Investigators have found evidence that a bird may have struck a helicopter before it crashed into a Louisiana swamp last month, killing eight people, the National Transportation Safety Board said. The NTSB hasn’t identified the cause of the deadly crash …
A federal judge has upheld sanctions against Oklahoma in the state’s federal lawsuit against 13 Arkansas poultry companies for failing to produce sampling data to the defendants in a timely manner. In an opinion and order filed last week in …
The financial toll from the January ice storm in north Arkansas is estimated at $500 million, with most of the cost for restoring electric utilities. The three major utilities that sustained damage from the storm say they will spend close …
Fire officials say a candle started a fire in an apartment building in the Holly Oak area that sent one man to a hospital. The fire in a second-floor apartment was reported around 10 p.m. Monday at the Riverview Apartments, …
Three New Jersey women who say they were groped by an oral surgeon are now suing the dentist who referred them. Amy Metzler, Greer Smith and Brooke Chiusano are suing Steven Okeson, who runs Okeson Family Dental of Branchville. In …
A West Virginia father of three children who died in a southwestern Pennsylvania house fire that also killed four other people claims in a lawsuit that the owner failed to repair the furnace. Daniel Blake, of Keyser, claims space heaters …
A year after a fire destroyed much of a metal-cleaning plant in Wahpeton, North Dakota, area firefighters are looking back at lessons learned. They say 18-below-zero temperatures and 25 mph winds may have seemed like the worst possible conditions, but …
The Alabama House has passed a bill that adds additional restrictions for some teenage drivers. The House voted 80-10 for the bill that requires some 16 and 17-year-old drivers to have a restricted license. The bill now goes to the …
In one of her first moves as Homeland Security secretary, Janet Napolitano has ordered a fresh review of hurricane recovery efforts in the gulf coast 31/2 years after two killer hurricanes swept ashore. In testimony prepared for a congressional hearing, …
Officials of cities along the Red River are preparing for the worst while they await an updated spring flood forecast Friday. Wilkin County, Minn., engineer Tom Richels says the county has lined up pumps and sandbags. He expects conditions similar …