An Arizona State University student who passed out from drinking tequila was left in wheelchair in a hospital lobby with a Post-it note to tell doctors that he took part in a drinking competition. Tempe police say the 19-year-old student …
Brennan’s, a New Orleans restaurant that famously invented the Bananas Foster dessert six decades ago, is more recently known for a long-running family clash over ownership of the French Quarter eatery. Infighting among relatives of the restaurant’s late founder, Owen …
Most consumers who are shopping for a new car depend on good crash safety ratings as an indicator of how well the car will perform in a crash. But a new University at Buffalo study of crashes involving cars and …
A massive landslide has buried a section of the main road connecting much of Austria’s Tyrol province with the city of Salzburg to the east, and emergency crews fear a car may be trapped under the rubble. They say tons …
Rescuers at a giant U.S.-owned mine in eastern Indonesia have freed four out of 37 workers who were believed trapped underground Tuesday when a tunnel collapsed, the company said. The accident occurred when 40 employees and contract workers were gathered …
Transportation safety officials are exploring ways to eliminate drunken driving deaths, which account for about a third of the nation’s more than 30,000 annual traffic fatalities – a share that has remained stubbornly unchanged since the late-1990s. The National Transportation …
The National Transportation Safety Board is expected to reveal what caused a cargo ship to slam into a western Kentucky bridge over the Tennessee River. The collapse of the Eggner’s Ferry Bridge near Aurora, Ky., on Jan. 12, 2012, is …
U.S. auto safety officials are investigating complaints that doors won’t close properly on more than 39,000 cars made by Mazda. The probe affects Mazda 6 cars from the 2009 model year. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it has …
The Texas Safety Summit will focus on workplace issues such as distracted driving and who’s responsible for wrecks. The Texas Department of Insurance sponsors the event that runs Tuesday through Thursday in Austin. Two companies will be honored Wednesday for …
The Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office is planning a Workers’ Compensation Fraud Workshop. The workshop is scheduled to start Tuesday in Duncan. It’s part of a yearlong effort by the Attorney General’s Office to educate businesses on signs of workers’ compensation …