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45M Americans Planning Memorial Day Weekend Getaways: AAA
This Memorial Day, Americans will set a new record, with 45 million expected to travel over the holiday period, according to the auto membership organization AAA. "Memorial Day marks the unofficial ...
Waymo Suspends Freeway Rides Across U.S., Pauses Atlanta Operations
Alphabet's Waymo said on Thursday it has suspended its robotaxi service on freeways in the United States and paused its operations in Atlanta, Georgia, as it updates software to improve performance ...
NY Archdiocese Can Depose Chubb CEO Greenberg in Clergy Abuse Claims Case
The Archdiocese of New York (ADNY) has received the go-ahead to depose Chubb Insurance CEO Evan Greenberg in the ongoing legal dispute over liability insurance coverage for clergy sex abuse claims. ...
NY State Construction Deaths Down 25% in 2024: Report
New York construction deaths fell considerably in 2024, when 55 workers died on job sites across the state, down from the year before, when 74 deaths were recorded, according to the New York ...
High-Powered Dads Are Spending Less Time at Work, More on Childcare
For the first time in a generation, college-educated fathers are spending substantially more time on their homes and kids than they did just a few years ago, often cutting working hours to do it. ...
Federal Bipartisan Bill Proposes $130 Annual EV Fee to Pay for Road Repairs
U.S. House lawmakers proposed bipartisan legislation that would require owners of electric vehicles to pay a $130 fee for road repairs and $35 for some plug-in hybrid models annually. The fees will ...
Southern California Wildfire Threatens 17,000 Homes, 30% Contained
More than 17,000 people were under evacuation orders in Southern California on Tuesday as a wildfire threatened suburban homes. The wind-driven Sandy Fire was reported Monday in the hills above Simi ...
Barney Frank, Key Lawmaker During Financial Crisis, Dies at 86
Barney Frank, the quick-witted Democratic congressman who found himself on the front lines of the government's rescue of the American financial system in 2007 and 2008, has died. He was 86. He died ...