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Study: SUVs, Pickups Hit Pedestrians More Often Than Cars Do
Drivers of bigger vehicles such as pickup trucks and SUVs are more likely to hit pedestrians while making turns than drivers of cars, according to a new study. The research released Thursday by the ...
Actuaries: Climate Change, More WUI Building Worsening U.S. Wildfires
Increasingly large and dangerous wildfires are being driven by the effects of climate change and more building in the wildland-urban interface (WUI), and while that notion may not be entirely new, ...
U.S. SEC Unveils Landmark Climate Change Risk Disclosure Rule
The U.S. securities regulator on Monday unveiled a landmark proposal requiring U.S.-listed companies to disclose their climate-related risks and greenhouse gas emissions, part of a push by President ...
U.S. to See ‘Meaningful’ Autonomous Vehicle Policy in 2020s: Buttigieg
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on March 16 said federal policy on autonomous vehicles will undergo "meaningful" developments in the coming years, saying policy frameworks had not fully ...
U.S. Issues New Safety Rule Governing Driverless Vehicles
The Biden Administration has issued a final rule intended to ensure safety of occupants in automated vehicles. This rule updates the current Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards to account for ...
Critical Cos. Paying Ransom Face New U.S. Reporting Requirement
Companies critical to U.S. national interests will now have to report when they're hacked or they pay ransom, according to new rules approved by Congress. The rules are part of a broader effort by ...
J&J’s Controversial Prison Testing Resurfaces in Baby Powder Lawsuits
More than 50 years ago, nearly a dozen men incarcerated outside of Philadelphia enrolled in an experiment funded by Johnson & Johnson, according to unsealed documents. Now, those studies have ...
U.S. Supreme Court Spurns Google Bid to Avoid Shareholder Lawsuit
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Alphabet Inc's attempt to nix a lawsuit by shareholders accusing the Google parent company of fraudulently concealing a security glitch that left ...