Federal safety regulators have granted driverless truck company Aurora's requested waiver of the warning triangle rule that had acted as a de facto requirement for human drivers in autonomous trucks.
One limits children’s access to mental health services, the other mandates a black box warning, and both undermine users’ digital privacy.
A Texas couple lost their children for six months after a doctor blamed a fragile infant’s medical crises on abuse.
Journalist and activist Lenore Skenazy explains how fear and over-parenting left kids more anxious and less independent, and and how a movement to restore that independence is gaining ground.
Tens of thousands of people die each year in crashes where human error was the cause or a contributing factor.
Age verification laws are already coming for Americans’ access to free speech.
In order to perform his famous 737 stunt, Fielder had to navigate around flight-hour requirements that critics say don't improve safety but do cause a shortage of pilots.
Letting children walk alone isn’t a crime. But in North Carolina, prosecutors are treating it like one.
If the Consumer Product Safety Commission doesn't have enough data to enact a rule, it shouldn't be making informal recommendations either.
A driver who was acquitted of drunk driving joins a class action lawsuit provoked by a bribery scheme that went undetected for decades.
In the latest guilty plea, a local defense attorney says he had been bribing cops to make DWI cases disappear "since at least the late 1990s."
Union president Harold Daggett says longshoremen will strike again in January if they don't get a ban on automation.
A trucker lost his job because he tested positive for marijuana after consuming a supposedly THC-free CBD tincture.
Drivers in the state narrowly avoided an even harsher restriction on their automotive freedom.
Bad policy and paranoid parenting are making kids too safe to succeed.
Only Sens. Paul and Wyden are expected to vote "no" on Tuesday. Power to stop KOSA now resides with the House.
Even as he praises judicial decisions that made room for "dissenters" and protected "robust political debate," Tim Wu pushes sweeping rationales for censorship.
Despite both presidential candidates touting protectionist trade policy, tariffs do little to address the underlying factors that make it difficult for U.S. manufacturers to compete in the global marketplace.
A revision to the municipal code made it illegal for groups of four or more people to convene in public spaces for commercial recreational activities without a government stamp of approval.
No technology exists today to enable railroads to comply with the state's diktat, which villainizes a mode of transportation that is actually quite energy efficient.
Boeing throws conventional wisdom out the window, among other things.
In the name of safety, politicians did many things that diminished our lives—without making us safer.
The good news: Regulators have exercised unusual restraint.
Lawmakers should consider a user-fee system designed to charge drivers by the mile.
The world's largest union of pilots says this requirement is necessary for safety and not unduly burdensome, but its data are misleadingly cherry-picked.
Let's celebrate her return without exaggerating the relevant dangers; stranger abductions are rare.
Shielding children from “harm” shouldn’t come at the expense of speech protected by the First Amendment.
People should be free to choose how cautious to be. Mask mandates, lockdowns, and closing schools won't stop the virus.
Fireworks consumption is at record levels even as fireworks injuries fall.
But don't expect taxpayers to rescue adventurers when they fail, either.
The legislation—which was introduced in response to the derailment in East Palestine, Ohio—pushes pet projects and would worsen the status quo.
No, and that good news needs to be front and center in all discussions of gun control, especially after school shootings.
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Defendants say this practice violates the state’s own laws. The attorney general is pushing onward anyway.
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The agency should be abolished and its employees sent to seek jobs in the private sector.
"Keep safe from COVID by following CDC advice to wear a mask."
Fearmongering about mass school shootings leads to some dumb, privacy-threatening ideas.
School officials also cited concerns that the parade excludes children whose families do not celebrate Halloween, or whose parents cannot attend the event.
The FDA has effectively thrown up its hands over its most important food-related role.
While that impulse is understandable, it can lead to policies that do more harm than good.
The SAFE SEX Workers Study Act would look at the impact of FOSTA and the seizure of sites like Backpage and Rentboy.
Larry Krasner also questions the effectiveness of "supply-side" measures aimed at reducing criminals' access to firearms.
Almost all of America’s avocados come from a single Mexican state. A threatening message threw it into disarray.
