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As New Orleans Sinks, So Do Its $15B Flood Defenses: Study
Parts of New Orleans and its surrounding wetlands are gradually sinking, according to a new study from Tulane University, suggesting sections of the region's $15 billion post-Katrina flood protection ...
Florida Condo Collapse Investigation Expected to Finish in 2026
More than four years after a Florida condominium collapse killed 98 people, federal investigators have yet to make a final determination of the cause, but they do have some leading theories. The ...
Mother of NYC Teen Killed While ‘Subway Surfing’ Can Sue Meta, TikTok Owner
Meta Platforms and TikTok owner ByteDance must face a wrongful death lawsuit by the mother of a 15-year-old Manhattan boy who died while "subway surfing" on a moving train, a New York state judge ...
Browser AI Agents, Not Employees, Now Viewed as Weakest Link in Cybersecurity
Employees, long considered the weakest link in an organization, have been replaced by AI agents, according to secure browser extension provider SquareX. Browser AI Agents are software applications ...
California’s FAIR Plan Handling of Smoke Damage Claim Ruled Unlawful
A California judge has ruled the state's bare-bones home insurance program's handling of smoke damage claims is unlawful, a decision that could have wide-ranging implications as insurers increasingly ...
Automakers Want U.S. to Move Faster on Self-Driving Car Rules
Major automakers want Congress and the Trump administration to move faster to make it easier to deploy autonomous vehicles without human controls as new robotaxi tests expand. Congress has been ...
Water Quality Threatened for Up to 8 Years After Wildfires
A newly released study of 100,000 water samples from 500 river basins found elevated levels of contaminants persist years after a fire. Published in Nature Communications Earth & Environment, the ...
College Athletes Making Big Money Concern Team Physicians Wary of Greater Liability Risk
The professionalization of college sports has prompted concern among team physicians that they will be exposed to a greater risk of being sued by athletes who claim a poor outcome from treatment ...