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Transportation

As Biden pushes major rail investments, Amtrak's 2035 map has people talking

As Biden pushes major rail investments, Amtrak's 2035 map has people talking

"You and your family could travel coast to coast without a single tank of gas onboard a high-speed train," President Joe Biden said. The map shows 30 new routes across the U.S. that funding could create.
by Laurel Wamsley

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Passenger rail backers hope Biden’s infrastructure plan could return train service to Duluth 

Passenger rail backers hope Biden’s infrastructure plan could return train service to Duluth 

Backers of a long-proposed passenger rail service between Duluth and Minneapolis are giddy over the infrastructure plan President Joe Biden unveiled earlier this week. Biden is calling for an $80 billion investment in rail — including, potentially, more than $500 million in funding for the proposed Northern Lights Express project.
by Dan Kraker

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New CDC guidance lifts most domestic travel restrictions for fully vaccinated people

New CDC guidance lifts most domestic travel restrictions for fully vaccinated people

Guidance released Friday allows fully vaccinated people to travel domestically without getting tested or self-quarantining, but advises them to keep practicing mitigation measures to protect others.
by Rachel Treisman

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Here's what's in President Biden's $2 trillion infrastructure proposal

Here's what's in President Biden's $2 trillion infrastructure proposal

The proposal would overhaul roads, transit, utilities, internet access and more in the name of creating jobs. It's also intended to combat climate change, racial inequality and competition from China.
by Scott Detrow

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2 tugboats speed to help free vessel stuck in Suez Canal as shippers avoid it

2 tugboats speed to help free vessel stuck in Suez Canal as shippers avoid it

Two additional tugboats sped Sunday to Egypt's Suez Canal to aid efforts to free a skyscraper-sized container ship wedged for days across the crucial waterway, even as major shippers increasingly diverted their boats out of fear the vessel may take even longer to free.
by The Associated Press

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New attempts planned to free huge vessel stuck in Suez Canal

New attempts planned to free huge vessel stuck in Suez Canal

A giant container ship remained stuck sideways in Egypt’s Suez Canal for a fifth day Saturday, as authorities prepared to make new attempts to free the vessel and reopen a crucial east-west waterway for global shipping.
by The Associated Press

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Here's how a long shutdown of the Suez Canal might roil the global economy

Here's how a long shutdown of the Suez Canal might roil the global economy

With one of the world's largest container ships solidly lodged in the Suez Canal, blocking billions of dollars' worth of commerce each day, here are some of the worldwide implications.
by Scott Neuman and Jackie Northam

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