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Dec 31, 2020 This post contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on links to those products. Terms apply to the offers listed on this page. For an explanation of our Advertising Policy, visit this page. Amazon Air has purchased seven retired ex-Delta Boeing 767-300ERs during a year where cargo operators brought on a record number of freighter aircraft. In a twist, Amazon moved away from its usual model of dry leasing aircraft...

Tamika Palmer, the mother of Breonna Taylor, right, listens to a news conference, Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. Family attorney Ben Crump is calling for the Kentucky attorney general to release the transcripts from the grand jury that decided not to charge any of the officers involved in the Black womans death. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times  What’s left to say about 2020 except that it’s over. But what a year with the well-chronicled coronavi...

Originally published on December 23, 2020 12:00 pm The wheels on the nations buses arent going round and round very much these days. Demand for bus travel has fallen by more than 80% during the pandemic as public health authorities urge people to avoid travel where possible. That is raising concerns about the potential long-term damage to an essential transport method for millions of lower-income Americans even as air travel has shown signs of picking up since the Thanksgiving holiday period...

The wheels on the nations buses arent going round and round very much these days. Demand for bus travel has fallen by more than 80% during the pandemic, as public health authorities urge people to avoid travel where possible. That is raising concerns about the potential long-term damage to an essential transport method for millions of lower-income Americans even as air travel has shown signs of picking up since the Thanksgiving holiday period. And those who have to take the bus, for whatever ...

Eric Gay/AP toggle caption Eric Gay/AP A Greyhound bus driver wears a protective mask and gloves as he prepares to depart a station in San Antonio, Texas, on March 30. Bus companies are struggling amid the pandemic, cutting off travel options for lower-income Americans. Eric Gay/AP The wheels on the nations buses arent going round and round very much these days. Demand for bus travel has fallen by more than 80% during the pandemic as public health author...