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Tesla Data Helped Police After Las Vegas Truck Explosion, But Privacy Concerns Remain
Your car is spying on you. That is one takeaway from the fast, detailed data that Tesla collected on the driver of one of its Cybertrucks that exploded in Las Vegas earlier this week. Privacy data ...
2025 Report on Road Safety Highlights There’s More Work to Do
A new report highlights current action and recommendations to reduce and/or eliminate road deaths and injuries in the U.S. In 2022, the most recent year with finalized statistics, more than 42,500 ...
U.S. Labor Agency Releases Final 2023 Injury, Fatality Stats
Last year, there were 5,283 fatal work injuries recorded in the United States, a 3.7-percent decrease from 5,486 in 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. The fatal work injury rate was ...
New Specialty Insurer Says Collector Car Owners Are Being Overcharged
Classic and collector car insurer OpenRoad says that because standard auto insurers continue to recover from unprecedented losses experienced during COVID-19 due to spikes in catastrophic insurance ...
Southern U.S. Cleans Up After Tornadoes Swept Region
Cleanup was underway Monday after a strong storm system spawned hail, rain, high winds and tornadoes across the southern U.S. over the weekend, killing at least four people. As of Monday afternoon, ...
Agency Reminds Drivers Impairment Can Cost Lives This NYE
The National Safety Council (NSC) estimates 179 lives may be lost during the New Year's holiday driving period. In previous years, impaired driving representing 38 percent and 37 percent of these ...
Deadly Jet Crash in South Korea Marks Another Setback for Boeing
A machinists strike. Another safety problem involving its troubled top-selling airliner. A plunging stock price. 2024 was already a dispiriting year for Boeing, the American aviation giant. But when ...
FDA Proposes Standardized Testing to Detect Asbestos in Talc Products
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing that cosmetic products containing talc should be tested using standardized methods to detect asbestos, a potential contaminant, according to ...