U.S.
UN Projects Next Five Years Will Smash Heat Records
In the next five years, the Earth is overwhelmingly likely to surge again and again past the international climate threshold set as safe and shatter its hottest-year record along the way, according ...
Cruise Operator Carnival Discloses Personal Data Breach
Cruise operator Carnival Corp said on Wednesday it had detected a cybersecurity incident involving a compromised account of an employee in April, leading to the leak of certain personal information ...
Warmer Global Temps to Create Bigger, More Damaging Hailstones: Study
A warmer world will likely make bigger and more damaging hail, a new study said. Because climate change from the burning of fossil fuels should make more high-energy unstable air, which is conducive ...
Moody’s: U.S. Faces $375B in Uninsured Flood Losses From 1-in-100-Year Event
The U.S. faces a widening gap between growing flood risk and the take-up of flood insurance, potentially exposing the nation to more than $375 billion in aggregated uninsured flood losses from a ...
Work Zone Crash Analysis: Distracted Driving Cited As Main Cause
A new survey indicates that most work zone crashes in the Carolinas are the result of distracted driving, according to the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC). The nationwide survey ...
Tesla’s Former AI Trainers Don’t Trust its Self-Driving Tech or Safety Stats
In a Utah office, hundreds of Tesla workers scrutinize video collected by vehicles using the automaker's Full Self-Driving (FSD) feature. Some clips show the cars hitting cats, dogs or deer, along ...
Opposition Could Delay Proposed $7B Settlement in Roundup Lawsuits
Delays could be in store for a proposed $7.25 billion settlement covering thousands of claims that the maker of Roundup weedkiller failed to warn people the product could cause cancer. An attorney ...
Modernized Federal Tool Aims to Reduce CDL Fraud
A new tool launched by the federal government aims to improve road safety by modernizing commercial drivers' registration. Launched last week, Motus: the U.S. DOT Registration System, replaces what ...