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  • Feds: Every child should have a seat belt on the school bus

    In an announcement that will impact millions of schoolchildren, the federal government's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is recommending seat belts in every school bus in the nation. TODAY national investigative correspondent Jeff Rossen reports.

  • 10 Fascinating But Forgotten Women From American History

    American history is jam-packed with women who’ve overcome centuries of discrimination and steered the country’s culture and politics. We generally remember people like Harriet Tubman, Sacagawea, Jackie Kennedy, and Rosa Parks . . . in other words, the legends.

  • No back-up camera on your car? Add one

    The NHTSA estimates that more than 200 people and 15,000 injuries occur annually because of backing-up crashes, with many of the fatalities occurring to children younger than 5.

  • How a small White House agency stalls life-saving regulations

    The little-known Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs can delay, rewrite or kill rules mandated by Congress, and as the case of requiring rearview cameras on cars shows, it often uses that power.

  • In A Tight Spot, Abducted Family Struggled For Freedom — And Hope

    Janette Fennell tells the terrifying story that led to her dedicated career in child vehicle safety. She was kidnapped, locked in the trunk of her vehicle with her husband, driven out to the middle of nowhere and left to die, all the while not knowing what had happened to their infant son who had been in the vehicle with them...

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