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Investigators Find Washington Chemical Tank Called Unfit for Service Before Deadly Failure
An inspection contractor found a chemical tank at a Washington state paper mill "not fit for continued service" 10 months before it failed in May, killing 11 in one of the deadliest U.S. workplace ...
Over $1M in Stolen Goods Recovered by CHP During Organized Retail Crime Crackdown
Participation in a recent National Organized Retail Crime Blitz helped the California Highway Patrol recover $1.05 million in stolen goods. From August 1-9, the CHP Organized Retail Crime Task Force ...
Steep Declines in Child Restraint Use Prompt AAA Safety Reminder
New analysis of nationwide crash data finds that child safety seat and booster seat use declines sharply with age, starting when kids are just 3 years old, according to AAA. Between 2020 and 2024, ...
LaGuardia Air Traffic Controllers Left an Hour Early Before Deadly Crash
Two air traffic controllers could be fired for leaving the tower at New York's LaGuardia Airport about an hour early on the night that an Air Canada jet smashed into a fire truck crossing the runway, ...
California Lawmakers File Wildfire Plan, Without Newsom Asks
California legislators introduced a bill Saturday that would update the state's wildfire response without shifting liability away from publicly traded utilities. The move comes after extended ...
Produce Supplier Taylor Farms Often Failed to Disclose Workplace Injury Tallies: Report
Taylor Farms, the produce company at the center of a U.S. cyclospora outbreak, frequently failed to submit federally required workplace injury logs in recent years, including for at least four ...
Some U.S. Cities Reward Careful Drivers With Fewer Red Lights
Officials struggled for years to curb high-speed crashes along a residential corridor cutting through Albuquerque, New Mexico, but simply punishing the lead-footed drivers didn't seem to work. What ...
Insurance Industry Employee Confidence Tanks on AI Concerns: Report
A new report highlights insurance industry employees' growing negativity toward AI job displacement, as sector employment dropped 21% YoY, and entry-level adjuster positions dropped 50% YoY. ...