A 71-year-old woman crashed a car into a medical building in Tampa, Florida. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office reports that the woman was taking her 91-year-old mother to a doctor’s appointment at the building Friday morning. As she was pulling …
Georgia Fire Department officials say four people have suffered injuries after a scissor lift fell Thursday. There were few details early Thursday afternoon. At least one person was airlifted to an Atlanta-area hospital and another transported by ambulance to a …
Workers for Bank of America Corp, one of the nation’s largest employers, have sued the company for allegedly failing to pay overtime and other wages. The lawsuit filed Friday in federal court in Kansas City, Kansas, consolidates 12 lawsuits filed …
U.S. Sen. George LeMieux criticized President Barack Obama’s handling of the Gulf oil spill Saturday, saying he hasn’t done enough to help Florida and the other affected states or their residents. Obama visited Louisiana’s Gulf Coast on Friday, hours after …
Tornados and thunderstorms that swept through the Midwest over the weekend killed at least four people in Ohio, sent several to hospitals, destroyed 50 homes and damaged scores more, as well a high school gymnasium where graduation was to be …
Louisiana health and environmental officials are asking federal safety officials to make sure workers cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are being protected. Health and Hospitals Secretary Alan Levine and Environmental Quality Secretary Peggy Hatch say that daily …
Two agencies are investigating whether safety rules were followed after a man died while working at a gas well drilling site in North Texas. Silverio Rubio-Loredo was pronounced dead on June 2 at the site near Eagle Mountain Lake, northwest …
Thousands of Tennesseans from 45 disaster-designated counties received millions of dollars in food and cash assistance last month. The Department of Human Services says programs provided food for more than 9,600 families who were not previously enrolled in the food …
State officials say they will appeal a ruling awarding $450,000 to an ex-drug dealer who says his hope of becoming a competitive runner was ruined by a prison doctor who botched a leg injection while he was serving time. Ken …
Maryland regulators have fined a poultry processor on the Eastern Shore more than $1 million for safety violations. The fine against Allen Family Foods Inc., which was announced Friday, is the largest fine ever assessed by a Maryland Occupational Safety …