Disabled Americans receiving Social Security disability will see a two percent increase in their monthly benefit payments in 2018. This increase, called a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), is more than six times 2016’s COLA of 0.3.
The well-known children’s manufacturer, Skip Hop, has recalled 10,000 of their convertible high chairs. The recall has been issued due to a potential fall hazard. The high chair’s front legs can fall off, causing a child to fall. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), has reported that Skip Hop has received 13 reports of the legs detaching from the high chair. Two bruising injuries...
The Japanese airbag manufacturer, Takata, is recalling 3.3 million more vehicles due to defective airbags. The Takata airbag recall is the largest automobile recall in U.S history that includes 19 automobile manufacturers and over 42 million vehicles. The latest recall involves airbags in 2009, 2010 and 2013 model vehicles manufactured from Audi, BMW, Daimler Vans, Fiat Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi,...
A Pittsburgh man has died in a tree trimming accident when the bucket truck he was using malfunctioned. The tree service employee was cutting trees 60 feet off the ground with a chainsaw when the arm of the bucket truck he was in malfunctioned and fell to the ground, throwing him from the bucket truck. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner...
Five people are injured after the ski lift they were on malfunctioned. The ski resort, located in State College, Pennsylvania, released a statement saying that one chair on the ski lift malfunctioned, causing it to become loose and slide backwards into another chair. This caused a chain reaction with 4 other chairs.
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