U.S.
NTSB Tells Philadelphia’s Mass Transit Agency to Shelve Railcars Implicated in Fires
Federal transportation safety officials told Philadelphia's mass transit agency this week that it should shelve an aging electric railcar model that is heavily used in its regional rail fleet until ...
Honeywell Offloads Inherited Asbestos Liabilities
Honeywell said on Wednesday that it has divested all of its Bendix asbestos liabilities, as well as certain non-Bendix asbestos liabilities, to corporate liability acquisition platform Delticus. The ...
U.S. Drivers Dealing With Longer Commutes, Changing Rush Hours, and Erratic Climate Response
Post-pandemic lifestyle changes, return-to-office mandates, and extreme weather are reshaping mobility across the U.S., according to a new report by mobility data and analytics company Arity. Its ...
No Ticket for Illegal U-Turn by Self-Driving Waymo Sparks Outrage
Police in Northern California were understandably perplexed when they pulled over a Waymo taxi after it made an illegal U-turn, only to find no driver behind the wheel and therefore, no one to ...
California Jury Finds Uber Not Liable in First U.S. Trial Over Driver Sexual Assault Claims
Uber is not liable for the sexual assault of a woman who said she was attacked by her driver on a ride she ordered from the ridesharing app, a California jury said on Tuesday, according to an ...
Utah Campus Where Kirk Was Shot Lacked Key Public Safety Tools
The Utah college where conservative leader Charlie Kirk was assassinated lacked several key public safety measures and practices that have become standard safeguards for security at events around the ...
Hackers Hit Hundreds of Cisco Firewalls in U.S. Government
Hackers compromised firewall devices within the US government, according to a senior federal official, amid broader warnings of cyberattacks on widely-used devices manufactured by Cisco Systems, Inc. ...
U.S. Government Shutdown Curtails Key Weather and Climate Programs
The closure of the federal government will curtail or halt some US climate disaster preparedness and environmental programs — and even potentially delay real estate ...
