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    Having A Group Thanksgiving? Here's How To Think About Safety

    Nov 25, 2020
    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.
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    VIDEO: How Running's White Origins Led To The Dangers Of 'Running While Black'

    Jul 18, 2020
    Why, until recently, has it been easier to talk about runners' safety for (white) women than for runners of color?
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    Even In A Pandemic, WHO Believes That Public Protests Are Important

    Jun 08, 2020
    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.
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    It Took a Fire to Change Us

    Jun 02, 2020

    Could the Strip become a model of safety in a post-pandemic world? The response to the 1980 MGM fire might offer some lessons

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    Toyota demonstrates its "pre-collision system," which uses automatic steering in addition to automatic braking to prevent collisions, in Tokyo in 2013. Different manufacturers use different names for systems like this, which can be confusing, a AAA repor
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    A Safety Feature By Any Other Name Can Really Be Confusing, AAA Finds

    Jan 25, 2019
    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.
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    Snakes and puppy dog trails

    May 18, 2017

    Hiking with your dog? Worried about rattlesnakes? Read on.

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    Database: Some Nevada Dams Lack Emergency Plans For Failures

    Feb 20, 2017

    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.

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    Electrical engineer Doug Lee adds weights to the set-up the lab built to test hoverboards.
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    As Batteries Keep Catching Fire, U.S. Safety Agency Prepares For Change

    Nov 27, 2016
    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.
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    A futuristic Rolls Royce, imagines fun and luxury, for the idly rich in the future.
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    Carmakers Question The Future Of The Automobile, The Driver And The Industry

    Oct 13, 2016
    BMW and Mercedes-Benz have offered clues on how they expect to deal with a future that includes self-driving cars.
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    Southwest Boosts Efforts To Keep Visitors Safe Amid Heat Wave

    Jun 23, 2016

    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.

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    The Two-Way
    The parent company of Chrysler acknowledges that it failed to turn over safety data as required. Above, a 2014 photo of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles headquarters in Auburn Hills, Mich.
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    Fiat Chrysler Fined $70 Million For Failing To Report Safety Data

    Dec 10, 2015
    Automakers are required by law to turn over data about accidents, warranties and safety issues.
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    A DJI Phantom 3 drone is flown during a demonstration at an agricultual show.
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    U.S. Wants To Register Drones As Their Numbers Proliferate

    Oct 19, 2015
    The FAA administrator said Monday "there will be consequences" for drone operators who don't fly the equipment safely.
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    Tough helmet laws have caused the number of helmet wearers in a Vietnamese province to jump from 34 percent to 76 percent.
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    Traffic Takes A Tremendous Global Toll, But Cheap Fixes Can Save Lives

    Jul 25, 2015
    It's a global issue, and deaths are often high in the developing world. A new report looks at inexpensive ways to cut down on fatalities.
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    Despite Congress mandating all railroads be equipped with a Positive Train Control system by the end of the year, Chicago's Metra system isn't expected to reach that goal until 2019. Most commuter trains won't meet the deadline.
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    Most Commuter Rails Won't Meet Deadline For Mandated Safety Systems

    Jun 03, 2015
    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.
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    OSHA Cites Cirque For Death At Ka

    Oct 30, 2013

    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

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    License to Drive: How States Handle Undocumented Immigrants On The Road

    Oct 09, 2013

    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

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    Tourism After The Boston Bombing

    Apr 26, 2013
    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.
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    Sunscreen, Skin Cancer, and Other Sun Safety Tips

    Jul 05, 2012

    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.

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    Inventing the Modern-Day Canary Bird for Mines

    May 25, 2012
    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.
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    CCSD Police Chief James Ketsaa

    May 18, 2012
    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.
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    Are Hotel Housekeepers Safe

    Jul 15, 2011
    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.
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    The Future of Yucca Mountain

    Feb 05, 2010
    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.
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    Drug War Zone

    Dec 05, 2009
    Anthropologist Howard Campbell has been inside the cartel. He's also talked with those fighting the cartels in the drug war.
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    Captain Sullenberger

    Dec 02, 2009
    Overnight, Flight 1549 made Capt. Chesley B.
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    Contaminated Water

    Nov 23, 2009
    A new study has found that ground water in Nye County has been contaminated by nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site. We talk with experts about what happens and what needs to be done to fix the problem.
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