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Apps With Goals, Incentives May Hold Key to Safer Driving: AAA
More than 40,000 deaths due to motor vehicle crashes in the United States are attributed to risky behavior like speeding, impairment and aggressive driving. Efforts to change these behaviors often ...
Flood Cleanup Continues at Kentucky Distillery
Signs of renewal are underway at the Buffalo Trace Distillery in Kentucky since floodwaters that inundated the whiskey-making campus receded. But executives say the painstaking task of inspecting any ...
2024 Second on Record for Most Tornadoes in the U.S. in a Year
New analysis indicates there were 1796 confirmed tornadoes in 2024, the second highest on record (1950-present), according to NOAA's Storm Prediction Center. The busy tornado season was driven by an ...
California’s Bill to Hold Oil Companies Liable for Natural Disaster Damage Stalls
California lawmakers have blocked a bill to make oil and gas companies liable for damage to homes from natural disasters caused by climate change, warning it could raise gas prices. Senate Bill 322 ...
Remote Access Tools, Supply Chain Key Drivers of Cyber Claims: Report
Ransomware incidents continue to increase in frequency and severity, with attacks rising 20 percent in 2024 and VPNs seen as the biggest contributor, according to a new report by insurance security ...
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 ...