21 11, 2025

IIHS: Large Blind Zones in Vehicles Increase Pedestrian Crash Risk

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Vehicles with large driver-side blind zones are far more likely to strike pedestrians during left turns, according to new research from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. In a study of nearly 4,500 pedestrian crashes in seven states, IIHS found …

21 11, 2025

Vietnam Flood Deaths Climb as Heavy Rain Drenches Coffee Region

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The death toll in Vietnam from days of severe flooding has climbed to 43 as heavy rain drenches coffee-producing regions in the central highlands and waters remain high in some tourism areas. Around 61,000 people have been evacuated and half …

24 11, 2025

North Carolina Motorist Tells 911: Eagle Dropped a Cat Through the Windshield

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A motorist in western North Carolina escaped injury when the carcass of a cat crashed into the passenger side of her front windshield along a highway near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. In a call to 911, the unidentified …

21 11, 2025

Meta Board Resolves Investors’ Privacy Claims for $190 Million

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Billionaire Mark Zuckerberg and other Meta Platforms Inc. directors agreed to a $190 million settlement of claims they failed to rectify repeated violations of Facebook users’ privacy and improperly engineered an accord to protect Zuckerberg from personal liability for the …

21 11, 2025

People Moves: Encova Insurance Adds Palumbo to Board of Directors

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Encova Insurance, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, named Corey Palumbo to their board of directors. Palumbo is an attorney with Bowles Rice in Charleston, West Virginia, where his primary practice areas include energy litigation, deliberate intent and general civil litigation. Palumbo …

21 11, 2025

World Insurance Acquires Van Syckel Insurance of New Jersey

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World Insurance Associates announced that it acquired the business of Van Syckel Insurance of Bound Brook, New Jersey on August 1, 2025. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Van Syckel Insurance, which was started in 1865, is managed by …

20 11, 2025

Transportation Secretary Unveils Design for Female Crash Test Dummy

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U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy unveiled the design details for what he says is a first-of-its-kind advanced female crash test dummy. Known as the THOR-05F, the dummy, is critical to addressing the ongoing trend of higher injury rates for …

21 11, 2025

Trump Inflames California Over Oil Drilling Plan for Pacific Coast

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President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday unveiled a plan for a dramatic expansion of oil and gas drilling rights auctions in U.S. waters, including in California, where state officials strongly oppose energy development along its world-famous coastline. The Interior Department …

21 11, 2025

UPS Plane That Crashed Had ‘Fatigue Cracks’ in Engine Mount, Preliminary Report Finds

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The United Parcel Service Inc. freighter that crashed this month when the left engine detached just after takeoff showed fatigue cracks in several sections that secured the turbine, a preliminary report into the accident that killed 14 people revealed. National …

21 11, 2025

Europe to Launch Service to Measure Role of Climate Change in Extreme Weather

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The EU is launching a service to measure the role climate change is playing in extreme weather events like heatwaves and extreme rain, and experts say this could help governments set climate policy, improve financial risk assessments and provide evidence …