THE WOODLANDS, Texas — A Thanksgiving outing for a family in Montgomery County nearly turned tragic after a 12-year-old girl suddenly became trapped under sand that caved in around her. Just before 5 ...

Another sand product is being urgently recalled after it tested positive for asbestos. Initial testing of the Miki Sand Art Set found unidentified mineral fibres that were consistent with asbestos.

Sand Ovations, a sand-sculpting festival is coming back to Treasure Island on Thursday, after being postponed last year by hurricanes. Fox 13's Valerie Mills reports. Marjorie Taylor Greene Came So ...

About 139 sites have now been revealed to contain brightly coloured “kinetic sand”, which the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) identified may contain asbestos. There have now been ...

Nearly 250 schools and early learning services have sent queries to the Ministry of Education after a brand of coloured play sand had been found to contain asbestos. The ministry’s leader of ...

UPDATE (11/17/25) — The Sand Springs Police Department identified the couple found dead following an apparent murder-suicide on Sunday. Police said around 6:44 a.m., officers responded to a reported ...

In a national recall, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission found Kadink decorative sand may contain tremolite asbestos, a naturally occurring asbestos. The sand is used at some schools ...

In an email sent to parents on Sunday, multiple Brisbane Catholic Education schools advised parents to throw out artwork containing coloured sand that was sent home. Among the schools was All Saints ...

Schoolchildren have been asked to stay home in two major Australian cities after a horror find in commonly used play sand. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) issued a nationwide ...

As professors and students are returning to campus, the journal Nature has published another culture-war screed masquerading as academic critique. In “Decolonize scientific institutions, don’t just ...

An Amtrak Surfliner heads south. (File photo courtesy of SANDAG) Officials have marked a key milestone in the effort to protect a coastal rail line that stretches to downtown San Diego. The line ...