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Tesla that Hit Firetruck Was Using Automated Driving System
DETROIT (AP) — A Tesla that crashed into a firetruck in California last month was operating on one of the company’s automated driving systems, U.S. safety regulators said Wednesday. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Wednesday it has dispatched … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreTaiwan Suspects Chinese Ships Cut Islands’ Internet Cables
NANGAN, Taiwan (AP) — In the past month, bed and breakfast owner Chen Yu-lin had to tell his guests he couldn’t provide them with the internet. Others living on Matsu, one of Taiwan’s outlying islands closer to neighboring China, had … Source: Claims Journal
Read More1 Worker Dies, 3 Injured in Wall Collapse at Demolition Site
NEW YORK (AP) — A worker died after a wall collapsed at a New York City demolition site and buried him in rubble, authorities said. The collapse happened Tuesday at a three-story building being demolished on Lafayette Street in lower … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreSafety Agency Opens Probe of Norfolk Southern Rail Accidents
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal investigators are opening a wide-ranging investigation into one of the nation’s biggest railroads following a fiery derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border last month and several other accidents involving Norfolk Southern, including the The Safety agency … Source: Claims Journal
Read More4 Killed when 2 Small Planes Collide over Florida Lake
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) — A pilot and and a 19-year-old student pilot were among four people killed when two small planes collided in midair over a central Florida lake, sheriff’s officials said. A Piper J-3 Cub seaplane and a … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreRite Aid Not Liable in Warehouse Shooting that Killed 3 Workers
Rite Aid is not liable for a mass shooting that killed three workers at a warehouse in Maryland; not because it was protected by workers’ compensation immunity, but because the plaintiffs did not show the tragedy could have been foreseen … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreNorfolk Southern Announces Safety Upgrades Amid Derailments
Norfolk Southern announced plans on Monday to improve the use of detectors placed along railroad tracks to spot overheating bearings and other problems in response to a fiery derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border a month ago. The announcement came the … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreRescuers Search for Dozens Buried in Indonesian Landslides
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers were searching for 47 people who were believed to be buried in their houses by landslides that tore through villages on Indonesia’s remote Natuna islands after torrential rains. Eleven people were confirmed dead, officials said … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreBangladesh Building Explosion Kills at Least 14; Scores Hurt
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — An explosion in a seven-story commercial building in Bangladesh’s capital on Tuesday killed at least 14 people and injured dozens, officials said. The explosion occurred in Gulistan, a busy commercial area of Dhaka, fire department official … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreCyclone Freddy to Slam Mozambique Friday in Rare Second Hit
MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Still recovering from the effects of the first battering, the southeastern African nation of Mozambique is bracing for a rare second hit by long-living Tropical Cyclone Freddy late on Friday night, a regional weather center said … Source: Claims Journal
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