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More than half of pilots killed in US civil aviation accidents between 2018 and 2022 tested positive for at least one drug, the US National Transportation Safety Board said in a report published May 14. Of the 984pilots who died …

In less than three minutes, an intruder exploited a security gap at one of the nation’s busiest airports and stepped into the path of an airplane hurtling down a Colorado runway with 231 people aboard. The 41-year-old man slipped unnoticed …

U.S. product recall activity remained elevated in the first quarter 2026, a new report shows. Sedgwick’s latest U.S. recall report shows the volume of defective products recalled across five U.S. industries rose 27% quarter-over-quarter to 492 million units in the …

PG&E Corp. cut power to some customers in California due to dry and windy conditions that have elevated the risk of wildfires. There were 779 outages impacting nearly 57,500 customers as of 9:22 p.m. local time on Sunday, the utility …

Iran has started a Bitcoin-backed insurance service for shipping companies that want to transit the Strait of Hormuz, the semi-official Fars news agency reported, citing documents obtained from Iran’s Ministry of Economy and Financial Affairs. Dubbed Hormuz Safe, the Iranian …

The Justice Department last Thursday accused Yale University of illegally considering race in admissions to its medical school — the second institution to face discrimination allegations by the federal agency this month. In a letter to a lawyer for Yale, …

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger has signed legislation banning the sale and manufacture of certain semi-automatic firearms, prompting immediate lawsuits from gun-rights groups. The limits on ” assault firearms,” as they are described by the legislation, are among two dozen new …

A rare Ebola outbreak that may have circulated undetected in northeastern Congo for several weeks is exposing the difficulty of detecting deadly viruses in regions where malaria, typhoid and other fever-causing illnesses are common and health systems are stretched thin. …

The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran has already cost companies around the world at least $25 billion – and the bill is climbing, according to a Reuters analysis. A review of corporate statements since the start of the conflict by companies …

EY UK has paid more than £100 million ($133 million) to the administrators of NMC Health Plc to settle claims it was negligent in its audits of the failed firm, according to people familiar with the matter. NMC sued EY …