Where Are Our Self-Driving Cars? Infrastructure, Liability, Safety Concerns Remain November 5, 2020 By Will Kaufman Tesla recently made headlines with the beta launch of its Full Self-Driving system. That system comes with a disclaimer saying,...
8 Years Later, Sandy Still Costing Transit Systems Billions October 30, 2020 By David Porter HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) _ Once a gleaming symbol of early 20th-century ambition and prosperity, Hoboken’s grand rail terminal now sits...
Plants Cropping Up in Lost Michigan Lakes Where Dams Failed August 10, 2020 LANSING, Mich. — Nature is returning to craters left from lakes drained by two dams that failed in May during...
The Cost of Killer Heat: A Rising Risk of Death in Poor Nations August 3, 2020 By Eric Roston A few years ago, several top climate researchers joined forces to launch a data-intensive economics research project that promised the...
Hackers Are Targeting the Remote Workers Who Keep Your Lights On July 30, 2020 By Christopher Martin In July alone, hackers took over the twitter accounts of U.S. politicians, stole terrabytes of coronavirus research and even infiltrated...
Insurers Warn Government Canada’s Flood Mapping Must Not Take a Decade March 5, 2020 By Steve Scherer OTTAWA — Canada plans to focus its next budget on tackling climate change and its effects but the insurance industry,...
What’s Up With All the Pipe Breaks in Fort Lauderdale? February 18, 2020 By Susannah Bryan FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Fort Lauderdale, a city with water and sewer lines old enough to crack and crumble, has...
Interior Department Grounds Chinese-Made Drones, Citing Security Fears January 29, 2020 By Jennifer A. Dlouhy and Alan Levin The Interior Department is banning non-emergency flights of its fleet of 810 drones as it reviews national security concerns about...
South Dakota Townships Face Financial Woes After 2019 Floods January 17, 2020 SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Townships in South Dakota are facing economic difficulties as 2019 flood repair costs mount. Townships primarily...
Displaced Families Await Post-Quake Housing in Puerto Rico January 17, 2020 By Dancia Coto PONCE, Puerto Rico — The Antonetti family sat in the shade of a tree eating orange slices while contemplating the...