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New battery aims to prevent some child deaths

  • May 6

Ex-Patriots WR Stefon Diggs found not guilty in assault case

  • May 5
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Humanoid robot delays flight out of California airport

  • May 3
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Parents speak about child's button battery injury

  • Mar 26

Mom warns of batteries in Christmas gifts after daughter's injury

  • Dec 24, 2025

Video shows industrial MO plant explode; no injuries reported

  • Oct 31, 2024

New lawsuit accuses Deshaun Watson of sexual assault, battery

  • Sep 10, 2024

Battery inside kids' book sparks car fire: officials

  • Aug 28, 2024

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Controversial battery storage facilities coming to Thompsons

  • Mar 13, 2024
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Batteries are struggling to operate in Houston's heat

  • Jul 18, 2023
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2 suspects wanted for allegedly stealing over $1,500 worth of batteries from H-E-B in Katy

  • Mar 28, 2023
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Houston startup company gets $4 million for electric vehicle batteries

  • Jan 11, 2023
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Celebrity chef Mario Batali opts for non-jury trial in sexual misconduct case

  • May 9, 2022
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Swallowing a battery sends toddler to the hospital for over a week

  • Oct 29, 2020
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Mother of three children killed at Indiana bus stop faces no charges

  • Feb 15, 2020
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Apple's anti-battery-throttling update is (almost) here

  • Jan 24, 2018

Latest Stories

Battery bursts into flames after dog uses it as a chew toy in Tulsa, Oklahoma

A dog's unfortunate choice of a chew toy led to a blaze in a Tulsa, Oklahoma home.

  • Aug 7, 2024
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Tesla settles with Apple engineer's family who said Autopilot caused fatal Bay Area crash

Walter Huang was killed when his Tesla struck a concrete highway median in Silicon Valley on March 23, 2018. The National Transportation Safety Board, in its investigation, found that Autopilot was engaged for nearly 19 minutes before the fatal crash, when the car, traveling at 71 mph, veered off the highway.

  • Apr 9, 2024

11-year-old Chicago boy stabbed to death while protecting his pregnant mom from attacker

Eleven-year-old Jayden Perkins was stabbed to death while protecting his pregnant mom from an attacker. She and her unborn child are expected to survive, thanks to her son's heroic actions, authorities said.

  • Mar 21, 2024

Controversial battery storage facilities coming to tiny town of Thompsons

The new power plants are more efficient than traditional batteries and great for powering up communities. However, the concern is that lithium batteries explode into flames and expel toxic gases when they fail.

  • Mar 13, 2024

'Flames start popping': Teen's Toyota RAV4 burst into flames 2 weeks before recall issued

An Illinois teenager narrowly escaped his Toyota SUV after it burst into flames on the expressway. His family said they didn't know about an advisory for a potential fire risk before buying the car.

  • Mar 5, 2024