Posted inDisasters and Emergencies Overtime Traffic Accidents and Safety How Two Planes Nearly Collided in Austin, Almost Killing 131 People Two planes were moments from colliding in Texas, a harrowing example of the country’s fraying air safety system, a New York Times investigation found. Posted by By Sydney Ember and Emily Steel
Posted inGlenn Cook Hit-and-Run Drivers Las Vegas Review-Journal Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides News and News Media Newspapers Sabrina Schnur Social Media Threats and Threatening Messages Traffic Accidents and Safety Outdated Headline in Las Vegas Paper Unleashes ‘Fire Hose of Hatred’ Social media users seized on a weeks-old story in The Las Vegas Review-Journal to falsely accuse it of lying about the death of a retired police chief who was killed by a hit-and-run driver. Posted by By Michael Levenson
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Posted inCruise LLC Driverless and Semiautonomous Vehicles Fires and Firefighters San Francisco (Calif) Taxicabs and Taxicab Drivers Traffic Accidents and Safety Driverless Taxis Blocked Ambulance and Patient Later Died, San Francisco Fire Dept. Says Two Cruise taxis delayed an ambulance carrying a car accident victim to a hospital, a department report said. The company said it was not at fault. Posted by By Yiwen Lu