Americans’ love affair with big cars is killing them

New analysis shows that the heaviest vehicles kill more people than they save in crashes

Killing someone with a car costs $1.6 million. California requires drivers to carry $30,000

NHTSA puts the average economic cost of a traffic fatality at $1.6 million. California requires a driver to carry $30,000 in bodily injury coverage, and everyone who was not in the crash pays the rest.

Backseat Software

What if your car worked like so many apps? You’re driving somewhere important…maybe running a little bit late. A few minutes into the drive, your car pulls over to the side of the road and asks:

These Ukrainian women survived a massacre. Now, they're shooting down Russian drones

Women from a Kyiv suburb traumatized by a 2022 massacre by Russian troops joined an all-female volunteer air defense unit to deal with their fears.

Traps

The story of four very different women whose paths inte…

Justices Rule Police Do Not Have a Constitutional Duty to Protect Someone (Published 2005)

Supreme Court rules that police do not have constitutional duty to protect person from harm, even woman who obtained court-issued protective order against violent husband which made arrest mandatory for violation; decision overturns ruling by federal appeals court in Colorado; it had permitted lawsuit to proceed against town of Castle Rock, whose police failed to respond to woman's pleas for help after her estranged husband violated protective order by kidnapping their three children, whom he eventually killed; in another ruling, Supreme Court rebukes US Court of Appeals in Cincinnati for reopening death penalty appeal, on basis of newly discovered evidence, after Supreme Court had ruled on matter; 5-to-4 decision involves convicted murderer Gregory Thompson (M)

Women in tech and finance at higher risk from AI job losses, report says

‘Mid-career’ female workers also being sidelined by rigid hiring processes, says City of London Corporation

What If We Kept Our Cars Parked for Trips Less Than One Mile? | US EPA

Thought starter about walking or biking for trips less than one mile.

Michigan reports the first 2 US deaths related to a diarrhea-causing parasite

State health officials say two people have died in the cyclospora outbreak in Michigan. They are the first confirmed deaths in the U.S. related to the microscopic parasite.

Malicious Streetlight Effects Vs. "Directional Correctness" - A Semi-Non-Apology

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'Step back' - air pollution at pedestrian crossings

Every busy road produces a cloud of pollution you can't see. Where you stand in it matters more than most people might realise.

Britain’s cars and SUVs are growing bigger – but there is a way to stop this deadly ‘carspreading’ | Christian Wolmar

Larger vehicles crowd our roads and are far more dangerous to pedestrians. Let’s curb them before they do even more damage, says says transport commentator Christian Wolmar

Gloria Steinem, feminist icon and journalist, dies at 92

Gloria Steinem, the pioneering feminist writer, journalist and activist who became one of the most recognizable voices of the women’s rights movement in the United States, has died at 92.

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and…

An explosive memoir charting one woman’s career at the …

AI Could Set Back Women at Work. Here’s the Risk.

JP Morgan and Brookings research shows women face higher risks from AI due to lower representation, slower adoption, and job exposure.