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A car and its airbag are pictured after a frontal crash test with another car, without a safety belt buckled in the back seat, as part of France's Road Safety Commission's (Delegation a la Securite Routiere, DSR) campaign "Buckle your seat belt, be attached to life" on November 7, 2017 at the motor-racing track of Linas-Monthlery in Linas, south of Paris.
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eBay bans airbag sales as concerns about faulty or counterfeit parts rise
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eBay became the latest online retailer to ban the sale of airbags and many of their components. Aftermarket parts can be risky if they turn out to be fake or defective.
"Cutting through layers of red tape in Washington is one essential piece of our final mission," Education Secretary Linda McMahon has said.
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The Education Dept. hasn't been dismantled. It's become more inefficient, staff say
Jonaki Mehta, Cory Turner
Experts say that though the National Institutes of Health's total budget suggests that little has changed for the agency and its grantees, that top line masks deeper disruptions.
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Under Trump, NIH funding disruptions have evolved. Here's what the numbers show
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States threaten action against company earning millions off disabled vets
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Federal judge orders Texas to install AC in all of its prisons by the end of 2029
Federal District Judge Robert Pitman ordered the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to immediately submit a plan for providing air conditioning.
A film about Texas GOP women aims to open conversations among everyone
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Camp Mystic under investigation for manslaughter, other criminal charges
Jonathan Van Ness brings his new comedy tour to Texas
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