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8.8 Russia Quake Triggers Tsunami Warnings for Hawaii, California
A very powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka coast on Wednesday triggered tsunami warnings as far away as French Polynesia and Chile, and was followed by an eruption of ...
Future Cheyenne AI Data Center Will Use More Power Than All Wyoming Homes Combined
An artificial intelligence data center that would use more electricity than every home in Wyoming combined before expanding to as much as five times that size will be built soon near Cheyenne, ...
California Department of Insurance Completes Final Review of Wildfire Model
The California Department of Insurance completed a review of the state's first wildfire catastrophe model, marking a dramatic change in the state's property/casualty insurance ratemaking process. The ...
U.S. Crash Fatalities Dip 6% in First-Quarter 2025
The number of people killed in U.S. road crashes was down by 6.3 percent in the first three months of 2025, according to newly released data by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. ...
Illinois State Police Report Vehicle Theft Down Slightly in Q2 2025
The effects of a $10 million grant targeting vehicle theft, hijacking, and other violent crimes may already be benefiting Illinois residents, as the number of stolen vehicles is down slightly from Q1 ...
More AI Seen as the Answer to Defeating Deepfakes
The phone rings. It's the secretary of state calling. Or is it? For Washington insiders, seeing and hearing is no longer believing, thanks to a spate of recent incidents involving deepfakes ...
New Expert Report Cites 6 Urgent Actions to Address Insurance Crisis
California is in the midst of an insurance crisis, and a new report highlights several contributing factors, including the unsustainable growth of the FAIR Plan, the state's prolonged rate filing and ...
California Utility Fund to Compensate Victims of January’s Deadly Eaton Fire Near LA
Southern California Edison announced last week that it will create a program to compensate victims of January's devastating Eaton Fire near Los Angeles, even as the cause of the blaze that killed 19 ...