The noon-to-4 is the new 9-to-5 for driving commuters, but it's not helping traffic congestion

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Photo collage featuring a side-by-side aerial view of heavy traffic patterns and a clock showing 4:30
Traffic congestion has been transformed by Americans' embrace of remote and hybrid work schedules since the pandemic.

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Your cold pills could be yanked off the shelf. An FDA panel just ruled some of them don't work.

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Shelf stocked with cold medicines including Sudafed and Tylenol.
Certain cold medications could be pulled from the shelves after the FDA ruled that phenylephrine doesn't work.

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The congestion at the Panama Canal is so bad that one shipper paid $2.4 million to jump a line and get through the waterway: report

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Ships are seen on Panama Canal in Panama City, Panama, on August 21, 2023.
Ships on the Panama Canal in Panama City, Panama, on August 21, 2023.

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Truckers waste over a billion hours sitting in traffic every year, making shipping even more expensive. See the 10 worst bottlenecks.

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A traffic bottleneck in Fort Lee, New Jersey.
The intersection of I-95 at SR 4 in Fort Lee, New Jersey has been the most congested bottleneck for trucks in the US for five years in a row.

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Some of the widest highways in the US have more than 20 lanes — but widening them won't solve traffic congestion

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Construction vehicles at the site to widen Interstate 66 in Virginia.
Construction widening the I-66 in Virginia.

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