US Safety Agency to Require Automatic Emergency Braking on Heavy Trucks And Buses WASHINGTON (AP) – The government will require heavy trucks and buses to include automatic emergency braking equipment within five years,... Read More
Titanic Sub: Victims’ Families Could Still Sue Despite Liability Waivers Liability waivers signed by passengers on a submersible lost at sea during a dive to the Titanic wreck may not... Read More
Company Says it Can’t Say for Sure Whether More Air-Bag Inflators Might Explode DETROIT (AP) – A company that makes air-bag inflators that have exploded in eight incidents involving two deaths and seven... Read More
Sweltering Heat Tests Texas’ Power Grid and Patience as Thousands in South Still Without Electricity AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas’ power grid operator asked residents Tuesday to voluntarily cut back on electricity due to anticipated... Read More
Lawsuit: Company’s Insufficient Testing of Titanic Sub Put Passengers in ‘Potential Extreme Danger’ SEATTLE (AP) – The company whose submersible vanished in the North Atlantic on a tourist dive to the wreck of... Read More
New Rule Would Make Railroads Alert First Responders Within 10 Miles of Derailed Train Cargo ATLANTA (AP) – Federal regulators want first responders to a train derailment to know exactly what they are dealing with... Read More
Supreme Court Turns Away Veterans Seeking Disability Benefits over 1966 Hydrogen Bomb Accident WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal on behalf of some U.S. veterans who want disability... Read More
Hail and Wind from Thunderstorms Caused $5.5 Billion in Losses, KCC Says Severe weather created when a stationary front trapped warm, humid air over Texas and the Southeast caused an estimated $5.5... Read More
New US Home Construction Surges by Most in 3 Decades in May Groundbreaking on U.S. single-family homebuilding projects surged in May by the most in more than three decades and permits for... Read More
Lightning to Blame for $952M in Homeowners Claims in 2022 Claims involving lightning in 2022 resulted in homeowners insurance payouts approaching $1 billion, according to the Insurance Information Institute. The... Read More