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Science panel backs lower drunken driving threshold

WASHINGTON – Most women would need to draw the line at two drinks, and men at two or three if states follow a blueprint by a prestigious scientific panel for eliminating the “entirely preven...

DATE: Jan 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Pence helps give Vietnam Veterans Memorial a holiday washing

WASHINGTON – Vice President Mike and his wife, Karen, joined several dozen volunteers to give the Vietnam Veterans Memorial a holiday cleaning. Carrying orange buckets with the me...

DATE: Nov 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump OKs test program to expand domestic drone flights

WASHINGTON – Some Americans could see a lot more drones flying around their communities as the result of a Trump administration test program to increase government and commercial use of the ...

DATE: Oct 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Traffic deaths jump to highest level in a decade

WASHINGTON – A jump in traffic fatalities last year pushed deaths on U.S. roads to their highest level in nearly a decade, erasing improvements made during the Great Recession and economic r...

DATE: Feb 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Flying cars: A flight of fancy or not?

New technology may help turn long-time dream into reality

DATE: Jan 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. traffic deaths continuing sharp rise

Experts surprised by trend as cars get safer

DATE: Jan 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. wants cars to be able to talk to each other

WASHINGTON – All new cars and light trucks would be able to talk wirelessly with each other, with traffic lights and with other roadway infrastructure under a rule the Transportation Departm...

DATE: Dec 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Air rage: More unruly passengers disrupt flights

Crowded cabins, alcohol may be fueling conflicts

DATE: Sep 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Travel

Skies could soon be filled with drones

FAA expects 1.3M licensed drone pilots by 2020

DATE: Sep 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Suicidal Germanwings pilot had struggled in U.S. flight school

WASHINGTON – The German pilot who deliberately flew his airliner into a mountainside last year had struggled with learning to fly and had failed a key test of his skills during training in t...

DATE: Aug 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Railroads show little progress on key safety technology

WASHINGTON – Many commuter and freight railroads have made little progress installing safety technology designed to prevent deadly collisions and derailments despite a mandate from Congress,...

DATE: Aug 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Study green-lights using red-light cameras

Traffic deaths rise dramatically where devices are removed

DATE: Jul 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World