WASHINGTON — The Federal Transit Administration has proposed rules to protect track workers for all transit agencies, the first such effort to propose minimum national standards for track maintenance safety. A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking now available at the Federal Register would require transit agencies to create a protection program for personnel who work on []Read More
Company says TGA regulations prevented it from responding to incorrect claims about its vaccine in 2021Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAstraZeneca has called for reforms to Australia’s rules around discussion of medicines, saying public confusion over its Covid vaccine was created because the company was restricted in explaining health warnings by the nation’s medicines regulator.The call is contained in more than 2,000 submissions to the federal...
Get ready for NFL kickoffs to look a whole lot different next season. In a 29-3 vote Tuesday, team owners voted in favor of a radical, one-year change to kickoffs in hopes of reviving one of the game’s most exciting plays — while making it safer. The new alignment will put the coverage and return teams much closer together at the kick, curtailing those violent collisions when players have long runways before crashing into each other. Touchbacks have become the norm in recent years. Only 22% of...
Even if China doesn’t agree to or abide by new “confidence-building measures,” CNAS scholar Tom Shugart says, the US and its allies should adopt them unilaterally to reduce the risk of accidents or worse in the West Pacific.
Landmark regulations intended to protect millions of California workers from worsening heat conditions in warehouses and other indoor facilities were left in limbo Thursday after the Newsom administration objected to the cost of the rules. In a highly unusual move, the board of the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health voted unanimously to adopt new heat illness prevention standards for indoor workers — even after the Department of Finance intervened in the 11th hour over...
Hundreds of internationals in the Netherlands who were hit financially when the government slashed the provisions of the 30% ruling in 2021 have lost their case in a long-running legal battle. That year, the duration of the tax break was cut from eight to five years, a move which also affected people who had arrived in the country after January 2016, and had expected to benefit for the longer period. Law firm Taxperience, which brought the case on behalf of
Safety science literature and terminology reveal a limited array of concepts to describe the comprehensive characteristics of system safety and security, including terms such as safety culture and risk. Despite these efforts, the rapid evolution of safety science outpaces the adequacy of these concepts, signaling a pressing need for new, meaningful general concepts.
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With the NFL drastically altering kickoffs, college football could eventually follow suit. On Tuesday, NFL owners passed a rule to adopt a kickoff style that
The early returns for Kevin Streelman on the PGA Tour in 2024 have not been all that impressive. In six starts, the 45-year-old has made just one cut, a T-32 at the Puerto Rico Open. So it was that his opening-round 64 at the Valspar Championship, which earned him the Day 1 lead, was particularly welcome news for the two-time tour winner who counts among those two victories a triumph at Innisbrook Resort in 2013. In the midst of his 17th season on tour, Streelman posted the only bogey-free round...
The reality TV couple, who have son Cruz, two, announced their split last month after four years of marriage, with Brittany claiming she took the decision for the 'sake of [her] mental health.'
Divinus is a digital hybrid legacy game by Lucky Duck Games. In our spoiler-free review, we check out how it plays, and the digital and legacy elements.Read this article on TechRaptor