An e-bike battery exploded on Mackinac Island, sparking a fire despite being stored in an "explosion-proof" bag.

Press its flashlight against a black trash bag, wait for the plastic to melt, and post the result like Samsung just shipped a pocket-sized laser cutter. Viral videos showing Samsung phones burning ...

Viral videos show Samsung Galaxy S26 and Galaxy S25 flashlights melting plastic, but tests reveal iPhones can do it too.

Your phone's flashlight is more powerful than you might have realized ...

The Massachusetts legislature advanced a sweeping environmental bond bill April 8 that includes a provision to ban single-use plastic bags and charge a fee for paper bags at stores across the state.

ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS, AND YOU MAY HAVE TO PAY FOR OTHER BAGS. OUR EMILY MAHER IS LIVE IN WALTHAM TONIGHT TO EXPLAIN. EMILY. WELL, MARIA, THIS ISN’T A NEW CONCEPT HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS. MANY CITIES AND ...

A $3.64 billion environmental bond bill advancing through the Massachusetts Senate includes a provision that would ban single-use plastic bags and implement a 10-cent fee for paper bags at stores ...

Single-use plastic bags would disappear from the checkout line and efforts to fight PFAS in water headline a $3.64 billion bond bill headed for a vote in the state Senate next week. The “Mass Ready ...

All commissaries will begin charging shoppers for single-use plastic and paper bags on April 6, to encourage more people to bring in reusable bags, the Defense Commissary Agency said Monday. “This ...

The city of Beaufort is proposing to ban the use of so-called “single-use” plastic bags and requiring customers to ask for plastic straws when they eat out. Those are just two proposed changes that ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- California's new plastic bag law went into effect on January 1. It forbids any business from giving away or selling plastic bags, even those deemed "recyclable." We found no ...

The Park Ridge Committee of the Whole of the City Council passed the first reading of a plastic bag ban for large retail stores at the March 2 meeting. The first vote on the ban passed without ...