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Northern California Flooding This Weekend Caused by Heavy Rain, High Tides
Heavy rain and high tides, believed to be the most severe in two decades, caused flooding in parts of Northern California on Saturday, prompting road closures and rescues of people trapped in cars. ...
Drivers Support Tougher Restrictions Even as They Admit to Risky Driving: AAA
Tougher safeguards to prevent impaired driving are welcomed by drivers, even as they admit to dangerous habits behind the wheel, a new survey by AAA found. A new report by the AAA Foundation for ...
2025 One of the Top Three Hottest Years on Record
Climate change worsened by human behavior made 2025 one of the three hottest years on record, scientists said. It was also the first time that the three-year temperature average broke through the ...
How Bomb Cyclones Form and Create Dangerous Conditions
When turbulent weather with whipping winds and heavy snow is in the forecast, meteorologists sometimes warn that a storm could "bomb out" or become a bomb cyclone. But what exactly does this mean? ...
New Year’s Day Holiday Projected to See Slight Increase in Road Deaths
The National Safety Council (NSC) has projected that 429 people may die on U.S. roads this New Year's Day holiday period. The figure is slightly above the six-year average of 423 fatalities ...
Heating Fuel Haulers Temporarily Exempt From Drive Time Limits
The U.S. transportation safety regulator has extended an emergency waiver on driving-time limits for truckers hauling heating fuels by a few days to January 15, aiming to speed up deliveries. The ...
Colorado DOT Expects to Surpass 16,000 DUI Arrests by Year End
With an average of more than 1,300 DUI arrests each month this year, Colorado is on track to surpass 16,000 total DUI arrests by the end of the year, according to CDOT and the Colorado Department of ...
Waymo Outage Issues Raise Doubts Over Robotaxi Readiness During Crises
A widespread power outage in San Francisco that led to Waymo robotaxis stalling and snarling traffic in December has raised concerns about the readiness of autonomous vehicle operators to tackle ...
New York Times Reporter Sues Google, xAI, OpenAI Over Chatbot Training
An investigative reporter best known for exposing fraud at Silicon Valley blood-testing startup Theranos sued Elon Musk's xAI, Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, Meta Platforms and ...