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Top U.S. Auto Safety Official Will Leave Agency This Month
The acting head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Friday she is stepping down from her post after overseeing the agency's investigation into Tesla Autopilot and ...
Report: Majority of U.S. Workplaces Vulnerable to Health and Safety Risks
New research shows 97 percent of America's workplaces are still too vulnerable to health and safety risks, with 8.7 percent exposed to unacceptably high levels of risk, according to new findings ...
U.S. Safety Agency Estimates 700 Crash-Related Fatalities During the Holidays
An estimated 720 people may be killed on U.S. roadways during the upcoming holidays: 345 during the Christmas holiday driving period and an additional 375 during the New Year's holiday driving ...
Mission Accomplished: Allstate Announces Calif., NY, NJ Rate Approvals
The departments of insurance in California, New York and New Jersey approved double-digit auto rate increases for Allstate in three states that the carrier considered exiting in the absence of ...
California Landscape Design Contest Focuses on Reducing Wildfire Risk
A landscape design contest underway at the University of California, Berkeley, is expected to produce innovative, affordable ideas for homeowners emphasizing wildfire defense while preserving ...
Report: U.S. Crop Insurers Reap Billions in Profit
Roughly one-third of U.S. government spending to insure the nation's crops since 2011 has gone to insurance companies that derive more than $1 billion in profit from the program each year, according ...
Road Safety Agency Begins Process to Prevent Impaired Driving Through Technology
U.S. auto safety regulators say they have taken the first step toward requiring devices in vehicles that prevent drunk or impaired driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ...
U.S. 2020-22 Billion-Dollar Disasters Near Decadal Averages; Building Codes Lag: FEMA
Between January 2020 and December 2022, 60 climate-related disasters, costing nearly $1 billion each, caused 1,460 fatalities and 2,939 injuries, according to data from the National Oceanic and ...