General Motors announced two more recalls, bringing to 4.8 million the number of cars, trucks and SUVs the automaker has called back for repairs in the past month. The string of recalls, topped by an ignition switch problem in compact …
U.S. transportation officials rebuked the oil industry Friday for not giving up information regulators say they need to gauge the danger of moving crude by rail, after several accidents highlighted the explosive properties of fuel from the booming oil shale …
The State Highway Patrol says unsafe speed and poor driving was to blame for a series of pileups that left three people dead on the Ohio Turnpike earlier this month. The patrol says it has finished its investigation and will …
Two miles under the sea where satellites and planes are looking for debris from the missing Malaysian jet, the ocean floor is cold, dark, covered in a squishy muck of dead plankton and – in a potential break for the …
People living in the path of a deadly Washington state landslide had virtually no warning before they heard a wall of mud, trees and other debris thunder down the mountain. Unlike the warning systems and elaborate maps that help residents …
The Florida legislature is considering a bill that could lead to a 75 mph speed limit on interstate highways. Highway safety advocates say that if the Florida Legislature passes the there could be more crashes, injuries and deaths. The bill’s …
On March 28, the Maryland General Assembly voted to ban the retail sale of alcohol 190-proof and stronger. If the bill is signed into law, Maryland will join the ranks of over a dozen other states that ban the sale …
A McAlester, Okla., firefighter is working hard to spread the word about fire safety. McAlester firefighter Robbie Rivers said it is part of an ongoing “Stop the Burn” campaign that was started in the area after a McAlester house fire …
Officials say the 29-acre sinkhole in Louisiana’s Assumption Parish swallowed six cypress trees on March 26 and had its first deep burp of gas and fluid since late August. The Advocate reports the event comes nearly two weeks after lead …
A string of artificial islands off the coast of New Jersey and New York could blunt the impact of storm surges that proved so deadly during Superstorm Sandy, according to a new proposal. It’s a big proposal – one that …