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Legalizing recreational pot in North Dakota could cut the number of people who are registered to use the drug as medicine by at least 80%, due to access to bigger quantities and more varied products, a health official said last … Source: Claims Journal

U.S. traffic deaths rose 0.5% in the first half of 2022 to 20,175, the highest number killed in the period since 2006, according to an early estimate released by U.S. regulators. Traffic deaths have jumped after pandemic lockdowns ended as … Source: Claims Journal

A new cyber trends mid-year report released by cyber insurer Coalition suggests that while small businesses continue to be targeted, overall incidents are down and ransomware attacks are declining as demands go unpaid. During the first half of 2022, the … Source: Claims Journal

Floodwaters were receding in parts of western Alaska battered by the worst storm in a half century, leaving behind debris flung by powerful Bering Sea waves into beaches and seaside communities. The remnants of Typhoon Merbok were weakening Sunday as … Source: Claims Journal

Kyle Busch deserved better than two failed Toyota engines in the first round of NASCAR’s playoffs. But at least Busch knows what happened to end his night at Tennessee’s Bristol Motor Speedway and leave him “flabbergasted” at being eliminated from … Source: Claims Journal

Jetsabel Osorio Chevere looked up with a sad smile as she leaned against her battered home. Nearly five years have gone by since Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, and no one has offered her family a plastic tarp or zinc … Source: Claims Journal

A Delaware workers’ compensation law passed in 2014 has succeeded in lowering workers’ compensation medical claim costs, new research shows. The report from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) found the average medical payment per claim decreased about 33 percent … Source: Claims Journal

A nighttime test of pedestrian automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems to address the high percentage of pedestrian crashes that occur on dark roads has been introduced by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). Four of the first 23 midsize … Source: Claims Journal

A staffer for Indiana U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski was trying to pass a flat-bed truck on a northern Indiana highway last month when the SUV they were in crashed into an oncoming car, killing Walorski and three other people, police … Source: Claims Journal

Mississippi has quietly settled its lawsuit against State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. for allegedly minimizing its Hurricane Katrina payments to policyholders, leaving the state to compensate homeowners. The settlement says the $12 million payment represents “restitution for damage, which … Source: Claims Journal