NEWPORT – During his first semester at Maine Maritime Academy, last fall, Andrew Weaver II more than once thought to himself that the course instruction he was receiving sounded familiar. And even some of his Maine Maritime professors weren’t total strangers. A 2023 graduate of North Kingstown High School and a marine transportation and operations […]
Wax on, Wax Off In an apparent attempt to make his Tesla Cybertruck stand out even more on the road, owner Tyson Garvin machine polished his pickup’s stainless steel “exoskeleton” to a mirrored finish, an ordeal that took a whole team an entire week to complete. And we can’t tell if we’re impressed — or […]
May 30—Medline Industries is recalling about 1.5 million adult portable bed rails that pose a risk of entrapment and asphyxia because users can become trapped between the rail and mattress, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Thursday. There has been two reports of entrapment deaths associated with two models of Bed Assist Bar. The […]
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A 60-foot tree was removed from Dog River on Wednesday after it became a safety hazard, according to the Mobile Police Department. City seeks Attorney General’s guidance on $92,000 cyber contract An MPD spokesperson said the tree was first spotted in Dog River near Alligator Bayou during normal marine patrols, and […]
On February 21st, Dynabook Americas (formerly Toshiba) issued an emergency recall for 15.5 million Toshiba laptop adapters sold in the US and Canada between April 2008 and April 2014. Adapters impacted by this issue need to be replaced since they’re prone to overheating to the point of igniting a spark that could cause a small […]
Snow, sleet, fierce winds and a freezing drizzle swept across the North Carolina mountains on Saturday, prompting warnings of slippery roads and black ice. Higher elevations and areas bordering Tennessee were most at risk, National Weather Service meteorologists said in a special weather statement at 6:16 a.m. “Snow accumulations will be light, with mostly one-half […]
Road hazard results in several flat tires on I-75 in Dayton Several drivers on I-75 South, in the area of Wagner Ford, were sidelined with flat tires Wednesday night. Around 8:30 p.m. Ohio Department of Transportation cameras showed several cars pulled over with their hazards on in the area. > Homicide suspect fires shots at […]
Jan. 10—The Cass County Multi Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee will host a public meeting Wednesday, Jan. 17 to review data and input received from previous meetings. The committee will also draft a hazard mitigation plan for the county during the 1 p.m. meeting at Ivy Tech Community College, 1 Ivy Tech Way, Logansport. The meeting […]