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.

E-Commerce for Manufacturing 101

E-Commerce for Manufacturing 101

Join Industrial Media's David Mantey and E-Commerce Evangelist for Manufacturers, Author, Curt Anderson as we explore the impact and opportunity e-commerce brings to US manufacturing. When? Wednesday, November 10th, 11:00 AM CST

The remnants of an aircraft, which caught fire soon after a failed take-off attempt at Houston Executive Airport, are seen just north of Morton Road on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021, in Brookshire. Texas.

NTSB Recovers Black Boxes from Plane that Burned in Texas

How did all 21 people on board the McDonnell Douglas MD-87 escape the fiery wreck?

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CDC: Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Onions Responsible for Over 650 Illnesses

The illnesses span 37 states, including 129 hospitalizations.

US Halts Malaysian Disposable Glove Imports over Forced Labor

Customs and Border Protection issued an order to stop any inbound shipments from Supermax Corporation Berhad and three subsidiaries.

In this July 12, 2020, file photo, smoke rises from the USS Bonhomme Richard at Naval Base San Diego in San Diego, after an explosion and fire on board the ship at Naval Base San Diego. A Navy report has concluded there were sweeping failures by commanders, crew members and others that fueled the July 2020 arson fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard, calling the massive five-day blaze in San Diego preventable and unacceptable.

Navy Probe Finds Major Failures in Fire that Destroyed Ship

The report lists three dozen officers and sailors whose failings directly led to the ship's loss or contributed to it.

Aerial photo of the Champlain Towers South Condo after a wing of the building collapsed, June 24, 2021, Surfside, Fla.

Task Force Makes Recommendations After Condo Collapse

The report called for lawmakers to overhaul the state's condominium laws.

Bettye Jo Boone, a 30 year employee of Heaven Hill, pickets in front of Heaven Hill Distillery in Bardstown, Ky., Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. Declaring an impasse in contract talks with striking union workers, global spirits producer Heaven Hill said Monday, Oct. 18 it will start hiring permanent replacement workers for bottling and warehouse operations in Kentucky.

Amid Strike, Bourbon Maker to Start Hiring Replacement Workers

About 420 union members voted last month to reject a new five-year contract offer.

In this Wednesday, Oct.6, 2021 aerial image taken with a drone, workers in protective suits clean the contaminated beach after an oil spill in Newport Beach, Calif. California's uneasy relationship with the oil industry is being tested again by the latest spill to foul beaches and kill birds and fish off Orange County.

Data Shows Ship Crossed Over Oil Pipeline that Ruptured

Investigators are examining whether the anchor from the container ship caught the pipe and pulled it across the seafloor.

Workers in protective suits clean a contaminated beach in Newport Beach, Calif., Oct.6, 2021.

Coast Guard Says 1,200-Foot Ship Dragged Calif. Oil Pipeline

The impact would have knocked a concrete casing off the pipe and pulled it more than 100 feet.

An American Airlines Boeing 737 Max jet plane at a maintenance facility in Tulsa, Okla., Dec. 2, 2020.

Former Boeing Test Pilot Pleads Not Guilty in 737 Max Case

He faces charges that he deceived regulators about a system that played a role in two deadly crashes.

In this Monday, March 1, 2021 file photo, The first Alaska Airlines passenger flight on a Boeing 737-9 Max airplane takes off on a flight to San Diego from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. A Boeing pilot involved in testing the 737 Max jetliner was indicted Thursday, Oct. 14,2021 by a federal grand jury on charges of deceiving safety regulators who were evaluating the plane, which was later involved in two deadly crashes.

Former Boeing Pilot Involved in Max Testing Indicted

He could face up to 100 years in prison.

A late-19th century photo of Francis Amasa Walker, the third president of MIT.

MIT Grapples with Early Leader

Francis Amasa Walker helped usher the school into national prominence — and shaped the nation’s hardline policies toward Native Americans.