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The Senate's 2,700-page bill contains requirements for new auto safety standards (pictured: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on August 4) With health and safety provisions like alcohol monitors and technology to curb hot car child deaths, the Senate's 2,700-page infrastructure bill details extensive reforms beyond repairs to the country's roads and bridges.   The $1.2 trillion piece of legislation states that 'advanced drunk and impaired driving prevention technology must be standard equipment in all new passenger motor vehicles,' and that vehicles should be able to 'prevent or limit' operation if a driver is impaired.  It calls for a window of five to six years for the new standard to go into effect.   About 28 people die in the US every day in drunk driving crashes, according to the NHTSA - one person every 52 minutes. The Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety program is a public-private partnership partially funded by the US government and is cu

Nearly 500 Milwaukee Bucks fans have been diagnosed with COVID-19 after joining 100,000 people who took to the streets to celebrate the team's first NBA championship win in 50 years.  Huge crowds of maskless fans flooded into the city's Deer District after the team's beat the Phoenix Suns 105-98 to win the series 4-2 on July 20.  But the Wisconsin Department of Health Services has now identified 491 COVID-positive individuals who were at the downtown gathering 'during their exposure or infectious period', or who attended a Bucks game around that time. Even worse, the department warned that the figure was likely an undercount.  Milwaukee Health Commissioner Kirsten Johnson said the spike in cases was alarming. She told a press conference on Tuesday: 'We anticipated an increase in positive cases due to the delta variant, but a 155 percent increase in one week is distressing.' The number of cases reached 193.2 per 100,000 as of Tuesday, officials said.  Johnson

A female sailor who worked on the COVID Navy ship USNS Mercy dismissed the claims of the 'bipolar' seaman accused of torching the USS Bonhomme after he told friends they were engaged until he dumped her for getting pregnant by another man.  Seaman Apprentice Ryan Sawyer Mays, 20, has been charged with setting the fire on board the Bonhomme last July. His attorney says he had nothing to do with it and he is awaiting a preliminary hearing.  The ship was docked in San Diego last summer when someone set fire to it. The blaze lasted five days, with the $1.2 billion vessel scrapped, because it would have been too expensive to repair.  Newly unsealed documents this week shed more light on the Navy's case against Mays, who dropped out of SEAL training shortly before the fire.  During a ten hour interview with Navy investigators, he told them that he'd been in a romantic relationship with Petty Officer Armelle Ane.  He said they were engaged, that he had proposed at a French res

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Esteban Loaiza is set to be released from federal prison and deported to Mexico this week serving three years for trafficking cocaine.   A veteran of 14 seasons, Loaiza received a 36-month sentence in March 2019 as part of a plea bargain deal after he admitted to possessing 20 kilos of cocaine with the intent of distribution. Loaiza will walk free from FDC SEATAC in Seattle, Washington, on Friday.  An official with the U.S. Attorney's Office Southern District of California Justice confirmed his release to DailyMail.com on Thursday, saying that the former All-Star had been made aware of his deportation to Mexico during his trial. A prison official told DailyMail.com that Loaiza had been credited with 92 days of time served and earned a credit of 162 days for good behavior. DailyMail.com reached out to Loaiza's lawyer, Janice Deaton, for comment. Former Major League pitcher Esteban Loaiza will be deported to Mexico after he is released from a

A police chief in New Hampshire quickly backtracked after a job recruitment listing on Facebook by his department offered 'qualified immunity' as one of the many 'unique' benefits of joining his Manchester force.  'The department offers many opportunities to advance and additional unique benefits including qualified immunity,' read Tuesday's recruitment post - which has since been deleted.  Allen Aldenberg, who did not write the listing, went on the social media platform hours later and took 'full responsibility' for the post. He called the mention of qualified immunity 'inappropriate.'    After publishing a job recruitment listing on Facebook Tuesday, Manchester chief of police Allen Aldenberg was forced to apologize after the department listed 'qualified immunity' as one of the many 'unique' benefits of joining the department In a follow-up apology on Facebook that same day, Aldenberg said he took 'full responsibility&#

Lindsey Graham said on Thursday that he has been pushing Donald Trump to speak up and press his supporters to get a COVID vaccine after the fully-vaccinated South Carolina senator was re-infected himself. 'I've urged him to be aggressive and say, ''Take the vaccine,''' Graham, a longtime Trump ally, told the Associated Press in his first interview since announcing he tested positive for a second time. Graham indicated he spoke with Trump today and said the ex-president had been checking on him every day during his illness. The Republican lawmaker lauded Trump's efforts in developing the vaccine and said Trump was 'very proud of that accomplishment.' Sen. Lindsey Graham said Donald Trump called him every day to check on him during his second COVID infection (pictured here on July 30) 'From a conservative person's point of view, we should do all we can as a nation to get our economy back up and running and to protect our way of life,' G

The review app Yelp added a ‘vaccination filter’ that will let users know which businesses require customers and staff to get the shot, a measure it has taken as the Delta variant of the coronavirus rapidly spreads in the United States. Users will be able to filter businesses by two new attributes - 'proof of vaccination required' and 'all staff fully vaccinated' - when searching for local businesses and restaurants. Yelp will allow businesses to activate the filters on their own through their accounts with the app, though the site will not be verifying the information provided by their clients.  Customers will also be free to share their first-hand experiences with businesses in their reviews.  The review app Yelp added a ‘vaccination filter’ that will let users know which businesses require customers and staff to get the shot Customers will be able to use Yelp to search out businesses that meet certain criteria related to COVID health and safety protocols 'These n