U.S. pedestrian deaths totaled nearly 6,000 in 2017 for the second straight year amid mounting signs that walkers and drivers are dangerously distracted, according to a new study.

Around eight years ago, when he was still a station foreman at Alaska’s department of transportation, Dan Schacher noticed that winter temperatures began fluctuating between very cold and the kind of cold that causes a mixture of rain and snow to hit freezing concrete and turn into ice.

“That largely explains it,” Insurance Institute of Indiana and State Farm lobbyist Jon Zarich told a state House committee Feb. 21 in presenting an amendment at least one of them hadn’t seen. But his summary of the amended Senate Bill 164 omitted any mention that the proposed language would effectively strip away auto insurance policyholders’ right to assign insurance benefits to body shops.

School resumes Monday after a fast-moving fire decimated the Pensylvania district’s fleet of buses. The fast-moving blaze at a Parkland School District garage in South Whitehall, near Allentown, was reported around 3 a.m. Friday.

A new storm is expected to bring additional weather misery this week to areas struggling to recover from a relentless series of weekend storms and tornadoes.

Tractor trailer safety standards are under the microscope after a massive pileup on the Thruway left an Elba man dead in January. U.S. Senator Charles Schumer is calling for trucks to be equipped with "underride guards" to help protect drivers and passengers on roads.

More than a dozen landslides throughout the Pittsburgh area have been wreaking havoc for the past week, forcing residents to evacuate and shutting down roads.

With all the freezing rain, sleet and snow in the Metro, It’s been a busy week for area emergency rooms treating patients for injuries related to ice and falls.

One person was rushed to the hospital Saturday afternoon after an SUV slammed into a store in Brooklyn. Authorities say it happened around 2:30 p.m. at the Bargainland Discount Center near the corner of Fulton Street and Throop Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

Unlike traditional taxi companies, almost anyone can drive for a ride-hailing service. A driver simply needs a car and a smartphone. Uber, the largest ride-hailing provider, is available in 84 countries worldwide, averaging 40 million rides per month.

No immediate relief is in sight for a swath of the Midwest where heavy rain, melting snow and rising rivers have shuttered schools, closed roads and prompted several evacuations.

Addressing the entire vehicle safety system after an auto collision, and not just one component like a sensor, may be contributing to longer auto repair times and higher costs for insurers, Mitchell International said Thursday.

Newer technology in vehicles is creating the need for a different skill set in collision repair facilities, something that could ultimately affect vehicle repair times for insurers.

Rob Manuszak was busy pumping out the basement of the little house he bought about a month ago at 1118 Emerson Ave. At the same time, South Bend Fire Department personnel were parked out front early Wednesday afternoon pulling people from their flooded homes just down the street that slopes toward the St. Joseph River.

Fiat-Chrysler is recalling more than 180,000 Ram pickup trucks because of a parking brake issue. The recall involves certain 2016 through 2018 Rams equipped with steering-column gear-shifters, which can under certain circumstances be accidentally shifted out of park.