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The Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling all Calico Critters figures with bottle and pacifier accessories due to a choking hazard. Two children were reported dead.According to the CPSC on Thursday, more than 3.2 million figures…

A Texas inmate was sentenced to death Tuesday night for stabbing his ex-wife to death and drowning their 6-year-old daughter in a bathtub 14 years ago.Gary Green, 51, is set to administer a lethal injection in the September 2009 deaths of…

A CBS News report on a mother who took her own life while battling bipolar disorder found that more than 65% of annual gun deaths are suicides, not gun violence.CBS News quoted Rutgers School of Public Health professor Mike Anestis as…

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — A consumer watchdog group completed a study last year showing an increase in product returns — hundreds of items you may have in your home right now. Dozens of them were injured and even died.The California Public…

LocalA $2.6 million pilot program in Massachusetts aims to deter reckless drivers by installing on-ramp detection systems on freeway ramps.An incorrect 'way' sign warns drivers to enter the westbound exit ramp at the Massachusetts Turnpike…

Jenny Cresswell, an epidemiologist at the World Health Organization, said the death rate figures in a new report she wrote were "equivalent to about 800 deaths per day, or one death every 2 minutes."(Photo credit: Brian Inganga/AP)NPR…

New data from major cities and expert opinion suggest that fentanyl-related deaths will continue to rise nationally.New York's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner confirmed to Fox News that drug overdoses now account for 80% to 85% of…

VShenna reports the biggest drop in Covid deaths among more than 20 places hit hard by the outbreak, rekindling questions about its virus data and the true impact of the wave of reopenings as Beijing struggles to emerge from the…

In the early months of 2020, doctors are tasked with fighting a little-known virus that has caused the world's worst pandemic in a century - risking their own lives in the process. According to a recently published study, 622 more doctors…

Olympia, Washington OLYMPIA, WA. - At the peak of the pandemic, there were few people on the move. According to travel experts, road users are speeding, driving poorly and wearing seat belts. "It's part of what we've seen with the…