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City Pays Upwards of $19 Million Since 2015 for Employee Car Accidents
NBC 7 Investigates Reporter Mari Payton explains how getting the city to pay up can get difficult.
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City Pays Upwards of $19 Million Since 2015 for Employee Car Accidents
According to data analyzed by NBC 7 Investigates, from May 2015 through July 2020, the city of San Diego paid more than $18.8 million to settle claims filed by those who were hit by city vehicles or employees.
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AAA Urges Drivers Not to Put Face Masks in One Particular Place
Where should you keep your mask while you’re driving. NBC 7’s Consumer Bob says this particular place is dangerous.
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Why You Shouldn't Hang Masks From Your Car's Mirror
Where do you put your mask when you get back into your car? Auto safety experts say it should go anywhere but the mirror.
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How Daylight Saving Time Affects Health
Here’s what science has to say about a twice-yearly ritual affecting nearly 2 billion people worldwide.
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San Diego Hospitals See Rise in ‘Scooter Trauma'
You’ve seen them on the streets, sidewalks, and in your neighborhood. Now, the electric scooters, which first hit San Diego in February 2018, are making their mark in local operating rooms.
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Storm Punishes Swath of US With Snow, Ice and Freezing Rain
A winter storm that contributed to at least five deaths in the Midwest pummeled the mid-Atlantic region for a second day Sunday, bringing with it an icy mix that knocked out power, cancelled flights and contributed to hundreds of car accidents. Virginia State Police said the driver of a military surplus vehicle was killed late Saturday after he lost control...
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Delta Plane Slides Off Runway After Landing at Cincinnati Airport
An airport official says a plane slid off the pavement while taxiing to the terminal at Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport, with no injuries reported. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports airport spokeswoman Mindy Kershner says a Delta flight from Las Vegas had safely landed at the airport in Hebron, Kentucky, around 5:30 a.m. Sunday. She said it left the pavement on its...
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Driving Distracted? San Diego Sees 80 Percent Increase in Driver Citations
While most drivers know it’s illegal to talk or text while holding their phone, the number of tickets being given out has more than tripled in the past few years.
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New Advice on Kids' Concussions Calls for Better Tracking
New children’s concussion guidelines from the U.S. government recommend against routine X-rays and blood tests for diagnosis and reassure parents that most kids’ symptoms clear up within one to three months. Signs of potentially more serious injuries that may warrant CT imaging scans include vomiting, unconsciousness and severe, worsening headaches, according to the guidelines released Tuesday. The guidelines from the...
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Parasite Found in Cat Poop May Help Us Overcome Fear of Failure: Researchers
A parasite that makes rodents unafraid of cats could be giving people the courage to become entrepreneurs, researchers told NBC News. People infected with Toxoplasma gondii were more likely to have majored in business and started their own business, according to a new paper published by University of Colorado management professor Stefanie Johnson and colleagues in the Proceedings of the...
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Cal Fire Warns: Most California Wildfires Are Sparked By People
According to Cal Fire, 95 percent of wildfires in California are sparked by humans in one way or another.
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More Public Safety Agencies Turning to Drones to Fight Crime
No longer a novelty, drones are becoming an everyday tool for more police and fire departments, new research has found. The number of public safety agencies with drones has more than doubled since the end of 2016, according to data collected by the Center for the Study of the Drone at New York’s Bard College. The center estimated that just...
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Senators Urge Pentagon to Waive Return of Military Overpayment
California Senators Kamala D. Harris and Dianne Feinstein urged Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to waive the recoupment of excessive pay.
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Civilian Base Officer With Sick Child Must Return Thousands to Government After Clerical Error
Civilian police officers working at Camp Pendleton and on a naval station in Fallbrook that are facing big bills after a clerical error by the Navy Office of Civilian Human Resources.
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Woman on Way to Job Interview Hit, Killed on Indian Head Highway
A 24-year-old woman on her way to a job interview was killed Thursday as she crossed what has been called the most dangerous road in the D.C. area.
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Officers on Local Bases Asked to Return Overpaid Funds
Nearly 100 civilian police officers hired at local military bases are being asked by the federal government to pay back tens of thousands of dollars in overcompensation.
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Investigators Fault Driver in Tesla Autopilot Crash
Design limitations of the Tesla Model S’s Autopilot played a major role in the first known fatal crash of a highway vehicle operating under automated control systems, the National Transportation Safety Board Tuesday. The board said the direct cause of the crash was an inattentive Tesla driver’s over reliance on technology and a truck driver who made a left-hand turn...
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IIHS Recommends Safest Used Cars for Teen Drivers
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has compiled a list of the safest used cars for teenage drivers that are under $20,000.
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Feeling Sleepy? You're Not Alone
With daylight saving time just around the corner, a new study shows roughly 75 percent of Americans aren’t getting the sleep they need. NBC’s Chris Clackum reports.