After viewing storm damage in Douglas and Paulding counties from the air, Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue issued an executive order declaring a state of emergency in 17 counties affected by heavy rain and severe weather that has passed through Georgia. …
In the dark of night on Sept. 15, 1999, Kelly Andreucci stood on the front porch of his childhood home along Godfrey Avenue and worried about the rain drenching his neighborhood. That night, Hurricane Floyd skirted the Grand Strand before …
The parents of a 16-year-old Massachusetts murder victim have filed a $1 million lawsuit against her killer and his mother. Joshua Whitaker is serving a life sentence for beating Kelsea Owens of Wilbraham to death. Her body was found in …
State officials have told all 566 towns in New Jersey to check recent construction projects because two concrete-testing companies are facing racketeering and fraud charges in New York. Testwell Laboratories and Stallone Testing Laboratories are accused of falsifying some results …
Surgeons are increasingly turning to high-tech robotic equipment to operate on patients with prostate cancer and other conditions but some medical authorities worry about inadequate training and lax standards among practitioners. Doctors are opting for Intuitive Surgical’s popular da Vinci …
The city of Akeley, Minnesota says it’s settled a lawsuit filed by a woman who claimed police failed to investigate her report of being sexually assaulted by a sheriff’s deputy. The $55,000 settlement was announced recently at a City Council …
A rural South Dakota man has lost part of his leg in a farming accident. Emergency crews were called to a farm south of town late Thursday afternoon after Scott Woods severed a leg below the knee in a corn …
Fire investigators have arrested a Louisiana man on charges of arson with intent to defraud, conspiracy to commit arson with intent to defraud and filing a false police report. Lafayette Fire Department officials say the arrest was the result of …
Spanish-speaking Wisconsinites who want to file an insurance-related complaint can now do it online. The state Department of Insurance has a new online complaint form that allows the filer to complete it all in Spanish. The department says more than …
An Oklahoma man apparently distracted by his iPod died after crashing his pickup into an oncoming vehicle in Caddo County. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says 21-year-old Robert Yackeyonny died Friday after the head-on collision on U.S. 62 south of Anadarko. …