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Most people take breaks during their workdays. Coffee breaks. Lunch breaks. Short chats with coworkers. Maybe late afternoon walks around the building. But are they taking the best type of breaks? Breaks that boost energy, concentration and motivation? Two Baylor … Source: Claims Journal

Air pollution is killing 3.3 million people a year worldwide, according to a new study that includes this surprise: Farming plays a large role in smog and soot deaths in industrial nations. Scientists in Germany, Cyprus, Saudi Arabia and Harvard … Source: Claims Journal

A nationwide push allowing schools to buy portable barricade devices they can set up if an active shooter enters their building has school security and fire experts questioning whether they’re really safe. Those opposed to the devices say they’re complicated … Source: Claims Journal

A Ferrari caught on video zooming through a Beverly Hills neighborhood last weekend is owned by a Middle Eastern sheikh who has since left the country and taken his million-dollar sports car with him, authorities say. Police held a news … Source: Claims Journal

Wyoming is one of three locations in the country where next-generation “smart vehicles” that could make highway driving less dangerous will be tested. The U.S. Department of Transportation this week announced Wyoming will participate in the Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment … Source: Claims Journal

It has been several days since two huge wildfires in Northern California peaked in their ferocity, yet the damage they did is still being revealed daily. Crews who made gains overnight on one of the worst wildfires in the state’s … Source: Claims Journal

An elderly southern Oregon woman says she’s been left to depend on friends and family after her home was gutted in a suspected arson and her insurance company canceled her policy. Insurance industry officials contend the process of handling fire-related … Source: Claims Journal

According to a recent LexisNexis/CounselLink survey of 86 property/casualty claims and law departments, controlling defense costs was the key initiative for 2015 and 2016. Respondents of the LexisNexis Property & Casualty Claims and Litigation Cost Containment Survey ranged from vice president … Source: Claims Journal

The chief U.S. prosecutor in Manhattan blamed gaps in federal law and “siloing” within General Motors Co for the failure so far to charge any individual employees who may be responsible for faulty ignition switches linked to 124 deaths. The … Source: Claims Journal

A bear mauling death in Fremont County is among 37 workplace fatalities counted in Wyoming last year, according to a state report. The Wyoming Workforce Services report says the number of workplace deaths in 2014 was a sharp increase from … Source: Claims Journal