NHTSA Sets ‘Quiet Car’ Safety Standard To Protect Pedestrians

NHTSA Sets ‘Quiet Car’ Safety Standard To Protect Pedestrians

Washington, DC…The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today announced that it is adding a sound requirement for all newly manufactured hybrid and electric light-duty vehicles to help protect pedestrians. The new federal safety standard will help pedestrians who are blind, have low vision, and other pedestrians detect the presence, direction […]

Investigation Continues Into How Suicide Bomber Killed 4 In Bagram Airfield Explosion

Investigation Continues Into How Suicide Bomber Killed 4 In Bagram Airfield Explosion

Washington, DC…Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in a statement that he was “deeply saddened” to learn that an explosion at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan just after 5:30 a.m. local time resulted in U.S. casualties. An apparent suicide bomber took the lives of two U.S. service members and two U.S. contractors working on the base, Carter […]

7.8 Earthquake Shakes New Zealand & Triggers Local Tsunami Warning

7.8 Earthquake Shakes New Zealand & Triggers Local Tsunami Warning

New Zealand…The November 13, 2016 M 7.8 earthquake in North Canterbury, New Zealand, occurred as the result of shallow oblique-reverse faulting on or near the boundary between the Pacific and Australia plates in South Island, New Zealand. At the location of this earthquake, the Pacific plate moves to the west-southwest with respect to the Australia […]

Presidential Weekly Address: Honoring Our Veterans

Presidential Weekly Address: Honoring Our Veterans

Washington, DC…Hi, everybody. This weekend, as we search for ways to bridge our differences, we look to the principles that are more enduring than politics. And some of the best examples are found in the men and women we saluted yesterday, and every day – our troops and veterans. It is the example of young […]

President Elect Donald J. Trump’s Acceptance Speech

President Elect Donald J. Trump’s Acceptance Speech

New York, NY…After a historic election season that has been unlike any in American History the now President Elect Donald Trump set a conciliatory tone in his acceptance speech. It was given a few minutes after Hillary Clinton had called him and conceded. Now it is up to him to try and bring a deeply […]

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