Highway guardrails may be no match for heavy electric vehicles (EVs), preliminary test results released Thursday suggest, raising concerns about the nation’s roadside safety system. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Midwest Roadside Safety Facility ran a crash test examination using a nearly four-ton 2022 Rivian R1T. When the pickup truck crashed through a metal guardrail and barely
‘Serious Concerns:’ Elon Musk’s Neuralink Faces Scrutiny About Animal Testing and Human Safety
September 22, 2023 by
PATRICK PLEUL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface startup, Neuralink, is facing fresh controversy as it secures approval for human clinical trials, with emerging reports unveiling disturbing details about animal deaths during experiments and allegations of misleading investors about the safety and developmental history of the device. Popular Science reports that Neuralink has recently received
Guardians manager Terry Francona misses game against Royals due to precautionary medical testing: report
September 3, 2023 by
Longtime Cleveland Guardians manager Terry Francona was feeling unwell prior to Tuesday’s game and decided to sit out for the first game of a three game series against the Royals. The 64-year-old Francona is set to undergo additional testing on Tuesday at The University of Kansas Health System, according to a report from MLB.com. Bench […]
Nolte: Andrew Cuomo Under Federal Investigation for VIP Coronavirus Testing Scandal
May 21, 2021 by
The far-left New York Times reports that disgraced Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) is currently under federal investigation over credible allegations that he gave friends, family, and supporters special access to coronavirus testing. “Federal prosecutors have been looking into whether Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s administration granted special access to rapid coronavirus test results for the governor’s…
Coronavirus live news: senator Chuck Grassley tests positive; airlines offer Covid testing
November 18, 2020 by
10.35am EST10:35 Matthew Weaver Portugal has set up a taskforce to come up with vaccination strategy and hopes to start distributing shots as early as January, Reuters reports citing the health minister Marta Temido. Temido said experts were working to decide which groups should get the vaccine first as well as distribution logistics from transport…
BREAKING: North Korea Suspends Nuclear Missile Testing.
April 21, 2018 by
The North Korean state media has announced that dictator Kim Jong-un has suspended North Korea’s nuclear and long-range missile tests. The communist country also plans to close down its nuclear test site, according to media reports. According to Fox News, the Korean Central News Agency announced: “From April 21, North Korea will stop nuclear tests […]
Trump Considers Drug Testing, Work Requirements For Food Stamp Recipients.
April 12, 2018 by
It looks like changes are coming down the pike for able-bodied food stamp recipients. President Donald Trump is mulling over allowing states to drug test some food stamp recipients, AP reports. Currently, states are legally prohibited from enacting their own requirements on recipients, though a reported 20 states have introduced legislation that would screen welfare […]
Pearson loses huge testing contract in New York — and gets more bad news
August 4, 2015 by
A school bus passes a sign encouraging parents to refuse that their children take state tests in April in Rotterdam, N.Y. With standardized English tests set to begin Tuesday in New York schools, some parents are again planning to have their children sit out the exams. (AP/Mike Groll) There’s more bad news for Pearson, the world’s […]
Tell Gov. Scott: Stop Common Core and High Stakes Testing! Veto CS/HB 7069
April 14, 2015 by
The FIX was IN: How Jeb Bush and his puppets threw our kids under the bus Florida Senate and House just passed disastrous companion bills supporting Common Core and proprietary FSA high stakes testing. The bill that is advancing is CS/HB 7069. They are claiming successful reduction in tests but, in fact, are only rearranging […]