Portugal’s prime minister says fire officials are tightening safety procedures after an 18-year-old firefighter became the sixth fatality among emergency crews battling summer wildfires. Authorities said the firefighter died in hospital late Tuesday from injuries he sustained in a major …
Four former NFL players have sued the league and its helmet maker, claiming they hid information about the dangers of brain injury. They want medical care for past, current and future players. The ex-players – Jimmy Williams, Rich Mauti, Jimmy …
Scientists are just back from a monthlong research cruise in the Pacific Ocean off Washington state, where they were trying to find the stickiest point on a section of the Cascadia Subduction Zone, the huge undersea fault that breaks loose …
There will be a new face at Northern Arizona University football games this fall – only this face will be on a robot on wheels. Mayo Clinic will be working with NAU to test the feasibility of using a telemedicine …
Motorists may want to think twice about parking in front of the half-built London skyscraper known as the Walkie-Talkie. That’s because the glare off the skin of the new building is so intense that at least one Jaguar owner says …
As cars become more like PCs on wheels, what’s to stop a hacker from taking over yours? In recent demonstrations, hackers have shown they can slam a car’s brakes at freeway speeds, jerk the steering wheel and even shut down …
The number of historic covered bridges in Ohio is dwindling, from what was once thousands to about 145 now, and preservationists say vandals and arsonists are chipping away at those still standing. Ohio’s number of original covered bridges is second …
Hotels and motels in Fort Wayne, Ind., area would face new health and safety standards under a proposed ordinance drafted in response to visitors’ complaints about bedbugs, damaged rooms and other problems with local lodging. The proposed ordinance would require …
Inching forward in heavy traffic toward the ski slopes of Niigata, Japan, Tomohiro Azuma cursed as the car in front stopped suddenly, forcing him to slam on the brakes of his Subaru Legacy. “There was a voice in my head …
Eight years after Hurricane Katrina, most states still don’t require four basic safety plans to protect children in school and child care from disasters, aid group Save the Children said in a report released Wednesday. The group faulted 28 states …