A Manchester, New Hampshire man who lost an eye to a ricocheting golf ball is suing the golf course. Sixty-seven-year-old Paul Sanchez sued Candia Woods Golf Links this week. In September of 2006, a ball he hit bounced off a …
Investigators have declared a 23rd arson in a part of southeastern Pennsylvania that has been plagued by suspicious fires this year. The latest blaze happened in a trailer home just outside Coatesville late Friday night. Investigators now say the blaze, …
A personal injury lawyer was convicted of 18 felonies — but acquitted of numerous other charges — in an insurance-fraud case involving allegedly faked accidents. The jury issued the mixed verdict Friday in the case of H. Allen Litt, 59, …
West Virginia has recorded its first coal mining-related fatality of the year. A driver was killed Friday when he lost control of a coal truck on a haul road at a Republic Energy surface mine in eastern Kanawha County. West …
The peanut recall offers a prime opportunity to merge all federal food safety oversight into one agency, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said. Right now, the Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Agriculture share oversight responsibilities, along with other …
Although he made no promises, the dean of agriculture at Kansas State University told a cattlemen’s group that he believes a new federal laboratory to study livestock diseases is no threat to their herds. Fred Cholick assured the Kansas Cattlemen’s …
Warmer weather has turned thoughts to melting snow, but observers say the snowpack that has accumulated so far this winter shouldn’t create major spring flooding in eastern South Dakota. Snowpack along the James River valley is running up to 24 …
Weary firefighters and rescuers pulled the remains of dozens of people from charred buildings on Monday as the death toll rose to 131 from Australia’s deadliest bushfires. “Everybody’s gone. Everybody’s gone. Everybody. Their houses are gone. They’re all dead in …
Seven additional counties in Washington state have been added to the list of those where residents and business owners are eligible for disaster assistance to repair damage from January’s storms, flooding and landslides. The additional counties are Benton, Cowlitz, Clallam, …
Eight Orange County chiropractors are among a dozen people arrested for an alleged insurance fraud kickback scheme. Three office administrators and a lawyer were also part of the alleged plan to defraud insurance companies through patient referrals and overbilling. It’s …