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Commercial Fleet Report Shows Collision Rates, Close Calls Rise
Despite a 24 percent increase in industry-wide collision rates per vehicle from Q3 2023 through Q4 2024, new global data shows a significant reduction in the more severe collision levels compared to ...
Researchers Collected 4,000 Hailstones While Chasing Storms
Dozens of researchers are chasing, driving and running into storms to collect fresh hail, getting their car bodies and their own bodies dented in the name of science. They hope these hailstones will ...
First Named Tropical Storm of the Season Forms in the Atlantic
Tropical Storm Andrea has formed in the Atlantic, marking the first storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, according to the National Hurricane Center. Andrea is moving toward the east-northeast ...
Record 72.2M Americans Plan Domestic Travel Over July 4th Holiday
The Independence Day holiday is going to be a busy one for domestic travelers, according to AAA projections. More than 72 million people will travel at least 50 miles or more from home over the nine ...
Tesla Tests Robotaxis in Texas
Tesla deployed a small group of self-driving taxis picking up paying passengers on Sunday in Austin, Texas, with CEO Elon Musk announcing the "robotaxi launch" and social-media influencers posting ...
Insurer Aflac Investigating Possible Data Breach After Attack on US Network
Aflac on Friday disclosed a cybersecurity incident in which personal information of its customers may have been compromised, making it the latest insurance provider to be targeted. The health and ...
Runway Lights That Might Have Helped in Foggy San Diego Crash Hadn’t Worked Since 2022
The runway lights that would have helped guide a small jet into a San Diego airport in foggy weather before the plane crashed, killing all six aboard, hadn't worked since 2022, investigators said. ...
Erie Insurance: ‘No Evidence’ of Ransomware in Outage; TMNA Updates
Erie Insurance said it has "seen no evidence of ransomware and there is no indication of ongoing threat actor activity" in a June 17 update on its 10-day long network outage. That statement would ...