Hoverboard Fire Safety Concerns Grow

Video of a hoverboard scooter on fire in Alabama is raising safety concerns about the increasingly popular consumer product. Here's what you need to know before purchasing one this holiday season.

Dec 7th, 2015

Video of a hoverboard scooter on fire in Alabama is raising safety concerns about the increasingly popular consumer product. Here's what you need to know before purchasing one this holiday season.

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Shell Files Offshore Drilling Plans for Alaska's North Slope

Shell holds a 100% working interest in 18 leases covering more than 122 square miles.

In this Sept. 9, 2019, file photo, a Moran tugboat nears the stern of the capsizing vessel Golden Ray near St. Simons Sound off the coast of Georgia. The salvage team is seeking a federal permit to surround the shipwreck with a giant mesh barrier to contain any debris when they cut the ship apart. Salvage workers coming to the Georgia coast to cut apart and remove the cargo ship that overturned will be isolated at a nearby resort to protect them from the coronavirus, officials said Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020.

Foreman: No Problems Loading Cars onto Ship that Overturned

The ship and its cargo remain partly submerged in St. Simons Sound, waiting to be sawed into large chunks to be removed by barge.

Kraft Heinz Unveils Transformation Plan

The reorientation of the company includes a long-term organic net sales growth target of 1-2 percent.

Electric Vehicle Maker Nikola Accused of Fraud

An investor alleges that footage of Nikola's truck suggested it was driving on its own, but it was actually “filmed rolling down a big hill.”

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EPA Sides with Farmers on Ethanol, Rejects Refinery Waivers

The petroleum industry sought to remove hundreds of millions of gallons of corn-based ethanol from the market.

In this Sept. 1, 2017, file photo, smoke rises from the Arkema Inc. owned chemical plant in Crosby, near Houston, Texas.

2 Charges Dismissed Over Harvey Plant Fire

Organic peroxides made at Arkema's facility caught fire and exploded after the facility was overwhelmed by flood waters.

Jeff Clark, Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, speaks as Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, right, and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler, left, look on during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. Automakers Daimler AG and subsidiary Mercedes-Benz USA have agreed to pay $1.5 billion to the U.S. government and California state regulators to resolve emissions cheating allegations.

Daimler to Pay $1.5B to Settle Emissions Cheating Probes

The company is accused of using so-called “defeat device software” to circumvent emissions testing.

Lean Manufacturing Blamed for Paper Towel Shortage

It's not just consumer hoarding, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Oxford and AstraZeneca Resume Coronavirus Vaccine Trial

The move that comes days after the study was suspended following a reported side-effect in a U.K. patient.

A Boeing 737 Max jet heads to a landing at Boeing Field following a test flight in Seattle.

Regulators to Examine Pilot Training for Boeing 737 Max Jets

The move is a sign that the grounded plane is moving closer to returning to service.

This April 8, 2020 photo shows the Smithfield pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, SD.

OSHA Fines Smithfield, JBS for Lack of Worker Virus Protection

OSHA said at least 1,294 Smithfield workers contracted COVID-19 and four employees died from it in the spring.

This photo released by Sri Lankan Air Force shows ships fighting fire on the MT New Diamond, about 30 nautical miles off the coast of Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. Ships and aircraft from Sri Lanka and India intensified efforts to extinguish a new fire on an oil tanker off Sri Lanka's coast on Tuesday, two days after the previous three-day blaze was doused, the navy said.

Salvagers Working to Repair Leak on Oil Tanker off Sri Lanka

The MT New Diamond, which is carrying nearly 2 million barrels of crude oil, was damaged by two fires in a little over a week.