Traffic deaths for all age groups continue to plunge at a record-shattering pace across America. But, among teen drivers the decrease, of 64 percent since 1975, is especially important given that traffic accidents are the leading cause of death for teens.
The number of drivers between the ages of 16–19 involved in fatal automobile crashes in the United States has plummeted by 55% over the ten year period, 2004-2013.
While Arizona resident Bonnie Dodson was watching TV, her lab mix, Chips, started crying and crying. He was crying because the man next door had fallen on hot stones and was calling for help when he could not get up.
A few years ago, a mom in a small Mississippi town was chastised by neighbors and the press for teaching her 10-year-old son to walk to soccer practice by himself. A cop picked him up, scolded him about safety, and warned the mother that she could be prosecuted for "child endangerment." It was the turning point that led to the transformation of attitudes and laws in their town.
Kenton Lee was working with barefooted kids in Kenya and realized the importance of well-fitting shoes. His incredible innovation? A Shoe That Grows.
This app will let friends and family keep an eye on you through your smartphone's GPS if you have to walk home alone.
Five years ago, Leo McCarthy lost his 14-year-old daughter, Mariah, when a drunken driver hit her and two of her friends as they walked down a sidewalk near her home. But he refused to let her tragic death become just another statistic. Knowing that the driver was 20 years old -- not even old enough to drink legally -- McCarthy made an unusual promise to the teenagers attending Mariah's memorial service in Butte, Montana.
Dogs are man's best friend - and a fire ant's worst enemy; Queensland, Australia is now almost fire ant free thanks to these sniffing pups.
An Iowa man, Chris Ihle, 38, noticed a big, old Pontiac car stalled on the railroad crossing, and then he heard the train whistle. He sprinted toward the car and arrived just in time to push, saving the elderly couple inside.
Canines have a sense of smell 1,000 times better than humans. Now, Milwaukee Riverkeepers has partnered with Environmental Canine Services to sniff and test over 50 manholes around Milwaukee. If the dogs hit on a spot, underground pipes are tested and water samples sent to the Great Lakes Water Institute for analysis.
11 white-furred rats are in the final stages of a training program to find landmines that kill or injure hundreds of people each year in conflict-wracked Colombia.
Civilian casualties in Afghanistan dropped 15 percent in the first six months of the year, with deaths blamed on NATO-led troops and Afghan forces declining sharply, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
Libya will start destroying its ageing stockpiles of mustard gas within months after Canada's donation of 4.5 million euros to the global chemical weapons watchdog, the group said Tuesday.
New rules in Canada and the US will make freight rail transport safer for cities they travel through.
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