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Workers pursuing Class Action after 100 year old trucking company shutters abruptly without distributing final paychecks or benefits
Employees of an Oregon trucking company are pursuing Class Action grievances after the company shut abruptly without properly compensating them earlier this month. TP Freight Lines based in Oregon notified employees of the closure and shut its doors on August 4th. The next day, the company failed to make payroll. Now, workers are filing unemployment insurance claims, and the Teamsters union…
Woman charged over vandalism of World War II Memorial
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said on Friday that a woman had been taken into custody and charged with two felony counts in connection with the vandalism at the World War II Memorial in Washington.Melissa Farris was charged with depredation against property of the United States and destruction of veterans’ memorials, Pirro said on social media,…
Will Truck Parking Club ever start accepting fuel stop points?
Truck Parking Club has added nearly 6,000 new truck parking locations across the United States, something met with near universal…
Wife of active-duty Army sergeant deported to Honduras
The wife of an active-duty soldier was deported to Honduras on Monday, her husband confirmed.ICE agents detained Cristy Maryori Villafranca…
Why you can tell your attorney anything – almost
Discussions of previous acts, such as speeding or log book violations that went undetected, are generally subject to attorney-client privilege.Max…
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FMCSA’s Barrs, ICE grill ‘illegal’ drivers at Operation Highway Shield
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Department of Homeland Security chief Markwayne Mullin on Tuesday announced results of a major joint effort to remove "unqualified foreign drivers operating big rigs" from the road. The second wave of Operation Highway Shield took place from July 28-30 across freight corridors in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,…
$2.2M coming to truck drivers after state misclassification suit
STG Logistics, which recently completed a financial restructuring following a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, has reached a settlement with New Jersey in relation to allegations of truck driver misclassification in which the company will pay more than $2.7 million.New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport and Kevin D. Jarvis, Acting Commissioner of…
Everybody wanted to visit the wounded soldier. I wanted to be left alone.
Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter.It was only a month after the roadside bombing. I was still in Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, in June 2006, undergoing successive rounds of surgery.…
How non-domiciled CDL drivers will try to get FMCSA ban rejected
New court filings reveal how lawyers representing non-citizen drivers will try to overturn the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's near total ban on non-domiciled CDLs.As California argued as part of a recent filing, non-citizen drivers are perhaps even safer than U.S. citizens, and FMCSA jumped to an unreasonable conclusion with…
Risk of developing ALS varies by service, study finds
Veterans of the Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard may be at higher risk for developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) compared with veterans from other branches, according to research published in the journal Neurology.In a review of 9.9 million veterans in the VA medical system from 2000 to 2024, researchers…
Fitzgerald Peterbilt sells off all six locations
Fitzgerald Peterbilt sells off all six locationsPeterbilt of Atlanta on Tuesday announced the acquisition of the assets of Fitzgerald Peterbilt's four Alabama locations, including dealerships in Birmingham, Huntsville (Madison), Montgomery (Hope Hull), and Gadsden.In conjunction with the acquisition, the company also changed its name to Pearson Peterbilt Group, LLC, effective…
Interstate drug investigation results in arrests of two Florida males and major narcotics seizure
SEYMOUR, Ind., July 30, 2026 — A multistate investigation that began with a suspected drug exchange in California led authorities to seize 42 kilograms of cocaine and arrest two Florida men allegedly connected to an interstate narcotics-trafficking operation. Detectives opened the investigation several months ago after observing what appeared to be…
VA medical center, clinics in Spokane evacuated for wildfire
Patients and staff at Mann-Grandstaff Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Spokane, Washington, were evacuated Saturday because of wildfires that have encroached on the state’s second-largest city, burning at least 600 structures as of Monday.VA staff evacuated an unknown number of patients to local hospitals and are caring for 27 patients…
Trump’s new commission will target quality of life for military spouses
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday establishing a formal commission to address decades-old, persistent problems facing military spouses and families.“It’s an order that’s long overdue,” Trump said during a signing ceremony at the White House, flanked by more than a dozen military spouses who will be part of…
Truck Parking Club: Super Ego relationship, reviews policing, influencer empire revealed
Truck Parking Club, the paid parking giant inspiring love or hate among drivers and shifting the industry toward more monetized parking, runs a tight ship. The tech platform's not just an "Airbnb for truck parking." It marshals paid social media influencers, has a financial relationship with a top industry publication, and…