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U.S. Crash Fatalities Dip 6% in First-Quarter 2025
The number of people killed in U.S. road crashes was down by 6.3 percent in the first three months of 2025, according to newly released data by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. ...
Illinois State Police Report Vehicle Theft Down Slightly in Q2 2025
The effects of a $10 million grant targeting vehicle theft, hijacking, and other violent crimes may already be benefiting Illinois residents, as the number of stolen vehicles is down slightly from Q1 ...
More AI Seen as the Answer to Defeating Deepfakes
The phone rings. It's the secretary of state calling. Or is it? For Washington insiders, seeing and hearing is no longer believing, thanks to a spate of recent incidents involving deepfakes ...
What the Synthetic Food Dye Ban Means for Casualty Risk
On April 22, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced plans to phase out all petroleum-based synthetic food dyes due to ...
Forest Clearing Causes 18x More Floods and 105% Bigger Storms: Study
Clear-cutting forests doesn't just raise flood risk — it can supercharge it. The process of clearing all of the trees in an area can make catastrophic floods 18 times more frequent with effects ...
U.S. Firms Adopting Zero Trust Cybersecurity Architecture for Resilience: Report
Zero trust architecture is gaining significant traction in the U.S. as companies seek to protect resources across ever-widening security perimeters, according to a report from ISG. Cloud migration ...
Despite Often Being Banned, Workplace Romances Continue
The media attention and fallout surrounding two high-level employees of AI tech firm Astronomer, seen in an embrace during a Coldplay concert, should put employers on notice to re-evaluate rules ...
Ransomware Now Being Used by Some Microsoft SharePoint Server Hackers
A cyber-espionage campaign centered on vulnerable versions of Microsoft's server software now involves the deployment of ransomware, Microsoft said in a late Wednesday blog post. In the post, citing ...