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6 years ago+2 2 0Video Appears To Show Tesla Autopilot Veering Toward Divider At Site Of Deadly Crash
A video appears to show Tesla’s Autopilot system steering a Model X into the divider where a different Tesla Model X crashed on March 23. The driver in the deadly crash was also using Autopilot at the time of the crash, Tesla later disclosed. The new ...
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6 years ago+3 3 0Loophole would protect self-driving car companies from lawsuits
Consumer advocates warn that pending legislation won't guarantee a consumer in a hacked self-driving car the right to sue the manufacturer.
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6 years ago0 1 1Woman, 32, gets decades in jail for drugging kids in illegal Oregon day care to go tanning, do CrossFit
A 32-year-old woman who abandoned young children — some just six months old — at her illegal day care in Bend, Oregon, to go tanning and to CrossFit has been sentenced to 21 years, four months in prison.
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6 years ago+16 16 0How Goodyear Hid Evidence Of 'The Worst Tire Made In History' Linked To At Least 9 Deaths
In October 2003, Billy Wayne Woods and his family packed into a luxury $181,000 motorhome for a fun getaway to Florida. Call it a textbook American vacation: their destination was Disney World, and with his wife, Shirley, his son and daughter-in law ...
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7 years ago+17 17 0Study: Ibuprofen leads to male infertility
A recent study by PNAS showed that when taking ibuprofen in doses commonly used by athletes, a small sample of young men developed a hormonal condition that typically begins, if at all, during middle age. This condition is linked to reduced fertility ...
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7 years ago+2 2 0Trump Admin Eases Fines on Nursing Homes That Harm Residents
New guidelines discourage regulators from levying fines against nursing homes that harm residents or place them in grave risk of injury, even when they have resulted in a resident’s death.
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7 years ago+9 9 0Verbatim: What Is a Photocopier? | Op-Docs
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7 years ago+11 11 0How safe is ‘safe enough’ to put driverless cars on the nation’s roadways?
The rollout of fully autonomous cars may depend on how the public responds when they crash.
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7 years ago+14 14 0While Other Countries Mandate Safer Car Designs for Pedestrians, America Does Nothing
The regulators at the NHTSA have never gotten serious about adapting vehicle design to protect people outside cars, even as pedestrian deaths have soared.
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7 years ago+2 2 0Trucking company owner charged with paying off Texas trooper for inspection stickers
A second man has been charged in connection with an alleged bribery scheme involving state troopers and a Dallas trucking company, according to...
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7 years ago+9 9 0Sounding the Alarm on Texas' Nursing Home System
25% of the state's 1,200 long-term care centers have been cited for serious standard deficiencies
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7 years ago+1 1 0Fire in Baton Rouge
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7 years ago+12 12 0Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Sexually Abusing Kids at Daycare
An Ellis County court sentenced a 58-year-old child abuser to life in prison on Thursday for sexually assaulting five children at his wife's daycare.
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7 years ago+19 19 0In The Hospital, A Bad Translation Can Destroy A Life
When patient and doctor don't speak the same language, it's not enough to have an ad hoc interpreter. You need an adult fluent in both languages — who can also cut through medical jargon.
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7 years ago+5 5 0Great example of how easy a wreck can occur due to a minor distraction.
Keep your eye on the truck's tire!
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7 years ago0 1 1New Texas Law May Affect Hurricane Harvey Property Damage Claims
A new law takes effect on Friday, Sept. 1st, 2017, which adds significant hurdles to policyholders who dispute any weather-related property damage claims.
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7 years ago0 1 1New Laws in Texas for 2017 - Many Take Effect September 1st, 2017
Here is a quick roundup of some of the laws passed by the 85th Texas Legislature in 2017. Most of these new laws go into effect on September 1st, 2017.
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7 years ago+1 1 02 Texas Eagle Scouts Electrocuted after Boat Strikes Power Lines
Two teenage boys were killed, and another was seriously injured, after their sailboat's mast struck a power line over Lake O' The Pines in east Texas.
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7 years ago+15 15 0Brothers electrocuted by downed power line suffered 'painful and agonizing death,' lawsuit alleges
The family of two Fort Worth brothers who were electrocuted in March by a downed power line are suing Oncor, Texas' largest energy provider. The...
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7 years ago+1 1 0Defective / Unsafe Fireworks - Injuries, Recalls, and Liability
Over 11,000 people injured by fireworks every year. The majority of injuries are caused by user error, or due to defective or otherwise unsafe fireworks.