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Northern California Flooding This Weekend Caused by Heavy Rain, High Tides
Heavy rain and high tides, believed to be the most severe in two decades, caused flooding in parts of Northern California on Saturday, prompting road closures and rescues of people trapped in cars. ...
Drivers Support Tougher Restrictions Even as They Admit to Risky Driving: AAA
Tougher safeguards to prevent impaired driving are welcomed by drivers, even as they admit to dangerous habits behind the wheel, a new survey by AAA found. A new report by the AAA Foundation for ...
2025 One of the Top Three Hottest Years on Record
Climate change worsened by human behavior made 2025 one of the three hottest years on record, scientists said. It was also the first time that the three-year temperature average broke through the ...
Arctic Blast Brings Snow and Wind to the Great Lakes and Northeast
A surge of Arctic air brought strong winds, heavy snow and frigid temperatures to the Great Lakes and Northeast on Tuesday, a day after a bomb cyclone barreling across ...
Justice Department Using Fraud Law to Target Companies on DEI, WSJ Reports
The Trump administration has launched investigations into the use of diversity initiatives in hiring and promotion at major U.S. companies, the Wall Street Journal ...
Final Sentencing in Large Scale Crop Fraud Case That Cost Insurers Nearly $35M
A large-scale insurance fraud investigation of Farmers Tobacco Warehouse in Danville, Kentucky, came to a close with the sentencing of seven farmers and a tobacco warehouse manager, according to an ...
Meta’s ‘Playbook’ to Reduce Pressure to Crack Down on Scammers, Protects $7B in Yearly Revenue
Japanese regulators last year were upset by a flood of ads for obvious scams on Facebook and Instagram. The scams ranged from fraudulent investment schemes to fake celebrity product endorsements ...
How Bomb Cyclones Form and Create Dangerous Conditions
When turbulent weather with whipping winds and heavy snow is in the forecast, meteorologists sometimes warn that a storm could "bomb out" or become a bomb cyclone. But what exactly does this mean? ...