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To understand my dad, I needed to learn about the day he was shot
My father was shot while reporting on the second Intifada. I went on a journey to meet the man who saved his life.
Fires in India cause two tragedies just hours apart
At least seven newborn babies were killed in a fire at a children’s hospital in India’s capital, after another blaze.
Slovenian FM: Recognising Palestine is a ‘moral duty’
Tanja Fajon discusses her country’s Palestine recognition process.
China, South Korea leaders meet before trilateral talks with Japan
China's Li and South Korea's Yoon agree to launch a diplomatic and security dialogue and to resume free trade talks.
Aid trucks enter Gaza after weeks as Israeli attacks continue across strip
Estimated 200 aid trucks far short of a minimum of 500-600 trucks required daily to feed millions of Palestinians.
Divestment & the Murky Billions
How does divestment work?
Lithuania’s Nauseda eyes re-election in run-off overshadowed by Russia
Incumbent president says he sees Russia as an 'enemy' and has accused Moscow of trying to destabilise Vilnius.
Burkina Faso extends military rule by five years
The military had promised elections in July to restore civilian rule, but it also said security would take priority.
Man claiming to be Israeli soldier arrested for anti-Muslim abuse in UK
A man who described himself as a soldier with the Israeli army was arrested for ‘racially aggravated assault’.
UK’s Sunak promises mandatory national service for 18-year-olds if elected
Ruling Conservative Party says it will bring back national service if it wins the July 4 general election.
UN estimates more than 670 killed in Papua New Guinea landslide
Authorities are trying to establish evacuation centres on safer ground on either side of the massive swath of debris.
Video reveals scale of Papua New Guinea landslide with hundreds feared dead
Drone video reveals the extent of the damage caused by a landslide in Papua New Guinea, which killed over 670 people.
Fire at children’s hospital kills seven newborns in India’s capital
The owner of the hospital has fled, police said, adding that legal action is being taken against the individual.
Casa Skate – a new generation of skateboarders in Morocco
As Casablanca has boomed, so has the city’s skateboarding infrastructure, a boon for young people hopeful for the future
Celtics rally late to push Pacers to brink of elimination in NBA playoffs
A combined 60 points from Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown helped Boston steal Game 3 on the road in Indianapolis.
New cars in California could alert drivers for breaking the speed limit
SACRAMENTO, California — California could eventually join the European Union in requiring all new cars to alert drivers when they break the speed limit, a proposal aimed at reducing traffic deaths that would likely impact motorists across the country should it become law.
The federal government sets safety standards for vehicles nationwide, which is why most cars now beep at drivers if their seat belt isn't fastened. A bill in the California Legislature — which passed its first vote in the state Senate on Tuesday — would go further by requiring all new cars sold in the state by 2032 to beep at drivers when they exceed the speed limit by at least 16 kph.
"Research has shown that this does have an impact in getting people to slow down, particularly since some people don't realize how fast that their car is going," said state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco and the bill's author.
The bill narrowly passed Tuesday, an indication of the tough road it could face. Republican state Sen. Brian Dahle said he voted against it in part because he said sometimes people need to drive faster than the speed limit in an emergency.
"It's just a nanny state that we're causing here," he said.
While the goal is to reduce traffic deaths, the legislation would likely impact all new car sales in the U.S. That's because California's auto market is so large that car makers would likely just make all of their vehicles comply with the state's law.
California often throws its weight around to influence national — and international — policy. California has set its own emission standards for cars for decades, rules that more than a dozen other states have also adopted. And when California announced it would eventually ban the sale of new gas-powered cars, major automakers soon followed with their own announcement to phase out fossil-fuel vehicles.
The technology, known as intelligent speed assistance, uses GPS technology to compare a vehicle's speed with a dataset of posted speed limits. Once the car is at least 16 kph over the speed limit, the system would emit "a brief, one-time visual and audio signal to alert the driver."
It would not require California to maintain a list of posted speed limits. That would be left to manufacturers. It's likely these maps would not include local roads or recent changes in speed limits, resulting in conflicts.
The bill states that if the system receives conflicting information about the speed limit, it must use the higher limit.
The technology is not new and has been used in Europe for years. Starting later this year, the European Union will require all new cars sold there to have the technology — although drivers would be able to turn it off.
The National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration estimates that 10% of all car crashes reported to police in 2021 were speeding related — including an 8% increase in speeding-related fatalities. This was especially a problem in California, where 35% of traffic fatalities were speeding-related — the second highest in the country, according to a legislative analysis of the proposal.
Last year, the National Transportation Safety Board recommended federal regulators require all new cars to alert drivers when speeding. Their recommendation came after a crash in January 2022 when a man with a history of speeding violations was traveling more than 100 miles per hour when he ran a red light and hit a minivan, killing himself and eight other people.
The NTSB has no authority and can only make recommendations.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 821
As the war enters its 821st day, these are the main developments.
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024: Bangladesh team preview
Can Bangladesh finally shed the title of perennial underachievers and progress to the knockouts of the T20 World Cup?
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024: Full list of squads for the 20 nations
Full squads of all 20 nations competing at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 in the US and Caribbean.
At least 47 killed in Sudan army’s last Darfur stronghold el-Fasher
At least 30 civilians and 17 soldiers killed as RSF press deeper, towards the capital of North Darfur, governor says.