Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour surveyed tornado damage in Simpson County yesterday. Nearly 30 people were injured and dozens of homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed Thursday when a twister ripped through the town of Magee in Simpson County in …
The National Weather Service says a tornado touched down near Henderson in western Kentucky. An assessment team confirmed that an F3 tornado churned for 12 miles through Union and Henderson Counties on Saturday afternoon. Meteorologist Jim Packett in Paducah said …
Flood advisories remain in effect in parts of Alabama as rivers and creeks continue to swell with runoff from heavy rainfall. National Weather Service meteorologists posted flood warnings Sunday for the Perdido and Styx rivers affecting Baldwin and Escambia counties. …
Californians Edna Mancillas, 67, and her two nephews, Gilbert Blancas, 20; and Ricardo Blancas, 23, were charged with involvement in a staged auto theft, the California Department of Insurance reported. All three suspects were charged with felony insurance fraud. In …
Graphics chipmaker Nvidia Corp countersued Intel Corp for breach of contract Thursday, alleging that Intel made misleading statements designed to undermine Nvidia’s licensing rights. The suit seeks to terminate Intel’s license to Nvidia’s patents related to graphics processing and three-dimensional …
By James MacPherson and Carson Walker The bloated Red River briefly breached a dike in Fargo, N.D. early on March 29, pouring water into a school campus and the mayor called it a “wakeup call” for a city that needs …
The lone survivor of a helicopter crash that killed eight people in Louisiana in January is suing the aircraft’s manufacturer and two other companies. The federal lawsuit filed on behalf of Steven Yelton, of Floresville, Texas, and his wife, Kelly, …
Oklahoma City bombing co-conspirator Terry Nichols is in a food fight with the federal prison in Colorado where he’s being housed. Nichols filed a 39-page handwritten lawsuit March 16, claiming the food he gets at the facility in Florence, Colo., …
First the floodwaters hit. The water was so deep that more than 120 people had to be rescued by boat. Then a home caught fire and burned to the ground. While the nation anxiously waited for the Red River to …
Fire officials in suburban Chicago say an early estimate of fire damages to the Empress Casino is $340 million. The March 20 fire sparked by a construction worker spread quickly and burned for 12 hours but was contained to a …