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WASHINGTON — While Republicans capped 2024 with a presidential victory, the Biden administration has been rushing to advance as many infrastructure and microchip projects as it can.

DETROIT — The reliability of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids has dramatically improved, narrowing a wide gap with gas-powered automobiles, according to the latest survey by Consumer Reports.

The Texas-based company is accused of discharging hundreds of thousands of gallons of industrial wastewater containing excessive amounts of oil and grease.

ODESSA — The Texas Department of Transportation announced a statewide public campaign to end fatalities on Texas roadways.

Shares of the Elon Musk-led company have fallen 12% this year through Oct. 22, while all of its Big Tech peers have advanced.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Researchers are finding that carriers whose drivers use fuel-efficient driving techniques can not only reduce emissions and fuel consumption, but also reduce crashes.

CORTEZ, Fla. — Floridians recovering from Hurricane Milton spent much of Oct. 12 searching for gas as a fuel shortage gripped the state.

Alarm has grown in the U.S. in recent months over soaring UCO imports from China, potentially displacing more regulated American-made biomass-based diesel.

MORGAN CITY, La. — Hurricane Francine barreled toward Louisiana on Sept. 11, strengthening to a Category 2 storm that could bring deadly storm surge to the U.S. Gulf Coast.

Francine is expected to lash parts of the Gulf Coast with powerful winds and heavy rain as it heads for a Sept. 11 landfall as a full-blown hurricane.