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Impaired Driving During the Holidays Increases Chances of Road Fatalities
Alcohol, drugs and fatigue are major contributors to traffic fatalities during the holiday season, according to the National Road Safety Foundation. The holiday period from Thanksgiving through New ...
2022 Private Employer Workplace Injuries Increased 7.5% Over 2021
Private companies reported 2.8 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2022, up 7.5 percent from 2021, according to a new report released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The ...
Fire Risk Prompts Hyundai, Kia U.S. Recall of 6.4M Vehicles
U.S. auto safety regulators on Monday said they had opened a probe into 16 separate recalls issued by Hyundai and Kia covering 6.4 million vehicles relating to brake fluid leaks that could result in ...
Florida Lawsuit Blaming Tesla’s Autopilot for Driver Death Can Go to Trial
A jury should decide whether Tesla and Elon Musk oversold the capabilities of the electric car company's Autopilot system and caused the fatal crash of a software engineer who engaged it, took his ...
FDA Screening Cinnamon Imports After Toxic Lead Sickens Kids
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is screening imports of cinnamon from multiple countries for toxic lead contamination after growing reports of children who were sickened after eating pouches of ...
Cargo Theft Threat High Over the Holiday
The threat of cargo theft is extremely high this holiday season, with strategic and full truck theft at the top of the list, according to CargoNet. The national information system created by the ...
New York’s Adult Survivors Act Expiring, Launched Over 2,500 Sex Abuse Lawsuits
For a year, a special New York law has cleared the way for a wave of headline-grabbing lawsuits against famous men accused of sexual misconduct, including former President Donald Trump, hip hop mogul ...
Details of Calif. Wildfire Plan Sketchy, but a Useful Marketing Tool for Data Vendors
A proposal by California's insurance regulator to require insurers to write more policies in areas at risk of wildfires is more a promise than a plan, but the ...
