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Cellphone Alerts Never Received During Maui Wildfires Prompts Lawsuit Against Carriers
Had emergency responders known about widespread cellphone outages during the height of last summer's deadly Maui wildfires, they would have used other methods to warn about the disaster, county ...
List of Names for Atlantic Hurricane Season Announced
As the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season is set to begin June 1, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) has released the names for this year's tropical storms. ...
Survey: Many Employees Who Jumped Ship During COVID Regret It
The Great Resignation during the pandemic saw workers quit their jobs in droves, but a new survey finds that many regret jumping ship. The survey of U.S. workers by the member think tank The ...
Judge Forces Hawaii AG to Turn Over Wildfire Probe Docs to Plaintiff Lawyers
A judge on Friday forced the Hawaii attorney general's office to turn over to lawyers involved in the hundreds of lawsuits over last summer's Maui wildfires all documents, interviews and data ...
Extreme Weather Is Driving More U.S. Power Outages, Studies Show
For decades, residents of eastern Queens in New York City have complained that they're more likely to lose power when extreme weather hits, even as lights in other parts of the city stay on. A new ...
Series of Public Events Along East Coast to Highlight Hurricane Awareness
With the the start of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season less than a month away, NOAA and the U.S. Air Force Reserve will host a series of events to help communities along the Eastern seaboard ...
Uber, Lyft Gig Worker Status Hinges on Massachusetts Court Case
Massachusetts has become the latest front in a years-long battle in the United States over whether ride-share drivers for Uber and Lyft should be treated as independent contractors or employees ...
Newspapers Sue OpenAI for Copyright Infringement Over AI Training
A group of newspapers, including the New York Daily News and Chicago Tribune, sued Microsoft and OpenAI in New York federal court on Tuesday, accusing them of misusing ...
