Auto safety regulators are requesting that smartphone manufacturers create a “driver mode” for smartphones to help combat the rising number of motor vehicle fatalities caused by distracted driving. The new proposed feature is modeled after “airplane mode,” which prevents a mobile device from sending or receiving communications while flying. “Driver mode” would restrict certain mobile…

The communities of Bethany, Oklahoma, and Gainesville, Texas are mourning today after a deadly tractor-trailer accident occurred late Friday night in Davis, Oklahoma. A truck driving northbound on Interstate 35 veered across the median and crashed into a bus carrying 15 students from the North Central Texas College women’s softball team. Three of the softball…