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U.S. Road Deaths Drop Below 40,000, First Time Since COVID
A projected 39,345 people died in U.S. traffic crashes in 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The figure represents a ...
Appalachia Flood Risk Climbing: Report
A new report from the largest private flood insurer in the U.S. highlights the increasing flood risk for properties located in Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia. Neptune Flood released its ...
Swollen Rivers Flood Towns in the South and Midwest
Days of unrelenting downpours swelled rivers to near record levels across Kentucky on Monday, submerging neighborhoods and threatening a famed bourbon distillery in the state capital. Inundated ...
Pedestrian Deaths Decline, But Still 50% Higher Than a Decade Ago: Report
New analysis indicates drivers struck and killed 3,304 pedestrians in the United States in the first half of 2024, down 2.6 percent from the year before but up nearly 50 percent from 2014, according ...
USDA Opens 59% of Federal Forest for Logging to Manage Wildfire Risk
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins placed nearly 113 million acres of forest — amounting to 59 percent of all federally managed forests — under an emergency determination aimed at boosting ...
Bayer Renews Bid for US High Court to Curb Roundup Cases
Bayer said on Friday it was again petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to sharply limit legal claims that its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, seeking to avoid potentially billions of dollars in ...
Severe Storms, Flash Floods Continue to Batter Parts of the US
Parts of the South and Midwest, still reeling from violent storms, tornadoes and flooding, face new flooding and tornado warnings that forecasters said could last for days. Severe thunderstorms have ...
Federal Judge Rules Several Companies Face Lawsuit Over Tainted Baby Food
A U.S. judge said several companies including Walmart, Beech-Nut and Gerber must face a nationwide lawsuit claiming that toxic heavy metals contaminated their baby food, causing brain and ...