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Wildfire Risk Rises as Western States Dry Out Amid Ongoing Heat Wave
Authorities in Western states warned of the rising risk of wildfires as hot conditions and low humidity dry out the landscape amid a protracted heat wave that is expected to bake much of the U.S. ...
KCC: U.S. Damage from Hurricane Beryl Could Cost Insurers $2.7B
Insurers in the United States may take a hit of about $2.7 billion from damage caused by Hurricane Beryl, catastrophe modeling company Karen Clark & Co (KCC) said on Thursday. About 1.5 million ...
DoorDash Cracks Down on Drivers Who Break Traffic Laws
DoorDash said Tuesday that it's stepping up efforts to identify dangerous delivery drivers and remove them from its platform after a flood of complaints from cities. In a letter sent last month to ...
Crypto Hacking Thefts Doubled to $1.4B in in First Half of 2024
The amount of cryptocurrency stolen in hacks globally more than doubled in the first six months of 2024 from a year earlier, driven by a small number of large attacks and rising crypto prices, ...
Shock Hazard Prompts Recall of Nearly 1M Power Adapters Sold With Baby Sound Machines
Due to a shock hazard, a California company is recalling nearly 1 million power adapters sold with sound machines marketed to help infants and young children sleep. The plastic surrounding the AC ...
CSU Ups 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast After Harbinger Beryl
After Hurricane Beryl's erratic development over the Atlantic and across the Gulf Coast, the team at Colorado State University have upped their 2024 hurricane season forecast. The forecasters ...
June Marks 13 Months in a Row Heat Record
Earth's more than year-long streak of record-shattering hot months kept on simmering through June, according to the European climate service Copernicus. There's hope that the planet will soon see an ...
California Inspectors Didn’t Visit All Farmworker Housing to Review Safety as Required
When Antonio Bravo stepped into the Salinas, California, hotel in May 2020, he first noticed a foul smell. Then he saw the bare metal cot with no mattress that his employer had given him to sleep on ...