As many as 4 million drivers are about to become safer, thanks to an over-the-air software update Stellantis will send to their vehicles — at no cost — in January. The Jeep, Ram, Dodge and Fiat and Alfa Romeo vehicles will receive alerts when they near an emergency vehicle with its flashers lit. The feature, called the Emergency Vehicle Alert System (EVAS), will initially be available in North America, but Stellantis could roll it out across the 14 brands the automaker sells around the world.
- PUB DATE: 1/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Detroit Free Press - Metered Site

At least 13 people, including children, died as a quick-moving fire tore through a crowded Philadelphia rowhome converted into two apartments owned by the city's public housing authority in the Fairmount neighborhood early Wednesday. “This is without a doubt one of the most tragic days in our city’s history, the loss of so many people in such a tragic way,” Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said with tears in his eyes.
- PUB DATE: 1/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCAU-TV NBC 10 Philadelphia

Occupational cancer is now the leading cause of death among firefighters, surpassing heart disease. January is “Firefighter Cancer Awareness Month.” The International Association of Fire Fighters and the Fire Fighters Cancer Support Network are teaming up to reduce the impact of cancer on firefighters with education and prevention resources for departments across the nation and here in North Carolina.
- PUB DATE: 1/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMYA-TV 40 Anderson

The U.S. reported a record 1,082,549 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. It's the latest in a series of staggering milestones brought on by the highly transmissible omicron variant, which is sweeping across the U.S. and around the world. The U.S. has broken several of its own COVID-19 records in recent days.
- PUB DATE: 1/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: National Public Radio

Residents who were evacuated from apartment building in Seattle's North Beacon Hill neighborhood over the weekend were allowed to return home after it was deemed safe by inspectors. Bricks fell off the west side of the building, causing concern over a risk of a possible collapse. However, the damage was determined to be non-structural and cosmetic in nature, according to the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections.
- PUB DATE: 1/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle