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Global CO2 Emissions to Hit Record High in 2024, Report Says
Global carbon dioxide emissions, including those from burning fossil fuels, are set to hit a record high this year, pulling the world further off course from averting more destructive climate ...
U.S. Safety Agency Investigates Whether Engines in 1.4M Hondas Might Fail
The U.S. government's highway safety agency is investigating complaints that engines can fail on as many as 1.4 million Honda and Acura vehicles. The probe by the National Highway Traffic Safety ...
Deterioration Continues in U.S. Commercial Auto Insurance Segment After $5B Net Loss in 2023
After the U.S. commercial auto insurance segment sustained a $5 billion net loss in 2023, a new Best's Market Segment Report indicates further deterioration in the first half of 2024. Despite ...
2024 Expected to Be World’s Hottest Year on Record
This year is "virtually certain" to eclipse 2023 as the world's warmest since records began, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Thursday. The data was released ahead ...
Retail Workers Consider Quitting Due to Safety Concerns Ahead of Holiday Shopping Season
A majority of American retail workers (57 percent) report feeling unsafe going into the peak holiday shopping season, according to Motorola Solutions' second annual U.S. Retail Worker Safety Report. ...
NYC Man Charged With Insurance Fraud in Staged Car Crash Captured by Dashcam
A New York City man has been charged with staging a car accident for insurance fraud purposes last month in a case that received wide publicity after the victim shared dashboard camera footage of the ...
Danone Wins Dismissal of Evian Microplastics Lawsuit
The maker of Evian spring water, Danone, won the dismissal of a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing it of defrauding consumers with labels that claim the water is "natural" even though ...
Hurricanes Linked to Higher Death Rates Years After Occurrence
New research from Stanford University shows that hurricanes and tropical storms in the United States cause a surge of deaths for nearly 15 years after a storm hits. Researchers estimate an average ...