Taking Cops Out of Traffic Stops: Does it Make a Difference? March 30, 2021 By Ahmed Jallow FAYETTEVILLE, NC (AP) — Before dawn one morning in Fayetteville, North Carolina, a Black woman in her late 60s was...
Boston Scientific in $189M Settlement With States Over Surgical Mesh Devices March 24, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK — Boston Scientific Corp. agreed to pay $188.7 million to settle claims by most U.S. states that it...
U.S. Safety Regulators Reviewed Concerns Over GM Sensor March 17, 2021 By Mike Spector NEW YORK — U.S. automotive safety regulators reviewed evidence related to an allegedly defective steering sensor that was used in...
Alphabet’s Waymo Says Its Tech Would Avoid Fatal Human Crashes March 9, 2021 By Ed Ludlow The autonomous-car artificial intelligence from Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo avoided or mitigated crashes in most of a set of virtually recreated...
Upstream Tailings Dams Pose Much Higher Stability Risks, Study Finds March 5, 2021 By Helen Reid and Jeff Lewis The most widespread type of dam used to store mine waste is nearly twice as unstable as the average tailings...
Aurora Partners With Toyota in Bid to Bring Autonomy to Masses February 9, 2021 Aurora Innovation Inc., a Silicon Valley-based autonomous-driving startup with at least a $10 billion valuation, has agreed to a long-term...
Ford to Recall 3M Vehicles for Air Bags at $610 Million Cost January 22, 2021 By David Shepardson Ford Motor Co. said on Thursday it will recall 3 million vehicles for air bag inflators that could rupture, at...
Boeing Dreamliner’s Defects Spur New Cash Risk as Max Woes Fade January 5, 2021 By Julie Johnsson Boeing Co. faces a new cash drain from structural flaws on its marquee 787 Dreamliner jets, potentially slowing the company’s...
Meatpacking Workers Get Priority for Vaccine Under CDC Guideline December 22, 2020 By Mike Dorning Meatpacking and poultry processing workers should be among front-line workers next in line for coronavirus vaccines under guidelines approved by...
NTSB: Safety Processes Failed in Crash That Killed 7 Bikers December 3, 2020 By Michael Casey Systems meant to keep motorists safe failed to prevent a pickup driver on drugs from crashing last year into an...