car accidents

NBC 7 Investigates Reporter Mari Payton explains how getting the city to pay up can get difficult.

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.

Where should you keep your mask while you’re driving. NBC 7’s Consumer Bob says this particular place is dangerous.

Where do you put your mask when you get back into your car? Auto safety experts say it should go anywhere but the mirror.

Here’s what science has to say about a twice-yearly ritual affecting nearly 2 billion people worldwide.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

According to Cal Fire, 95 percent of wildfires in California are sparked by humans in one way or another.

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...

California Senators Kamala D. Harris and Dianne Feinstein urged Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to waive the recoupment of excessive pay.

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.

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.

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.

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...

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has compiled a list of the safest used cars for teenage drivers that are under $20,000.

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.