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Nation’s Most Contaminated Sites Vulnerable to Flooding, Wildfires EPA Watchdog Says
About 100 of the nation's most contaminated toxic waste sites are in areas prone to flooding and wildfires, a potential public health threat to millions of Americans in surrounding communities, the ...
LaGuardia Controller Staffing May Have Violated Procedures on Night of Collision
Air traffic controller staffing at LaGuardia airport on the night an Air Canada jet collided with a fire truck may have violated the facility's procedures by combining roles before midnight, ...
Tiger Woods’ Crash is Golfer’s Fourth Car Crash and Second DUI Arrest
Tiger Woods' arrest Friday for a car crash in Florida was at least the fourth auto-related incident involving the golfer and the second in which he was charged with driving under the influence of ...
Report Reveals Mixed Collision Trends as Fleets Work to Implement Safety Programs
A new report indicates that collision rates are beginning to level off, rising just 4% in 2025, according to analysis by fleet telematics provider Lytx. The rate of severe crashes per mile fell by ...
Electric Bikes Pose Safety, Injury Risks
The 14-year-old was riding an electric bicycle at an estimated 25 mph when he slammed into Janet Stotko during her evening walk, leaving her unconscious and bleeding on a sidewalk in her Minnesota ...
FEMA to Offer $1 Billion for Disaster Resilience After Lawsuit
The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Wednesday it will fund up to $1 billion in disaster-resilient infrastructure under a grant program it had previously canceled and criticized as being ...
Roadless Rule Recision on Forest Lands Could Increase Wildfire Risk: Study
Last year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it was rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule, but a study that followed indicated that by overturning the rule, wildfires were much ...
Safety System Failed to Prevent Deadly Runway Collision at LaGuardia Airport
The systems in place at New York's LaGuardia Airport to prevent ground collisions failed to keep an Air Canada jet from smashing into a fire truck that had just pulled out on the runway as the plane ...