half...
Read MoreBISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Hurricane Harvey has impacted the pace of negotiations between the company that built the Dakota Access oil pipeline and North Dakota regulators investigating potential violations of state rules...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is set to launch a service that lets customers order clothes, try them on at home and pay only for what they keep. It sounds novel, but Amazon is actually late to the party. Several online startups...
Read MoreU.S. stocks edged higher in afternoon trading Wednesday, led by gains in energy companies as the price of crude oil rose. Gains by health care companies and several big retailers also helped lift the market, which was coming off...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer will resign next month for personal reasons, leaving a fourth vacancy on the seven-member Fed governing board. Fischer is a widely-respected economist who...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Congress (all times local): 12:13 p.m. The House has passed a $7.9 billion Harvey aid package. Republicans and Democrats united behind help for victims of that storm even as while an ever...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — House overwhelmingly backs $7.9B aid package for Harvey victims as US disaster reserves dwindle.
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