The safest way to have Thanksgiving this year is to stay in your social bubble. But those traveling to gather with friends and loved ones should keep pandemic safety guidelines in mind.
The World Health Organization, in a press conference on Monday, expressed solidarity with the demonstrations calling for racial justice — and shared advice to reduce the risk of catching COVID-19.
Auto manufacturers use a wide range of names to describe similar features — like adaptive cruise control, which has been branded by at least 20 different terms. The result? Driver confusion, AAA says.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A national dam safety database indicates that about one in seven Nevada dams that could cause deaths if they fail lack emergency plans.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission grabbed the spotlight in recalls of hoverboard scooters and Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 phones. It's a tiny agency with a vast oversight of thousands of products.
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Last year, a French couple died while trying to make sure their 9-year-old son had enough water on a broiling summertime outing at a New Mexico national park.
Most commuter trains are several years away from implementing Positive Train Control system to prevent derailment. With Americans taking 490 million commuter rail trips last year, the stakes are high.
The Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued six citations in its investigation of the death of Sarah Guillot-Guyard during a June performance of Ka
A number of states, many of them in the West, have passed laws allowing undocumented immigrants to apply for driver's licenses or privilege cards. This is a huge reversal from several years ago
Will the Boston Marathon bombing change the way people travel? And how can we protect travelers in our own backyard? Tourism security experts are pondering those questions in the wake of Boston. We'll talk to one expert about how this may change travel behavior, and whether Las Vegas can protect itself without help from the feds.
With temperatures cracking 100 every summer, how do we protect our skin? We talk to experts about how to choose the best sunscreens, and what steps that you (and your kids) can take to protect yourself from sunburn and the risk of skin cancer. Send us your questions.
A group of physics students won the Sontag Entrepreneurship Award and $50,000 for their invention. Their device tests the safety of air, and mining companies are already lining up to order them.
James Ketsaa is the new police chief for Clark County School District. His predecessor resigned after a cover-up scandal involving CCSD cops and a party with underage drinkers.
It started out as a clear-cut crime but now it's become more of a "he-said, she-said" kind of story. No matter who you believe about the encounter between former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the maid in the Sofitel Hotel, there are questions about security in Strip hotels.
It looks as if the Obama Administration is set to shut down Yucca Mountain.
Is this the end? Will there be any other use for the repository? And how
will the administration square the end of the waste repository with its
promise to build more nuclear power plants? We discuss those issues with
experts and industry players.
