High numbers of bear sightings have been reported in South Mississippi recently and there are a number of reasons why.

Approximately 700 pounds of fireworks detonated on Whidbey Island in Greenbank on Wednesday afternoon, destroying two homes ...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued an urgent warning June 4 for consumers to immediately stop using COOWALK and COOWALI heated insoles after the products were linked to fires, ...

Park County will soon have bear spray disposal containers at its garbage collection sites, according to the county public works director. Disposing of them separately is preferrable to the alternative ...

Every day, workers at a garbage transfer station near Yellowstone National Park clock in with a troubling question on their minds. Will today be the day we inhale a freshly exploded can of bear spray?

Bear spray is creating a disposal problem near Yellowstone National Park. Workers at a garbage transfer station say cans are exploding in the trash. The spray is used by hikers and visitors across ...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Casely have issued a recall of 430,000 Casely Power Banks 5000mAh portable MagSafe wireless phone chargers. If it feels like you have deja vu, ...

Omar Gallaga has covered technology, digital culture and other topics for outlets including CNET, NPR, WIRED, Texas Monthly, MSNBC, Consumer Reports, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, The ...

I have spent an awful lot of time in Roman sewers – enough to earn me the nickname Queen of Latrines from my friends. The Etruscans laid the first underground sewers in the city of Rome around 500 BC.

It's funny how things can go from being utter garbage to being considered collectibles. But time has a way of doing that, especially with automobiles. Take the AMC Pacer, for example. It was such a ...

Metro Vancouver is considering asking the federal government to ban single-use nitrous oxide cylinders after they have cause several explosions at the region’s waste-to-energy plant in Burnaby.