The number of U.S. traffic deaths in the first six months of 2021 hit 20,160, the highest first-half total since 2006, the government reported Thursday, a sign of growing reckless driving during the coronavirus pandemic.
After decades of steady decline in roadway fatalities, U.S. traffic deaths jumped in 2021, and the fatality rate has remained high in subsequent years. The latest official data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) shows U.S. traffic deaths jumped by 10.5% in 2021, ...
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About 107,500 people died of overdoses in the U.S. last year, including both American citizens and non-citizens who were in the country at the time they died, the CDC estimated. That’s down 3% from 2022, when there were an estimated 111,000 such deaths, the agency said. Though the...
More than 107,600 Americans died from drug overdoses last year, the highest annual death toll on record. Fentanyl continues to drive the majority of overdose deaths.
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Restaurants, which were closed from April 4, also will remain shut until the end of May, excluding takeaway sales. However, the government is considering lifting restrictions on nonessential traffic to and from the Uusimaa region around Finland's capital Helsinki.—Reuters with contribution from CNB...
After all, the rate of gun-related deaths in the United States has been going up in recent years. Mass shootings have become downright commonplace: 690 in 2021; 647 in 2022; and 476 as of 6 a.m. ET August 29, 2023, according to Gun Violence Archive. ...
“One adult female and two adult males appear to have suffered from separate medical emergencies, which resulted in their deaths,” Contee said. “Any loss of life in the District is tragic and our thoughts are with anyone impacted by their loss.” They were identified as Benjamin Philips,...
US-Canada border closed for at least another month:President Trump confirmed that theUS-Canada borderwill remain closed to nonessential traffic during a White House event earlier today. His comments came after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that the border between the two countries ...