Oil and gas extraction is one of the most dangerous industries in the country, and a new report that analyzes database findings can help regulators understand how to prevent workplace fatalities in Louisiana offshore accidents. From 2014 to 2019, 470 U.S. oil and gas extraction…
Nonprofit organization CHILD USA has released a report on delayed disclosure, the phenomenon of child sex abuse survivors waiting years to come forward. Many victims don’t disclose their abuse until they’re adults, if they do at all. The report examines the effects of delayed disclosure…
Although he spent the last two years serving as president of Nichols College, a prestigious private college in Massachusetts, Glenn Sulmasy is also a retired U.S. Coast Guard captain who taught at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy (USGCA). He has been hailed for his leadership,…
For more than two decades, it has been required that cars in the U.S. come with airbags. In the name of safety, airbags emerge rapidly when a crash occurs. While airbags have saved countless people, they are unfortunately not 100 percent safe when manufacturing defects…
A new Louisiana bill will require offshore workers to wear life vests with locator beacons capable of sending distress signals. The law is designed to make a dangerous profession safer for workers transported to oil rigs via helicopter. A beacon can alert authorities to an…
When purchasing a product, consumers assume that the item has gone through rigorous testing and regulation, ensuring that the product is effective and safe to use. However, sometimes, products are determined not to be safe. When this occurs, recalls are issued, and the products are…
In 2002, priest Lawrence Hecker quietly retired from his position within the Catholic Church. His retirement came three years after he gave a statement to church leaders confessing he committed “overtly sexual acts” against several boys decades earlier. Now, the disgraced Louisiana priest is charged…
Pedestrian accident fatalities have been increasing throughout the nation for more than a decade. Over the last several years, Virginia has contributed significantly to this increase, surpassing most other states for annual pedestrian fatalities, particularly in Fairfax County. In 2022, there were 169 pedestrian deaths…
One person lost their life in a tragic pedestrian accident that occurred on a major Visalia highway on Tuesday. According to an ABC30 news report, the accident took place at 9 p.m. on Highway 99 near Paige Avenue on the night of November 21, 2023.…
MIAMI, FL – A security guard at Booker T. Washington Senior High School in Miami’s Overtown neighborhood was arrested on Thursday on multiple charges, including offenses against students by authority figures, false imprisonment, and child neglect. The guard, identified as Kayaun Kendrick Whitfield, 38, of…
