Texting While Jaywalking? New Jersey Town Issues Tickets
Ingram Publishing/Thinkstock(FORT LEE, N.J.) — If you’re caught texting while crossing the street in Fort Lee, N.J., you’d better be ready to cough up $85 for a ticket.Police Chief Thomas Ripoli said that jaywalking had become a dangerous …
Search for SoCal Gunman After 5 Shootings in 2 Weeks
Thinkstock/Comstock(CARSON, Calif.) — Authorities are on the hunt for a gunman responsible for five shootings in a two-week period in Carson, Calif., and the neighboring Harbor Gateway area of Southern California.The gunman, armed with a shotgun, hit …
Pedestrian Deaths Linked to Headphones Triples
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(BALTIMORE) — The number of pedestrians seriously injured or killed while wearing headphones has tripled since 2004, a new study found.Researchers from Baltimore scoured U.S. news archives and research databases for pedestrian in…