VTA workers' union ATU Local 265 rejected a contract offer amid an ongoing transit strike, citing dissatisfaction with the terms and an earlier remark by a VTA official.

A spill of wooden panels on the Gowanus Expressway in Brooklyn caused severe traffic delays, extending back to the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge and affecting other routes.

United Airlines is constructing a $177 million Ground Service Equipment Maintenance Facility at Houston's airport, including a new $16 million training center to improve fleet maintenance and employee training.