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UPS Manages Airlift of Health Care Supplies for FEMA

UPS launched a two-week operation to run 25 cargo flights carrying masks, gloves, surgical gowns and other equipment for the health care industry under the federal government鈥檚 Project Airbridge.

April 7, 2020
Government, Business, TCA

Tesla鈥檚 Ventilator Production in New York Has Yet to Begin

Elon Musk promised nearly two weeks ago that the Tesla factory in Buffalo, N.Y., would reopen for ventilator production to help with the coronavirus pandemic. But it still hasn鈥檛 happened yet.

April 7, 2020
Government, Business, TCA

Amazon to Donate 8,200 Laptops to Seattle Students

Amazon .com Inc. is donating 8,200 laptops to families of elementary school students in Seattle Public Schools who don鈥檛 have access to a device needed for remote learning while schools are closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the company and school district announced April 6.

April 6, 2020
Government, Business, TCA

N.J. Transportation Stakeholders Disagree Over Virtual Toll Hearings

New Jersey Transportation Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti fired back at critics April 2 who said the agency shouldn鈥檛 have held hearings on a proposal toll increase and $500 million capital plan on the Atlantic City Expressway during the coronavirus crisis.

April 3, 2020
Business, Technology, TCA

GM, Honda Partner to Build Honda EVs in GM Plants

General Motors Co. and Honda Motor Co. announced an agreement April 2 to jointly develop two new electric vehicles for Honda that will be based on GM鈥檚 global electric-vehicle platform that鈥檚 powered by the Detroit automaker鈥檚 Ultium battery system.

April 3, 2020
Government, Business, Safety, TCA

Mariners Take Extra Precautions as Great Lakes Shipping Season Begins

As the coronavirus pandemic locked down countries and disrupted global supply chains, the Great Lakes shipping season got underway last week, with extra precautions in tow.

April 1, 2020
Government, Business, Safety, TCA

About 2,000 USPS Workers Are Quarantined Over Coronavirus Concerns

Around 2,000 U.S. Postal Service employees nationwide are in quarantine over concerns that they may have been exposed to coronavirus, and more than 60 have tested positive for the virus, according to the National Association of Letter Carriers and the Postal Service.

March 30, 2020
Business, Top 50, Top 100, TCA

FedEx Ground to Close Pennsylvania Facility, Cutting 186 Jobs

FedEx Ground will be shutting down its package delivery facility in Clinton, Pa., on May 16, eliminating 186 jobs.

March 27, 2020
Government, Business, TCA

Elon Musk Will Reopen Tesla鈥檚 Buffalo Factory for Ventilators

Elon Musk says the Tesla factory in Buffalo, N.Y., will reopen for ventilator production to help with the coronavirus pandemic.

March 26, 2020
Business, Safety, TCA

Risk Remains Low for Coronavirus Transmission on Packages

The CDC has stated on its website that at the moment, 鈥渢here is no evidence to support transmission of COVID-19 associated with imported goods, and there have not been any cases of COVID-19 in the United States associated with imported goods,鈥 so the concern for anything shipped from overseas is low thus far.

March 26, 2020