WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Highway deaths in the United States fell last year despite a 6-percent increase in motorcycle fatalities, the National Transportation Safety Board reported.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- The number of people who died on U.S. highways dropped again in 2007 to historically low levels, U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters said Thursday.
BAGHDAD, July 29 (UPI) -- U.S. combat deaths in Iraq may be lower and overall violence dropping to "normal" levels, but the top U.S. general in Iraq says progress could be reversed.
WASHINGTON, July 24 (UPI) -- The number of deaths on U.S. roads fell last year to a record low fatality rate but motorcycle deaths rose for the ninth year in a row.
NEW YORK, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- New York civilian fire deaths in 2006 are their lowest in almost 100 years, the New York Post reported Friday.
WASHINGTON, April 24 (UPI) --
UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- The U.N. Wednesday projects fertility levels in developing countries will fall below replacement levels for the first time. It projects a 2050 population of 8.9 billion people, 400 million below the 2000 projection, with half the decrease blamed on HIV-AI
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (UPI) --
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has revised the number of deaths linked to tread separations blamed on potentially defective Firestone tires
