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Roadless Rule Recision on Forest Lands Could Increase Wildfire Risk: Study
Last year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it was rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule, but a study that followed indicated that by overturning the rule, wildfires were much ...
Safety System Failed to Prevent Deadly Runway Collision at LaGuardia Airport
The systems in place at New York's LaGuardia Airport to prevent ground collisions failed to keep an Air Canada jet from smashing into a fire truck that had just pulled out on the runway as the plane ...
NY Lawmakers Urged to Have Faith in Auto Insurance Reform Numbers. But Do They?
New York small businesses, big businesses, rideshare companies, police and fire unions, insurers, insurance agents, truckers, bus companies, auto repair shops, university professors, district ...
Cargo Thieves Tap Cyber Tactics as Losses Exceed $6B
As cargo theft losses reached $6.6B in 2025, a new report from connected transportation and asset tracker provider Geotab Inc. finds that cybercrime tactics, including GPS spoofing, stolen ...
U.S. Verdicts Against Meta, Google Tee Up Fight Over Tech Liability Shield
Jurors in the first two trials in the U.S., from a growing wave of lawsuits targeting social media firms over harm to children, have found Meta and Alphabet's Google liable, potentially teeing up an ...
Record Breaking Heat to Spread Across U.S.
After smashing March heat records in 14 states and the U.S. as a whole, the gigantic heat dome that's baked the Southwest is creeping eastward and may end up being one of the most expansive heat ...
NHC Announces New Forecast Cone for Hurricane Season, Storm Surge Alerts for Hawaii
Two new weather forecasting products are being introduced this year, according to NOAA's National Hurricane Center (NHC). A new operational hurricane track cone map will now include tropical storm ...
A Look at Whether the U.S. Government Can Be Held Liable for LaGuardia Airport Collision
Investigators are probing the potential causes of Sunday's collision between an Air Canada Express plane and a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport in New York. The two pilots were killed. Air Canada said ...