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People set fire to an Ebola treatment center in a town at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo as fear and anger grow over a health crisis that doctors are struggling to contain. [TheTopNews] Read More.1 week ago - Truck Crash Rates Are Down. So Why Do Insurance Costs Keep Rising?
Trucking fleets across the U.S. are facing record-high insurance costs even as truck crash rates continue to decline, according to new research from the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI). Although fleets are improving safety performance and reducing crashes, liability insurance premiums continue climbing due to rising legal costs, larger lawsuit payouts, and increasing claim expenses. As a result, insurance has become one of the trucking industry’s biggest concerns in 2025. According to ATRI, average trucking liability insurance premiums increased nearly 38% between 2015 and 2024. Today, insurance costs average 10.2 cents per mile, creating additional pressure for carriers already dealing with high operating expenses. Why Trucking Insurance Costs Continue Rising ATRI explained that insurance pricing is influenced by more than crash frequency alone. Even though crash rates have improved, claim costs have continued to rise sharply. From 2021 through 2024, heavy-duty truck crash rates fell by 2.6%. In addition, fatal crash rates dropped nearly 14%, while injury crash rates declined more than 15% from their 2019 peak. However, liability losses reported by fleets increased by more than 33% during the same period. Therefore, insurers continue raising premiums to cover growing financial risks. The report points to several major factors behind rising trucking insurance costs, including: Nuclear verdicts Aggressive litigation tactics Third-party lawsuit funding Rising medical expenses Social inflation In particular, ATRI highlighted the growing impact of social inflation. This term refers to larger claim payouts caused by changing social attitudes and legal trends. At the same time, trucking companies are increasingly targeted by plaintiff attorneys seeking large settlements and verdicts. Because of this, insurance providers are paying out more in claims than they collect in premiums. Consequently, fleets continue seeing higher insurance costs year after year. Smaller Fleets Face Greater Financial Pressure Smaller trucking companies are being affected the most by rising premiums. In fact, ATRI found that fleets operating between 5 and 25 trucks paid nearly double the insurance cost per mile compared to larger fleets operating 101 to 250 trucks. Additionally, insurance expenses now consume nearly 5% of total revenue for many small carriers. As margins remain tight, these costs are becoming harder to absorb. At the same time, excess insurance coverage costs continue increasing rapidly. Coverage layers between $5 million and $15 million experienced some of the steepest premium hikes in recent years. Therefore, many trucking companies are reevaluating their risk management strategies… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 week ago - Hantavirus exposure risk may be higher than believed in parts of US, study finds
Researchers found unusually high hantavirus levels in rodents in the Pacific Northwest, suggesting greater exposure risk in the surrounding agricultural communities.The area with the biggest prevalence is the Palouse region, which includes parts of eastern Washington and north-central Idaho in the Pacific Northwest.Researchers from Washington State University's College of Veterinary Medicine found unexpectedly high levels of Sin Nombre virus (SNV), which is the strain most strongly linked to hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) —among local rodent populations. WHAT IS HANTAVIRUS, THE CAUSE OF GENE HACKMAN’S WIFE’S DEATH?In summer 2023, they collected samples from 189 deer mice, voles and chipmunks at eight farms and two forest sites.Nearly 30% of sampled rodents showed evidence of prior exposure and about 10% had active infections, according to the study press release. The rodents that tested positive were from both agricultural environments (farms) and natural settings (wilderness).While deer mice are the primary carriers of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, the researchers found infections across multiple rodent species.This suggests that Sin Nombre virus may be more widespread in the region than previously thought.HANTAVIRUS FEARS SPARK COVID FLASHBACKS, BUT EXPERTS SAY THERE’S ONE MAJOR DIFFERENCEThe findings were published in 2026 in Emerging Infectious Diseases, a peer-reviewed journal from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."We were surprised both by how common the virus was locally and by how little data existed for the Northwest," said Stephanie Seifert, the study's corresponding author and principal investigator of the Molecular Ecology of Zoonotic and Animal Pathogens lab in the College of Veterinary Medicine's Paul G. Allen School for Global Health, in the press release. "We're really just beginning to understand how widespread and complex this virus is in rodent populations here."The Sin Nombre virus, the most common hantavirus in the U.S., is typically spread to humans through inhalation of aerosolized rodent urine, droppings or saliva and is not known to spread person-to-person.This is different from the Andes virus, the strain linked to the recent outbreak on board the MV Hondius cruise ship. Andes virus is the only hantavirus that is capable of spreading between people through close, prolonged contact.Dr. Sonja Bartolome, an expert in pulmonary and critical care at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, pointed out that since national tracking began in 1993, the illness has remained rare, with 864 cases reported between 1993 and 2022.POSSIBLE HANTAVIRUS CASE UNDER INVESTIGATION IN UPSTATE NEW YORK; NO CONNECTION TO DEADLY CRUISE SHIP OUTBREAK"Most cases have occurred… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 week ago - Two Futures for the American Left
In a spat between Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Marjorie Taylor Greene, which side would American leftists take? Until recently, this might have sounded like a ludicrous question. By any measure, AOC is one of America’s most left-wing politicians. Greene is a self-described Christian nationalist who once belonged to the right-wing Freedom Caucus.But two weeks ago, AOC described Greene as “a proven bigot and anti-Semite” who shouldn’t be trusted, and many American leftists flocked to Greene’s corner, condemning AOC for her comments. They included the activist Cenk Uygur, the journalists Glenn Greenwald and Ryan Grim, the Palestinian writers Susan Abulhawa and Mohammed el-Kurd, and the Democratic strategist Peter Daou, to name a few.The newfound love for Greene on the left is explained primarily by one factor: Israel. MTG has changed sides on the issue. In the past she evinced strong support for “our ally Israel,” criticized AOC on the grounds that the representative “hates Israel,” and complained about “Israel-hating radicals.” Now Greene has broken with Donald Trump and come to condemn the “genocide in Gaza.”Greene hasn’t become more tolerant: She greeted the election of Zohran Mamdani, New York’s first Muslim mayor, last year with an X post that showed the Statue of Liberty in a burka. And she hasn’t abandoned conspiracism: Just last week, with regard to COVID-19, she claimed that the pharmaceutical company Moderna had helped “manipulate the virus (bioweapon), make the vaccine (poison), and then make the profits.”[Yair Rosenberg: Four simple questions for Marjorie Taylor Greene]But Israel tops all concerns for some leftists, so Greene’s reversal on the issue is enough to win their support, and AOC’s refusal to embrace her is seen as a counterproductive purity test. Uygur, for instance, claimed that AOC had done “exactly what Israeli supporters want—split the anti-war movement and critics of Israel’s genocide.”The AOC-MTG dustup is not really about how big a tent the American left should erect, however. It’s not even about whether left-wingers should occasionally collaborate with those on the right. Rather, it presents a choice between two irreconcilable futures for the leftist movement itself.One of these two visions involves building on America’s liberal tradition while attempting to push it toward democratic socialism. This approach has a long history in the United States. In the late 1930s, the Communist Party gave vociferous support to Franklin D. Roosevelt even while recruiting thousands of people to its own ranks. The Port Huron Statement of… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 week ago - 100+ Roadside Attractions Along U.S. Route 66
Route 66 didn’t just connect Chicago to Santa Monica, it helped create an entirely new kind of American travel culture. When the highway was officially established in 1926, it quickly became a major corridor for migration, trade, and long-distance driving. But it wasn’t until the post-World War II boom in automobile ownership and family vacations that Route 66 truly transformed. As more Americans took to the road for leisure, small towns suddenly had a new challenge: How do you get travelers to stop? The answer was creativity, visibility, and competition. Entrepreneurs along the highway began building eye-catching stops right along the roadside: motels with glowing neon signs, oversized statues, and oddities designed to grab attention as drivers sped by. These weren’t random curiosities, they were survival strategies for businesses. A giant muffler man, a world’s-largest anything, or a themed motel was advertising meant to turn a passing car into a paying customer. Over time, these stops evolved into what people now casually call “tourist traps,” though that term misses part of the story. They were often deeply local, reflecting regional identity, humor, and pride. A fiberglass dinosaur in the desert or a kitschy motor court in Oklahoma was about giving travelers a memory they couldn’t get anywhere else. Route 66 became an open-air museum of American imagination, where each town tried to outdo the next with something bigger, brighter, or stranger. Even after the construction of the Interstate Highway System pulled traffic away from the Mother Road, many of these attractions survived. Some faded, others were restored, and many became historic landmarks in their own right. Today, they’re central to Route 66’s identity, enduring symbols of a time when the journey itself was the destination and stopping along the road was part of the adventure. This year marks Route 66’s 100th Anniversary, so to celebrate, here are more than 100 of the best roadside attractions along the route. Lou Mitchell’s is a legendary eatery in downtown Chicago. ILLINOIS Route 66 Begin Sign (Chicago, IL)The symbolic starting point of Route 66. Most travelers stop here for the classic “begin” photo before heading west. Lou Mitchell’s (Chicago, IL)A legendary breakfast stop that has fueled Route 66 travelers since the highway’s early days, known for its welcoming vibe and old-school charm. Willis Tower (Chicago, IL) A quick urban detour before leaving the city—one of the tallest skyscrapers in… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 week ago
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People set fire to an Ebola treatment center in a town at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo as fear and anger grow over a health crisis that doctors are struggling to contain. [TheTopNews] Read More.
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Trucking fleets across the U.S. are facing record-high insurance costs even as truck crash rates continue to decline, according to new research from the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI). Although fleets are improving safety performance and reducing crashes, liability insurance premiums continue climbing due to rising legal costs, larger lawsuit payouts, and increasing claim expenses. As a result, insurance has become one of the trucking industry’s biggest concerns in 2025. According to ATRI, average trucking liability insurance premiums increased nearly 38% between 2015 and 2024. Today, insurance costs average 10.2 cents per mile, creating additional pressure for carriers already dealing with high operating expenses. Why Trucking Insurance Costs Continue Rising ATRI explained that insurance pricing is influenced by more than crash frequency alone. Even though crash rates have improved, claim costs have continued to rise sharply. From 2021 through 2024, heavy-duty truck crash rates fell by 2.6%. In addition, fatal crash rates dropped nearly 14%, while injury crash rates declined more than 15% from their 2019 peak. However, liability losses reported by fleets increased by more than 33% during the same period. Therefore, insurers continue raising premiums to cover growing financial risks. The report points to several major factors behind rising trucking insurance costs, including: Nuclear verdicts Aggressive litigation tactics Third-party lawsuit funding Rising medical expenses Social inflation In particular, ATRI highlighted the growing impact of social inflation. This term refers to larger claim payouts caused by changing social attitudes and legal trends. At the same time, trucking companies are increasingly targeted by plaintiff attorneys seeking large settlements and verdicts. Because of this, insurance providers are paying out more in claims than they collect in premiums. Consequently, fleets continue seeing higher insurance costs year after year. Smaller Fleets Face Greater Financial Pressure Smaller trucking companies are being affected the most by rising premiums. In fact, ATRI found that fleets operating between 5 and 25 trucks paid nearly double the insurance cost per mile compared to larger fleets operating 101 to 250 trucks. Additionally, insurance expenses now consume nearly 5% of total revenue for many small carriers. As margins remain tight, these costs are becoming harder to absorb. At the same time, excess insurance coverage costs continue increasing rapidly. Coverage layers between $5 million and $15 million experienced some of the steepest premium hikes in recent years. Therefore, many trucking companies are reevaluating their risk management strategies… [TheTopNews] Read More.
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Researchers found unusually high hantavirus levels in rodents in the Pacific Northwest, suggesting greater exposure risk in the surrounding agricultural communities.The area with the biggest prevalence is the Palouse region, which includes parts of eastern Washington and north-central Idaho in the Pacific Northwest.Researchers from Washington State University's College of Veterinary Medicine found unexpectedly high levels of Sin Nombre virus (SNV), which is the strain most strongly linked to hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) —among local rodent populations. WHAT IS HANTAVIRUS, THE CAUSE OF GENE HACKMAN’S WIFE’S DEATH?In summer 2023, they collected samples from 189 deer mice, voles and chipmunks at eight farms and two forest sites.Nearly 30% of sampled rodents showed evidence of prior exposure and about 10% had active infections, according to the study press release. The rodents that tested positive were from both agricultural environments (farms) and natural settings (wilderness).While deer mice are the primary carriers of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, the researchers found infections across multiple rodent species.This suggests that Sin Nombre virus may be more widespread in the region than previously thought.HANTAVIRUS FEARS SPARK COVID FLASHBACKS, BUT EXPERTS SAY THERE’S ONE MAJOR DIFFERENCEThe findings were published in 2026 in Emerging Infectious Diseases, a peer-reviewed journal from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."We were surprised both by how common the virus was locally and by how little data existed for the Northwest," said Stephanie Seifert, the study's corresponding author and principal investigator of the Molecular Ecology of Zoonotic and Animal Pathogens lab in the College of Veterinary Medicine's Paul G. Allen School for Global Health, in the press release. "We're really just beginning to understand how widespread and complex this virus is in rodent populations here."The Sin Nombre virus, the most common hantavirus in the U.S., is typically spread to humans through inhalation of aerosolized rodent urine, droppings or saliva and is not known to spread person-to-person.This is different from the Andes virus, the strain linked to the recent outbreak on board the MV Hondius cruise ship. Andes virus is the only hantavirus that is capable of spreading between people through close, prolonged contact.Dr. Sonja Bartolome, an expert in pulmonary and critical care at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, pointed out that since national tracking began in 1993, the illness has remained rare, with 864 cases reported between 1993 and 2022.POSSIBLE HANTAVIRUS CASE UNDER INVESTIGATION IN UPSTATE NEW YORK; NO CONNECTION TO DEADLY CRUISE SHIP OUTBREAK"Most cases have occurred… [TheTopNews] Read More.
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In a spat between Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Marjorie Taylor Greene, which side would American leftists take? Until recently, this might have sounded like a ludicrous question. By any measure, AOC is one of America’s most left-wing politicians. Greene is a self-described Christian nationalist who once belonged to the right-wing Freedom Caucus.But two weeks ago, AOC described Greene as “a proven bigot and anti-Semite” who shouldn’t be trusted, and many American leftists flocked to Greene’s corner, condemning AOC for her comments. They included the activist Cenk Uygur, the journalists Glenn Greenwald and Ryan Grim, the Palestinian writers Susan Abulhawa and Mohammed el-Kurd, and the Democratic strategist Peter Daou, to name a few.The newfound love for Greene on the left is explained primarily by one factor: Israel. MTG has changed sides on the issue. In the past she evinced strong support for “our ally Israel,” criticized AOC on the grounds that the representative “hates Israel,” and complained about “Israel-hating radicals.” Now Greene has broken with Donald Trump and come to condemn the “genocide in Gaza.”Greene hasn’t become more tolerant: She greeted the election of Zohran Mamdani, New York’s first Muslim mayor, last year with an X post that showed the Statue of Liberty in a burka. And she hasn’t abandoned conspiracism: Just last week, with regard to COVID-19, she claimed that the pharmaceutical company Moderna had helped “manipulate the virus (bioweapon), make the vaccine (poison), and then make the profits.”[Yair Rosenberg: Four simple questions for Marjorie Taylor Greene]But Israel tops all concerns for some leftists, so Greene’s reversal on the issue is enough to win their support, and AOC’s refusal to embrace her is seen as a counterproductive purity test. Uygur, for instance, claimed that AOC had done “exactly what Israeli supporters want—split the anti-war movement and critics of Israel’s genocide.”The AOC-MTG dustup is not really about how big a tent the American left should erect, however. It’s not even about whether left-wingers should occasionally collaborate with those on the right. Rather, it presents a choice between two irreconcilable futures for the leftist movement itself.One of these two visions involves building on America’s liberal tradition while attempting to push it toward democratic socialism. This approach has a long history in the United States. In the late 1930s, the Communist Party gave vociferous support to Franklin D. Roosevelt even while recruiting thousands of people to its own ranks. The Port Huron Statement of… [TheTopNews] Read More.
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Route 66 didn’t just connect Chicago to Santa Monica, it helped create an entirely new kind of American travel culture. When the highway was officially established in 1926, it quickly became a major corridor for migration, trade, and long-distance driving. But it wasn’t until the post-World War II boom in automobile ownership and family vacations that Route 66 truly transformed. As more Americans took to the road for leisure, small towns suddenly had a new challenge: How do you get travelers to stop? The answer was creativity, visibility, and competition. Entrepreneurs along the highway began building eye-catching stops right along the roadside: motels with glowing neon signs, oversized statues, and oddities designed to grab attention as drivers sped by. These weren’t random curiosities, they were survival strategies for businesses. A giant muffler man, a world’s-largest anything, or a themed motel was advertising meant to turn a passing car into a paying customer. Over time, these stops evolved into what people now casually call “tourist traps,” though that term misses part of the story. They were often deeply local, reflecting regional identity, humor, and pride. A fiberglass dinosaur in the desert or a kitschy motor court in Oklahoma was about giving travelers a memory they couldn’t get anywhere else. Route 66 became an open-air museum of American imagination, where each town tried to outdo the next with something bigger, brighter, or stranger. Even after the construction of the Interstate Highway System pulled traffic away from the Mother Road, many of these attractions survived. Some faded, others were restored, and many became historic landmarks in their own right. Today, they’re central to Route 66’s identity, enduring symbols of a time when the journey itself was the destination and stopping along the road was part of the adventure. This year marks Route 66’s 100th Anniversary, so to celebrate, here are more than 100 of the best roadside attractions along the route. Lou Mitchell’s is a legendary eatery in downtown Chicago. ILLINOIS Route 66 Begin Sign (Chicago, IL)The symbolic starting point of Route 66. Most travelers stop here for the classic “begin” photo before heading west. Lou Mitchell’s (Chicago, IL)A legendary breakfast stop that has fueled Route 66 travelers since the highway’s early days, known for its welcoming vibe and old-school charm. Willis Tower (Chicago, IL) A quick urban detour before leaving the city—one of the tallest skyscrapers in… [TheTopNews] Read More.
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