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Social Media Firms to Pay $27M to Settle Kentucky School District’s Lawsuit
A Kentucky school district secured roughly $27 million in settlements from Meta Platforms and other social media companies over claims they fueled a student mental‑health crisis, according to ...
UN Projects Next Five Years Will Smash Heat Records
In the next five years, the Earth is overwhelmingly likely to surge again and again past the international climate threshold set as safe and shatter its hottest-year record along the way, according ...
Cruise Operator Carnival Discloses Personal Data Breach
Cruise operator Carnival Corp said on Wednesday it had detected a cybersecurity incident involving a compromised account of an employee in April, leading to the leak of certain personal information ...
Roof Costs Soar Even as Claims Decline: Verisk
Hail volatility and aging roofs are driving higher residential replacement severity, a new study by data analytics and technology provider Verisk finds. Roof losses didn't slow despite a 20 percent ...
Warmer Global Temps to Create Bigger, More Damaging Hailstones: Study
A warmer world will likely make bigger and more damaging hail, a new study said. Because climate change from the burning of fossil fuels should make more high-energy unstable air, which is conducive ...
Work Zone Crash Analysis: Distracted Driving Cited As Main Cause
A new survey indicates that most work zone crashes in the Carolinas are the result of distracted driving, according to the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC). The nationwide survey ...
Tesla’s Former AI Trainers Don’t Trust its Self-Driving Tech or Safety Stats
In a Utah office, hundreds of Tesla workers scrutinize video collected by vehicles using the automaker's Full Self-Driving (FSD) feature. Some clips show the cars hitting cats, dogs or deer, along ...
Opposition Could Delay Proposed $7B Settlement in Roundup Lawsuits
Delays could be in store for a proposed $7.25 billion settlement covering thousands of claims that the maker of Roundup weedkiller failed to warn people the product could cause cancer. An attorney ...