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California Court Considers Law Treating App-based Drivers as Contractors
California's top state court on Tuesday will consider a labor union's challenge to a ballot measure allowing app-based services such as Uber and Lyft to classify drivers in the state as independent ...
Several Million Euros’ of Jewels Stolen in Paris Armed Heist
Armed robbers who used a motorbike as a battering ram made off with "several million euros'" (dollars) worth of valuables in a heist of the luxury Paris boutique of self-declared "Jeweler to the ...
AAA: Spillover Speeding a Crash Danger
Raising speed limits on highways could lead to more crashes on nearby roads, according to recently released research by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. This "spillover effect" creates ...
AEB Rule on All New U.S. Vehicles Beginning 2029 Finalized
A new regulation from the National Highway Traffic Administration requires automatic emergency braking (AEB) on all new passenger vehicles by September 2029. Though the final rule is a step forward ...
New Survey Reveals Tornado Warnings Are Widely Misunderstood
Roughly 50 percent of respondents in a newly released survey located in the mid-south (portions of Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas and Mississippi) could not accurately define a tornado warning, ...
What Happens When U.S. Prisoners Assigned to Dangerous Jobs Get Hurt?
Blas Sanchez was nearing the end of a 20-year stretch in an Arizona prison when he was leased out to work at Hickman's Family Farms, which sells eggs that have ended up in the supply chains of huge ...
ATA Says Pot Reclassification Could Increase Trucking Industry Risks
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) is calling attention to the negative consequences for highway safety and safety-sensitive industries that could result from the U.S. Drug Enforcement ...
Contractor Fraud Awareness Week Begins on May 20, Billions at Stake
There were 28 separate disaster events last year, totaling more than $93 billion in catastrophe losses. Upwards of 10 percent or $9.3 billion is lost to post-disaster fraud, according to the National ...