Motorists are quick to blame solo drivers, out-of-sync traffic lights and an improving economy for San Francisco Bay area traffic gridlock. But copper thieves are a hidden culprit in the commuting mess. They tear out copper wiring powering metering lights, …
Builders of a barometer at Portland State University’s Engineering Building hope it will qualify as the tallest instrument for measuring air pressure in the world. The barometer in the building’s atrium will have a fluid column of nearly 41 feet. …
President Barack Obama has declared a state of emergency for Connecticut after the massive storm that blanketed the state with several feet of snow. The order means federal money will be used to help state and local response efforts. The …
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is investigating whether tiny fiber-like formations, known as dendrites, inside lithium-ion batteries could have played a role in battery failures on two Boeing Co 787 Dreamliners last month. Dendrites – just one of several …
Residents shaken by a tornado that mangled homes in Mississippi were waking up Monday to a day of removing trees, patching roofs and giving thanks for their survival. More than a dozen in the state were injured. Daylight also offered …
An Assembly panel is poised to consider reforms to the state’s red light camera system that include increasing the duration of some yellow lights. The Transportation Committee is due to take up the matter Monday morning. If the reforms are …
Preliminary figures show that 514 people died in state highway accidents investigated by state troopers in 2012. The numbers were released recently by the Alabama Department of Transportation and the Alabama Department of Public Safety. State officials said that in …
Although there are more bicycles than ever on South Carolina’s Hilton Head Island, the number of accidents involving bikes was down last year. There are plans to make things even safer. The Island Packet of Hilton Head reports that bicycle …
Auto insurance companies say false and exaggerated injury claims are on the rise in Minnesota. The National Insurance Crime Bureau says suspicious personal injury claims have tripled since 2008. Minnesota ranked tenth in the nation in 2011 with 53 such …
Carnival Cruise Lines said Sunday an engine room fire had disabled the cruise ship Triumph about 150 miles off the Yucatan Peninsula with 3,143 passengers and 1,086 crew members on board. A statement on Carnival’s website said nobody was hurt …