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Near Misses Subject of U.S. Senate Aviation Safety Hearing
The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee will hold a hearing next week on a series of troubling close-call aviation safety incidents that raised questions about Federal Aviation Administration air traffic ...
NTSB: Railroad Automatic Braking System Needs Upgrades to Prevent Derailments
The automatic braking system railroads were required to install several years ago needs improvement to better prevent collisions, federal safety investigators said in a report Wednesday. The National ...
Extreme Weather Reduces Pumpkin Crop This Year, Impacting Holidays
Alan Mazzotti can see the Rocky Mountains about 30 miles west of his pumpkin patch in northeast Colorado on a clear day. He could tell the snow was abundant last winter, and verified it up close when ...
Comprehensive Wildfire Approach, Uniform Enforcement Lacking in Most Western States
Few Western states and counties with the highest wildfire risk are using sound regulatory approaches backed by consistent enforcement, according to a new report released jointly by the Insurance ...
Uber, Lyft to Pay $328M to Settle New York Wage Theft Claims
Uber and Lyft will pay a combined $328 million to settle claims by New York's attorney general that the ridesharing companies systematically cheated drivers out of pay and benefits. Attorney General ...
State Farm: Catalytic Converter Thefts Drop
Auto claims data revealed a substantial drop in catalytic converter theft claims for the first half of this year compared to last year, according to analysis by State Farm. The most recent data for ...
Risks to Watch: Rising Lumber Costs, Solar Flares, Underground Climate Change
The risk landscape is seemingly ever-expanding. While the insurance industry faces the familiar — yet more costly — severe weather activity, there may be new risks ...
First U.S. Autopilot Trial Involving Fatal Crash a Win for Tesla
Tesla on Tuesday won the first U.S. trial over allegations that its Autopilot driver assistant feature led to a death, a major victory for the automaker as it faces several other lawsuits and federal ...