DETROIT (AP) —U.S. traffic fatalities began to climb two years ago and that deadly trend is continuing in 2022. Roadway deaths rose 7% during the first three months of the year to 9,560 people, the highest number for a first quarter in two decades, according to estimates by the Natio...
Traffic deaths rose 0.6% during the first-quarter of 2020, but they fell 1.1% in the second quarter as coronavirus lockdowns restricted movement. Fatalities spiked 13.1% from July through September, the agency said. “We think the big culprit is speeding,” said Jonathan Adkins, execut...
The U.S. leads the world in cases as well as deaths, which stand at more than 142,000 nationwide. New York, once by far the U.S. leader in infections, has been surpassed by California, though that is partly due to robust testing in a state with more than twice the population of...
In the coming days, the number of U.S. deaths is set to clear the outer band of the president’s projections: 200,000, according to the official tally, though the real number is certainly higher. The virus continues to spread and there is currently no approved vaccine. Som...
State traffic deaths fall 16%, following US trendMartin Finucane
The U.S. leads the world in virus-related deaths. Globally, nearly 4.8 million people have died of COVID-19, according toJohns Hopkins data. One influential model, from the University of Washington, projects new cases will bump up again this fall, but vaccine protection and infection-induced...
As of May 5, there had been more than 254,000 deaths from COVID-19 around the world. There were more than 1.1 million confirmed cases in the U.S. and 3.6 million worldwide. The United States leads the world in coronavirus deaths and cases. The United Kingdom, Italy, Spain and France...
A Look at the 42 Deaths Linked to Severe Storms in the US A series of storms that kicked up wildfires, tornadoes and dust while barreling across eight states over the weekend have left at least 42 people dead and dozens injured Associated PressMarch 17, 2025 Residents Pick up the Pieces ...
Churchill Downs suspended racing in June after 12 horses died there, prompting an emergency summit with industry leaders before resuming in the fall, and a New York Racing Association investigation into 13 racing or training deaths at Saratoga found no definitive cause, though significant rain...
The move is intended to help the internet run smoothly as traffic spikes due to more people in the region being forced to stay at home. Google subsidiary YouTube said it was "making a commitment to temporarily switch all traffic in the EU to standard definition by default" in a media stat...