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U.S. Watercraft Theft Down for Second Year in a Row
The number of watercraft thefts in the U.S. decreased by four percent, dropping from 4,644 in 2021 to 4,461 in 2022, according to a newly released report by the National Insurance Crime Bureau ...
Urgency, Caution Behind Businesses’ Exploration of AI
Findings from a new report indicate 85 percent of businesses see generative AI as important and plan to explore its applications within the next 24 months, while remaining wary of its risks. ...
Teen’s Death After Spicy Chip Challenge Halts Sales
The death of a Massachusetts teenager after his family said he ate an extremely spicy tortilla chip has led to an outpouring of concern about the social media challenge and prompted retailers to pull ...
Average Annual Cat Losses Now $133B For Insurance Industry: Verisk
The average annual loss from natural catastrophes has increased to $133 billion, a new high, according to latest analysis using Verisk's extreme event solutions models.. The increase in losses, ...
AAA Study Highlights Child Safety Restraint Issues
A concerning lack of proper child restraint use among children injured or killed in car crashes still exists, according to new analysis from AAA. Five years of crash data from the U.S. Department of ...
Rocks, Insects, Plastic Common Causes of Food Recalls
Rocks in Trader Joe's cookies. Insects in its broccoli-cheese soup. Pieces of plastic in Banquet frozen chicken strips. In recent weeks, U.S. consumers have seen high-profile food recalls for an ...
Security Budgets Expected to Increase as Businesses Deal With Theft, Fraud
Almost half of security chiefs at the world's biggest companies expect to increase their budgets significantly in the next year as they see economic and social unrest driving more cases of theft, ...
Is Hurricane Lee a Harbinger of Monster Storms to Come?
Hurricane Lee is rewriting old rules of meteorology, leaving experts astonished at how rapidly it grew into a goliath Category 5 hurricane. Lee could also be a dreadful harbinger of what is to come ...