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St. Patrick’s Day Traditionally One of Deadliest Days on U.S. Roads
Over the St. Patrick's Day holiday period (6:00 p.m. March 16 to 5:59 a.m. March 18), 272 lives were lost in drunk-driving crashes between 2017 and 2021, according to the National Highway Traffic ...
UnitedHealth Class Action Lawsuits Pile Up After Data Breach
UnitedHealth Group has already been hit with at least six class action lawsuits accusing it of failing to protect millions of people's personal data from last month's hack of Change Healthcare, its ...
Boeing Yet to Reveal Who Worked on Panel That Blew Off 737 Max Jet
The nation's chief accident investigator said Wednesday that her agency still doesn't know who worked on the panel that blew off a jetliner in January and that Boeing's CEO told her that he couldn't ...
Labor Board Rule on Contract and Franchise Workers Blocked by Federal Judge
A federal judge in Texas on Friday struck down a U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rule that would treat many companies as employers of certain contract and franchise workers and require ...
Massachusetts Governor Appeals Denial of Federal Disaster Aid for Flooding
Gov. Maura Healey is appealing a decision of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to deny the state's request for a major disaster declaration to support Massachusetts cities and towns battered by ...
Why Insurers Should Develop Strategies for Estimating PFAS Loss Reserves
Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are everywhere in the news lately. PFAS refers to a class of chemicals renowned for resisting heat, water and stains—substances that are found ...
Report: Ransomware Attacks ‘More Frequent, More Sophisticated, More Effective’
Ransomware attackers are using a multitude of techniques to gain access in attacks that are becoming "more frequent, more sophisticated, and more effective," according to new report compiled from ...
Low Cost, Early Warning System Being Tested to Detect Cognitive Changes in Older Drivers
A new study released by Florida Atlantic University (FAU) indicates cognitive changes in older drivers can be detected relatively easily through the use of low-cost, in-vehicle sensors. Because ...