safety

Here's a new list that ranks nine types of travel from least safe to most safe, based on the number of deaths for every one billion miles traveled.  Motorcycles are the least safe, below walking and cycling.  Trains are the safest, just ahead of buses and airplanes.

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According to reports from the Transportation Security Administration, the agency plans to clean a little house at the Newark International Airport by firing 25 employees and suspending 19 others for alleged misconduct.

In a seemingly related pair of stories, a recent internal TSA investigation revealed frequent security failures, while an ABC News story investigated rampant theft at the TSA.

However, both of these things have nothing to do with the 25 firings, according to the TSA.

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With the recent rash this summer of child and infant fatalities from being left in hot vehicles, numerous technology devices have come out claiming to help parents "remember."

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Hermiston High School’s bleachers have been closed indefinitely after a safety inspector failed to find anything in compliance with modern safety standards.

According to a press release from the Hermiston School District, a report by a landscape architect investigating cracks in the high school’s track concluded, “The bleachers surprised us the most

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Townsquare Media (Newstalk 870, 97.5 KOOL FM, 102.7KORD, 97Rock, and 98.3 The Key)  were proud to be a part of the Health and Safety Expo this week at TRAC. 

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Ok, we don't get the big tornadoes like those forecast for parts of Texas and Oklahoma (the central and southern plains) this weekend, and into next week.  But we DO occasionally get our share of freak weather.  Would you be prepared?

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Is it necessary, or should it be left up to the states? Is this another example of the Feds overreaching?

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Thursday morning was a dangerous time to be on State Highway 386 in Sumner County, just north of Nashville, Tennessee — three separate chain-reaction crashes involving a staggering 176 cars left one person dead and another 16 injured.

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Sometimes they just think that we're stupid. Check out these ridiculous warning labels.