Washington Wildfire Largest in State’s History August 26, 2015 By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS and BRIAN SKOLOFF The massive fire burning in north-central Washington is now the largest in state history. The Okanogan Complex of wildfires has...
J.D. Power: Consumers Not Taking Advantage of In-Car Technology August 26, 2015 Automakers are investing billions of dollars to put technologies in their cars and light trucks that are not being used...
Hurricane Hunter Plane to Investigate Tropical Storm Erika in Atlantic August 25, 2015 By Brian K. Sullivan A “Hurricane Hunter” reconnaissance plane headed out Tuesday to investigate Tropical Storm Erika, a disorganized system on a path yet...
Building Industrial Robots That Don’t Kill Humans August 25, 2015 By Olivia Solon In June this year a robot crushed a man to death in a Volkswagen factory in Germany. The 22-year-old maintenance...
IRC: Auto Insurance Costs Becoming More Affordable for All Income Levels August 25, 2015 Personal auto insurance has become more affordable over time for all income groups, including low-to-moderate income (LMI) groups, according to...
Pot-Impaired Drivers Involved in Deadly Crashes Rising in Washington August 25, 2015 More marijuana-using drivers are getting into fatal crashes in Washington, according to new data from the state Traffic Safety Commission....
Study Predicts More Wildlife Deaths and Bigger Wildfires if Drought Lasts August 25, 2015 The carcasses of salmon, trout and more than a dozen other newly extinct native species lie in dry streambeds around...
New FEMA Maps Could Force Central Texas Residents to Buy Flood Insurance August 25, 2015 Hundreds of Central Texas residents could be forced to buy flood insurance or face stricter building regulations for new structures...
Even When Deleted, Online Information Isn’t Gone August 25, 2015 By BREE FOWLER The Ashley Madison hack is a big reminder to all Web users: If you submit private data online, chances are...
Auto Safety Agency Declines to Probe Toyota’s Unintended Acceleration August 25, 2015 U.S. safety regulators have rejected an electrical engineer’s request to investigate low-speed unintended acceleration in Toyota and Lexus cars. The...