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LaHood offers only wait-and-see for Chicago-area mass transit funding

August 23, 2021 at 12:24 a.m.

During a visit to Chicago on Thursday, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood offered no federal commitments to help rebuild or expand the region's deteriorating transit system. That was a marked...

Federal regulator looks at safety of pool drain covers

August 23, 2021 at 12:19 a.m.

Safety rules for pool and spa drain covers that help prevent children from being trapped underwater are inadequate and lead to wildly different results on federally mandated tests, according to...

Senator hits lag in testing of car seats for children

June 17, 2018 at 7:49 p.m.

As parents adjust to new recommendations on car seats for children, a key senator on Tuesday questioned whether Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has done enough to improve the testing and...

Senator hits lag in testing of car seats for children

August 23, 2021 at 12:16 a.m.

As parents adjust to new recommendations on car seats for children, a key senator on Tuesday questioned whether Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has done enough to improve the testing and...

An about-face on children’s car seats

August 19, 2019 at 1:19 a.m.

The nation's largest organization of pediatricians is telling its members and parents that children riding in cars should remain in rear-facing child safety seats until at least their second birthday...

Durbin urges fix of pool drain hazard

August 22, 2021 at 11:56 p.m.

Responding to a baiduhai investigation, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin on Tuesday urged the nation's top consumer product regulator to resolve problems with federally mandated pool safety equipment that may...

In 2009, Tim McIntyre, of Seal Beach, Calif., took it upon himself to check the effectiveness of new drain covers on his condo association spa. He got stuck briefly but escaped.

The danger that lurks underwater

June 18, 2018 at 1:46 a.m.

Equipment meant to prevent powerful drains from causing people to drown in pools and hot tubs is being used across the country even though the products underwent flawed safety evaluations,...

The danger that lurks underwater

August 22, 2021 at 11:57 p.m.

Equipment meant to prevent powerful drains from causing people to drown in pools and hot tubs is being used across the country even though the products underwent flawed safety evaluations,...

Government bans traditional cribs

August 22, 2021 at 11:36 p.m.

In an effort to eliminate hidden hazards that caused babies throughout the country to die in their cribs, the nation's top regulator of children's products today passed the toughest safety...

Chronic Lyme disease: A dubious diagnosis

August 19, 2019 at 1:16 a.m.

Dr. Bernard Raxlen arrived at Manhattan's glamorous Gotham Hall on a cool autumn night in 2008 to receive a humanitarian award. With a lime-green Lyme disease advocacy ribbon pinned to...

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