Articles by Jim Forsyth

Texas Woman Claims Injuries Caused by Takata Airbag, Sues Honda

A Texas woman has sued American Honda Motor Co Inc. and the U.S. subsidiary of airbag maker Takata Corporation for at least $1 million, claiming that she was badly injured in a low-speed car accident because the propellant in the …

Small Quake Near Dallas Stirs Fracking Critics

A light earthquake shook the Dallas-Ft. Worth area of North Texas at night on Nov. 22, leaving no known damage or casualties but stirring concern about the potential of the area’s oil and gas fracking industry to generate seismic activity. …

Transportation Chief Calls for National Ban on Cell Phone Use While Driving

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has called for a federal law to ban talking on a cell phone or texting while driving any type of vehicle on any road in the country. Tough federal legislation is the only way to …

Transportation Chief Calls for National Ban on Cell Phone Use While Driving

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood called on Thursday for a federal law to ban talking on a cell phone or texting while driving any type of vehicle on any road in the country. Tough federal legislation is the only way …

Texas’ 2011 Drought Costliest in State History, Researchers Say

Texas agriculture producers lost $7.62 billion to the state’s 2011 drought, which experts said makes it the costliest drought in the state’s history and possibly the most expensive drought ever suffered by any state. “No one alive has seen single-year …

Mexican Truck Finally Enters U.S. Under NAFTA

The first Mexican long-haul truck bound for the U.S. interior crossed at the international bridge at Laredo, Texas, Friday, carrying electronic equipment destined for suburban Dallas and fulfilling a controversial provision of the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement. Business …