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Transportation Sec. Buttigieg unveils new strategy …

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, on Nov. 8, 2021. Buttigieg is vowing help to stem a rising U.S. epidemic of car fatalities with a broad-based government strategy aimed at limiting the speed of cars, redesigning roads to better protect bicyclists and pedestrians and boosting car safety features such as automatic emergency braking. Buttigieg indicated to The Associated Press that new federal data being released next week will show another spike in traffic fatalities through the third quarter of 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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‘The beginning of the end of drunk driving’: Automakers …

In this March 31, 2021,photo, traffic flows along Interstate 90 highway as a Metra suburban commuter train moves along an elevated track in Chicago. (AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar, File)

California lawmakers feud with Biden admin over how high-speed …

A rendering of the kind of high-speed rail train California plans to run in the San Joaquin Valley, using overhead electrified lines to power the trains. (California High-Speed Rail Authority)

U.S. plans to make airlines refund fees if bags are delayed

Passengers wait for bags at baggage claim in Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Maryland in this Aug. 15, 2015 file photo. (Rob Carr/Getty Images)

American Airlines clamps down on emotional support animals …

In this April 1, 2017, file photo, a service dog named Orlando rests on the foot of its trainer, John Reddan, of Warwick, N.Y., while sitting inside a United Airlines plane at Newark Liberty International Airport during a training exercise in Newark, N.J. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)