Imagine a scenario where sensor-laden vehicles pass through intersections by communicating with each other, rather than grinding to a halt at traffic lights. A newly published study co-authored by MIT researchers claims this kind of traffic-light-free transportation design, if it …
Will Power did not suffer a concussion before the season-opening race at St. Petersburg, Fla., and the Australian was instead likely suffering only from an inner ear infection. Power was a late scratch from Sunday’s race when symptoms he was …
A truck used to deliver feed to a business where cattle are fattened hit a train track and shifted it at least a foot before an Amtrak train derailed in southwest Kansas and injured at least 32 people, an investigator …
alk to anyone at a fire department that depends on volunteers, and you’re likely to hear that it’s harder to get and keep new ones. And the ones already manning the stations aren’t getting any younger. It’s also a problem …
Major automakers will announce Thursday they have agreed to install automatic emergency braking systems in nearly all U.S. vehicles by September 2022, three sources briefed on the plans said. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced in September …
Attorneys for customers suing General Motors Co over faulty ignition switches urged a U.S. appeals court on Tuesday to throw out bankruptcy court rulings that they say shield the company from lawsuits potentially worth billions of dollars. A panel of …
Philadelphia Official, Auto Body Shop Charged in $400K Fraud Prosecutors in Philadelphia allege that a city fleet supervisor steered work to an auto body shop that overcharged the city $400,000 for phony or inflated bills. American Collision is also at …
An NFL official has acknowledged a link between football and the brain disease CTE for the first time. Jeff Miller, the NFL’s senior vice president for health and safety, spoke about the connection during an appearance Monday at a congressional …
Young, privately owned and ambitious, Anbang Insurance Group stands out in China’s staid, state-dominated insurance industry. Founded just 12 years ago, Anbang made a splash in the United States in 2014 with its $2 billion purchase of New York City’s …
U.S. safety regulators initially declined to grant medical clearance for a German pilot who five years later deliberately flew an airliner full of people into a mountainside in the French Alps. A lawyer for victims’ families says they missed a …