The government is pushing the poultry industry to make their chicken and turkey a little safer with new standards aimed at reducing the number of cases of foodborne illness by 50,000 a year. The proposed standards announced Wednesday by the …
Ranchers and immigrant-rights groups are in the rare position of working together to try to change Nebraska’s status as the only state that denies driver’s licenses to young people protected from deportation because they were illegally brought to the United …
A group of lawmakers and residents from the Mississippi Gulf Coast are again pushing a bill that would require insurance companies to disclose how much they’re charging customers by geographic area. The idea, which originated in Alabama, is meant to …
A $170,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the person responsible for igniting a huge inferno that destroyed an unfinished apartment building in downtown Los Angeles, California. The reward was offered Wednesday at a press conference outside …
The National Insurance Crime Bureau is warning consumers to be careful when buying a used vehicle, especially one that’s priced “too good to be true.” An innocent woman in Lancaster, Wis., bought a used GMC Denali for $30,000 and for …
The Shreveport Fire Department and area volunteers are taking fire safety to the streets to help reduce fire-related injuries and deaths. On Saturday, KTBS-TV reports participants will canvass the streets of the Cedar Grove, La., neighborhood to install smoke alarms …
A fitness model and actor who was killed when he was hit by a train was running on the tracks ahead of the train while filming a promotional video for his website, California police said Tuesday. Detectives have reviewed video …
A key lawmaker says a marijuana overdose in an Oregon resort town shows the need to go slowly on making pot-infused candies and cookies available to the public. Sen. Ginny Burdick is co-chair of a legislative committee working on implementing …
New Jersey’s transportation commissioner has ordered a review of the safety of every structurally deficient bridge in the state. The directive from Jamie Fox comes after a bridge collapse in Ohio and the closure of a bridge last week in …
Barack Obama wants to prod corporations into addressing their cybersecurity weaknesses and he used his State of the Union speech last night to do just that. Obama also placed responsibility for inaction and any damage from future attacks on the …