A former accountant for a restaurant owner accused of starting a fire that burned most of a downtown block in Wauseon, Ohio, testified that the restaurant was losing money before the fire. The fire in 2007 destroyed the restaurant, a …
For the second time in less than a week, six small earthquakes were recorded in a single day in central Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Geological Survey said the six earthquakes on Sept. 4 ranged from preliminary magnitudes of 1.5 to 3.3. …
Leesville, La., officials say one of the city’s fire pumps is broken, the other was shut down after it burst a 12-inch pipe, and 17 hydrants need repairs or replacement. Mayor Robert Rose says that puts the city’s fire insurance …
Illinois state officials say more than 50,000 residents affected by flooding have been approved to receive emergency benefits. The Illinois Department of Human Services says Sept. 3 was the deadline for applications for disaster benefits. The department says that so …
One month after a presidential declaration, and as Tropical Storm Hermine was bearing down on South Texas, the Federal Emergency Management Agency reported that more than $7 million in state and federal grants and loans is on the way to …
A federal judge has sentenced a Fort Smith, Arkansas, man to 18 months in prison for lying to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to get disaster assistance for Hurricane Katrina. U.S. District Judge Robert Dawson also on Thursday ordered 46-year-old …
A Massachusetts golf course groundskeeper who drove a lawn mower into a water hazard and got stuck under it has drowned. Authorities say Greg Misodoulakis was killed Friday after becoming trapped by the lawn mower in five feet of water …
An African-American family has reached a second settlement with a New Jersey shore town for more than $100,000 in a racial discrimination lawsuit. Doretha Waters-Rice, her son and granddaughter sued Sea Isle City, its police department and school board in …
A New Hampshire woman is seeking more than $24 million in damages from the maker of a prescription drug she took to ease shoulder pain, but suffered a reaction so severe that she is now blind and scarred by internal …
A Massachusetts judge has entered pleas of not guilty on behalf of five call firefighters accused of setting fires in three vacant buildings in Brimfield and Holland. The state Fire Marshal’s office says the fires were set on Tuesdays between …