HOLTVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Barely a mile from where an SUV packed with 25 people struck a tractor-trailer — killing 13 inside — a cemetery with unmarked bricks is a burial ground for migrants who died crossing the border from …
Long gone are the days of the leather shell and single-bar face mask. Today’s football helmets are technological marvels, using cutting edge materials and design elements to make the headgear the safest it’s been in the 100th season of the …
A study in which more than 43,000 children were evaluated for head trauma offers an unprecedented picture of how children most frequently suffer head injuries, report physicians at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of …
A Texas man injured nearly four years ago while visiting Indianapolis for an FFA convention has died. The Amarillo Globe-News published an obituary saying 20-year-old Phillip Caler of Booker, Texas died Sept. 29. WISH-TV reports Caler had been in a …
The family of Junior Seau has sued the NFL, claiming the former linebacker’s suicide was the result of brain disease caused by violent hits he sustained while playing football. The wrongful death lawsuit, filed Wednesday in California Superior Court in …
The state medical examiner says an Oklahoma City police recruit who died during a training exercise suffered head trauma and blunt-force trauma. Oklahoma City television station KOCO reports that the medical examiner says Kelley Chase’s manner of death is still …
Police in Maine say it’s “unbelievable” that two 17-year-old high school students survived a weekend car crash that saw their vehicle flip end-over-end three times. Seat belts are being credited with keeping the two students from the Maine Central Institute …