MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) — As drug overdoses left two Wesleyan students fighting for their lives, witnesses helped investigators quickly identify the suspects: The drug-dealing was an open secret, according to…
A review of United flight operations data, which details safety incidents involving United pilots and aircraft, prompted the warning, according to an airline official. READ: Southwest planes grounded over missing…
And to ease any safety concerns, they say “all owls are trained to be around the public and will be accompanied by professional falconers.” Annie the Owl isn’t the first…
Ever since a crabbing boat was converted into a floating strip club off the shore of an Alaska island, it’s been beset by legal tangles over safety rules and liquor…
“I have been told at my job to hide the fact I am Muslim for my own personal safety by a manager.” “I worry for my wife who wears a…
WASHINGTON –- The Obama administration on Friday proposed the first rules for oil and gas drilling in the Arctic. The Department of Interior’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement and…
In an escalating standoff with Takata, federal regulators said Friday that they would begin to fine the Japanese auto supplier $14,000 a day, saying it had not fully cooperated in…
In an escalating standoff with Takata, federal regulators said Friday that they would begin to fine the Japanese auto supplier $14,000 a day, saying it had not fully cooperated in…
NEW YORK, Feb 19 (Reuters) – U.S. health regulators have known since at least 2009 that the medical devices at the center of the “superbug” outbreak at UCLA can transmit…
States of emergency were in place across across all four states. “Please do not travel unless you have to,” said Nashville Mayor Karl Dean. “We need to be attentive to…
www.nytimes.com: The safety net helped keep Camille Saunders from falling, but not Charles Constance.
In March 2011, Maureen Aissa’s Binghamton, New York, home caught fire in the middle of the night with her five children inside. Her family, who did not have a fire…
The ongoing investigation around the fatal police shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice in Cleveland, Ohio last November has prompted many city residents to take proactive measures in ensuring their children’s…
Here’s some food for thought: It is possible to make yogurt using bacteria from a woman’s vagina, but it’s probably not a good idea. Last August, Cecilia Westbrook, an MD/PhD…
MOLVENA, Italy — Broken collarbones. Shattered shoulders. Internal bleeding. Punctured lungs. Those injuries, and worse, are possible every time a world-class skier plunges out of a starting gate and slides…
The smoke and ash forced Guatemala’s La Aurora International Airport to stop all air traffic around the area. – It is a popular tourist attraction in Guatemala. Some companies offer…
Some of those who lived through Wednesday’s crash credited their survival to seat belts and seating choices, yet much of surviving a disaster is pure chance. Remarkable stories of plane…
If you think condoms are the only option when it comes to your safe-sex toolbox, think again. Today, there is quite the arsenal of prevention methods at your disposal when…
One of the engines on TransAsia Airways Flight 235 went idle 37 seconds after takeoff, and the pilots apparently shut off the other before making a futile attempt to restart…
Engineers and transportation safety experts around the world are working to reduce the dangers of grade-level rail crossings like the one in Valhalla, N.Y., that was the scene of a…
NEW YORK (AP) — Ellen Brody was driving home from her jewelry-store job, inching her SUV through suburban traffic toward a railroad crossing, when she became the center of a…
HONG KONG — The crash of a passenger plane into a river in Taiwan on Wednesday, which killed at least 31 people, has renewed questions about the safety of the…
(Updates with number of train cars on fire) Feb 4 (Reuters) – Eleven railway cars carrying ethanol fuel derailed on Wednesday in a remote location north of Dubuque, Iowa, and…
The NBC News anchor Brian Williams apologized Wednesday for mistakenly claiming he had been on a helicopter that was shot down by ground fire in Iraq in 2003. Last week, NBC Nightly…
Investigators headed Wednesday to the wreckage of a fiery commuter train crash, seeking clues to why an SUV was stopped on the tracks when the train came through a crossing…
A crowded Metro-North Railroad train passing through Westchester County at the height of the evening rush on Tuesday slammed into a sport-utility vehicle on the tracks at a crossing, creating…
As families across America prepare to watch the Super Bowl, the safety of the game remains hotly debated in households across the country. After mounting concerns about brain injuries plaguing…
After being thrown into the national spotlight on issues of sexual assault, the University of Virginia will consider plans to create a research institute on violence, offer new courses on…
According to newly published stats, the gigantic swirl of humanity that is the Japanese megacity of Tokyo is now the safest major urban destination on the planet. The Safe Cities…
We care about staying safe during our travels, especially when we take our epic adventures solo. There’s no reason for travel disasters when you can prevent them. That’s why we…