Multiple injuries reported in San Francisco cable car incident

Cheat Sheet: These are the steps fire victims need to take to make an insurance claim

We have tips from California's insurance commissioner on how to contact the state and start the claims process, and how to keep you and your loved ones…

12 Commonsense Safeguards - staffny

Officers must list the law being violated, provide a case number, and explain the suspicion tied to a specific vehicle or plate. Limit use only to suspected fel...

Triangle Fire Victims Data - published

Death toll in Japan earthquake rises to 30 as rescue efforts continue

Rescue efforts are continuing as time runs down on the critical three-day window for rescues following the quake. Officials have not detailed how many people were reported missing but local media say dozens remain unaccounted for.

Civilian casualties double in Ukraine amid escalating short-range drone attacks, UN says

According to the report, at least 211 people were killed in March, and 1,206 were injured.

Cancer’s toll on 9/11 survivors is accelerating 25 years later

The number of victims receiving aid has tripled in recent years, a Post analysis finds, as the illness’s toll becomes more apparent.

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.

[122] Arresting Flexibility: A QJE field experiment on police behavior with about 40 outcome variables

A forthcoming paper in the Quarterly Journal of Economics (QJE), “A Cognitive View of Policing” (htm), reports results from a field experiment showing that teaching police officers to &…

Traumatic amputations caused by drone attacks in the local population in Gaza: a retrospective cross-sectional study

Drone strikes were the most commonly reported cause of amputation injury in our study population and were associated with more severe injuries and more additional surgeries than injuries caused by other explosive weapons. Limitations of our study include the self-reported nature of the mechanism of injury and number of subsequent surgeries and selection bias from not incorporating amputation injuries from individuals who died immediately or due to complications. The increasing use of drones needs to be addressed, rather than passively accepted, by the international community.

18 Lawyers Caught Using AI Explain Why They Did It

Lawyers blame IT, family emergencies, their own poor judgment, their assistants, illness, and more.

A Cognitive View of Policing

Abstract What causes adverse policing outcomes, such as excessive uses of force and unnecessary arrests? Prevailing explanations focus on problematic officers or deficient regulations and oversight. We introduce an overlooked perspective. We suggest that the cognitive demands inherent in policing can undermine officer decision making. Unless officers are prepared for these demands, they may jump to conclusions too quickly without fully considering alternative ways of seeing a situation. This can lead to adverse policing outcomes. To test this perspective, we created a new training that teaches officers to consider different ways of interpreting the situations they encounter. We evaluated this training using a randomized controlled trial with 2,070 officers from the Chicago Police Department. In a series of lab assessments, we find that treated officers were significantly more likely to consider a wider range of evidence and develop more explanations for subjects’ actions. Critically, we also find that training affected officer performance in the field, leading to reductions in uses of force, discretionary arrests, and arrests of Black civilians. Meanwhile, officer activity levels remained unchanged, and trained officers were less likely to be injured on duty. Our results highlight the value of considering the cognitive aspects of policing and demonstrate the power of using behaviorally informed approaches to improve officer decision making and policing outcomes.

Basic Online Safety Expectations | eSafety Commissioner

The Expectations are a key element of the Online Safety Act that help to protect Australians from online harm.

Cheat sheet: A quick roundup of SoCal fire coverage and safety resources

The basics on active fires and your one-stop shop for resources.

The Race to Rebuild One of America’s Busiest Bridges

After a crucial section of a California freeway collapsed, this formidable construction boss pulled off one of the fastest, riskiest, most high-stakes reconstructions in U.S. history.

Local Officials Don’t Always Send IPAWS Emergency Alerts Before Disasters — ProPublica

ProPublica has identified at least 15 major disasters since 2016 in which officials in the most-harmed communities failed to use a federal system to send emergency alerts to residents — or waited until it was too late.