Thomas Fricke You’ve heard about the hazards of distracted driving — using a cell phone behind the wheel, even with a hands-free headset. But how about distracted walking?
Pedestrians who wear headphones while walking are at greater risk of serious injury or even death than people who don’t tune out, according to a new study published this week in the journal Injury Prevention. Between 2004 and 2011, the study found, 116 pedestrians wearing headphones died or were injured in the U. Read More...
Chris Taylor
June 4, 1998 12:00 AM EDT
Around this date in 1989, a lone protester stood in front of a column of four Chinese tanks in Tiananmen Square. On June 4, 1998, a lone protester sat in a wheelchair near the Monument to the People’s Heroes at the heart of the same Square, handing out leaflets. He wasn’t even protesting the massacre; his leaflets demanded compensation for a crippling shooting in the southeastern Fujian province. Read More...