Tobacco companies would have to ensure cigarettes meet fire safety standards under legislation that has won key approval in the South Carolina House. Such cigarettes use slow-burning paper and go out when they aren’t being puffed. South Carolina is one …
State environmental officials say runoff from the thousands of gallons of water sprayed on a fire at a South Carolina recycling plant may have killed hundreds of fish. The facility where plastic bottles and cardboard are shredded and compressed burned …
Firefighters had to contend with gale-force winds while battling a huge brush fire that raced along the edge of a valley south of Reno, forcing a major highway to close, threatening homes, and causing the evacuation of a school. About …
Dozens of minor earthquakes shook Reno, Nevada, on April 27 as a sequence of temblors entered its third month and prompted some frazzled residents to leave their homes. Officials recorded more than 150 aftershocks on the western edge of the …
The destruction of the orange sedan with its slapdash paintwork may have been intentional but it was far from wanton. It was all part of Volvo’s bid to create an injury-proof car by 2020. While that vehicle of the future …
A moderate earthquake hit a mountainous region of Northern California on Tuesday night. There are no immediate reports or injury or damage. The magnitude-5.2 temblor struck at 8:03 p.m., centered about 11 miles southeast of the town of Willow Creek …
Only one other tornado outbreak in Virginia’s history caused more injuries than this Monday’s, although several others have been more prolific and deadly, according to the Virginia Department of Emergency Management. More than 200 people were injured when six twisters …
From the governor to the people whose homes were demolished, Virginians were amazed and grateful that a tornado that injured 200 people killed no one. But in many ways, police and fire officials say, the worst may lie ahead. In …
Authorities say evacuations are under way in Fort Kent, Maine because the St. John River is flooding. The Aroostook County Emergency Management Agency says residents of about 30 to 40 homes were ordered to evacuate as the river continues to …
People can get more prison time for mail fraud than for violating safety standards that can kill workers, Democratic senators said this week as they called for tougher punishment for workplace fatalities and stricter enforcement from the Occupational Safety and …