An Indiana Department of Workforce Development auditor has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder after authorities said he fired a shotgun into an agency office in northwestern Indiana. Bond was set at $400,000 for Edgar Tillery, 60, of Portage, said …
An apartment developer says it expects to be cleared in a federal discrimination lawsuit filed over an Ohio apartment listing for a “bachelor pad.” The suit filed in federal court in Dayton, Ohio, says The Connor Group ran a Craigslist …
Three powerful tornadoes touched down in Arkansas on March 10, damaging homes and injuring at least four people, Risk Management Solutions (RMS) has reported. According to National Weather Service, the first of the three tornadoes occurred on March 10 at …
The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) has joined with the South Plains Auto Burglary and Theft Prevention Authority in Lubbock, Texas, in a crime prevention campaign aimed at preventing auto thefts and auto burglaries. The program involves funding and distributing …
A Wooodruff County, Ark., Circuit Court jury has ordered Bayer CropScience LP to pay a rice farmer more than $1 million in a lawsuit over experimental rice variety. The decision awards $532,643 in compensatory damages and $500,000 in punitive damages …
The number of overall traffic fatalities reported at the end of 2009 reached the lowest level since 1954, declining for the 15th consecutive quarter, the U.S. Department of Transportation reported. According to early projections, the fatality rate, which takes into …
The driver of a Toyota Prius told police in suburban New York that her car accelerated on its own, then lurched down a driveway, across a road and into a stone wall. The 2005 Prius’ air bags deployed when the …
Smokers suing Philip Morris and its parent company over light cigarettes will have to start from scratch with their lawsuit in Maine. A federal judge in Bangor has denied plaintiffs’ request to have facts from a previous lawsuit by the …
Authorities in Pennsylvania say a gas station patron died when static electricity ignited a fire as he filled up his tank. Authorities say 19-year-old L. David Byers of central Pennsylvania died early Friday at the gas station in Camp Hill, …
University of Kentucky President Lee T. Todd Jr. says the university followed its fire marshal’s recommendation in closing the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house until 2011. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported the closure and the UK chapter’s suspension by the national …