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The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a March 31 hearing to determine the probable cause of two fatal crashes involving Ford Motor’s hands-free advanced driver assistance system BlueCruise. Both crashes in 2024 involved 2022 model year Ford Mustang Mach-Es …
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Volkswagen AG and Volvo Car AB warned that the Middle East conflict threatens demand at a time when automakers are struggling to recover from uneven electric-vehicle sales, tariffs and a slump in China. “We see already in many markets customer …
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Scientists at the U.S. Climate Prediction Center project a 62% chance that an ocean-heating El Niño would emerge during the Northern Hemisphere's summer, with odds climbing higher into the fall.
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Unconditional payments—payments made without condition or reservation of rights, such as settlement offers—restart the clock on the standard two-year prescriptive period for Louisiana first-party insurance claims, the state high court ruled. The prescriptive period is interrupted by unconditional payments even …
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Heat waves that lead to sudden and damaging drought are spreading across the globe at an accelerating rate, highlighting how climate change-fueled extremes can build dangerously off each other, a new study found. Researchers from South Korea and Australia looked …
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Uber Technologies Inc. said that a feature designed to match female riders and drivers will be available nationwide, expanding access to a safety measure as it seeks to resolve thousands of sexual assault complaints from passengers in the U.S. The …
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Almost one year ago, an Alabama dentist was captured on surveillance video setting fire to his dental office in Evergreen, triggering an explosion that destroyed the building and slightly injured the dentist. Last week, Dr. Douglas P. O’Connor was sentenced …
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Fleets using active intelligent speed assistance are reporting fewer speeding violations, reduced aggressive driving and lower operating costs. According to a new Insurance Institute for Highway Safety study based on interviews conducted by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Volpe Center, …
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Diagnosis-related allegations of malpractice are the most common neurology claims, a new report shows. A new medical malpractice review from the Doctors Company examining negligence allegations and contributing factors shows the most common allegation of negligence was diagnosis related (38%) …
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Finance-sector workers are about to become the unintended beneficiaries of the U.K.’s Employment Rights Act, a set of trade-union-backed policies primarily designed to strengthen protections for people in low-paying or insecure jobs. The Labour government will scrap the financial cap …
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