London’s High Court on Thursday refused claimants permission to appeal against its July decision which broadly found in favor of some of the world’s biggest carmakers over diesel emissions. The High Court had rejected most of the allegations that 20 …
Where there’s smoke there’s fire, but is the reverse true? The presumption in California could be that it is. One fallout from the plague of wildfires that struck California in recent years is that smoke claims became a bigger issue …
A federal antitrust lawsuit against McDonald’s this week claims the fast-food giant is using AI-powered tools to fix menu prices, marking the latest case to allege companies are relying on new technologies to collude and harm consumers. Plaintiffs have sued …
New York Attorney General Letitia James has added new allegations to a child safety lawsuit against TikTok Inc., accusing the platform of running secret experiments on teen users.
For years, the conversation around severe weather preparedness has focused on what happens before and during a storm: evacuation routes, emergency supplies, weather alerts, and shelter plans. Those measures are critical, and they save lives. But after more than 20 …
Authorities are cracking down on the latest teenage craze wreaking havoc in communities across the US: e-bikes. Police were called when dozens of e-bikes and e-motos swarmed the streets of Bend, Oregon, on a recent afternoon. In Orange County, California, …
The suspect behind recent cyberattacks at South Korean banks was likely a China-based 26-year-old who used a Chinese-developed AI agent and Anthropic’s Claude Code, US cybersecurity company CrowdStrike said. In a report published on Wednesday, CrowdStrike said it believed the …
As Tesla chases an elusive prize – government approval of its “Full Self-Driving” technology across Europe – the U.S. automaker is waging a pressure campaign casting safety regulators as feckless bureaucrats blocking its life-saving technology. Elon Musk’s company has pushed …
Cargo vans and heavy-duty pickups are not as safe as passenger vehicles in front crash prevention, achieving marginal and poor ratings common in new testing by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Cargo vans were the best performers. The Mercedes-Benz …
Fraud referral rates declined across several major lines, a new report shows. Carpe’s 2026 Online Fraud Insights Report examines potentially fraudulent evidence identified through the company’s monitoring of open injury claims from 2024 to 2025. Despite the drop in fraud …