A BP employee lost a laptop containing personal data belonging to thousands of Louisiana residents who filed claims for compensation after the Gulf oil spill, a company spokesman said Tuesday. BP spokesman Curtis Thomas said the oil giant on Monday …
Recent cooler weather that helped ease the fire danger across Texas is expected to give way to hot, dry conditions by the weekend. The Texas Forest Service on Wednesday reported that critical fire weather conditions are likely Saturday and Sunday …
Calling a police officer a “fat slob” is not an offense that can usually get someone charged, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday, allowing a lawsuit over the arrest to go forward. Kenneth Kennedy’s sued the city of Villa Hills …
A state complex in Institute has been closed because of electrical problems that the state fire marshal says are an imminent threat to workers. Media outlets report that Fire Marshal Sterling Lewis ordered the 15-building complex’s immediate closure on Monday. …
Deadly bus crashes over the past decade have claimed dozens of lives, including college baseball players in Atlanta, Vietnamese Catholics in Texas, skiers in Utah and, this month, gamblers returning to New York’s Chinatown. The New York accident, which killed …
It may be spring, but the National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch across most of northern New England with more than half a foot of snow predicted across much of the region. The weather service says a …
Three women are suing a Southern California motel because of bedbug bites. Nicole Eatman, Vera Domini, and Regina Martocci have filed suit in Los Angeles against the Rodeway Inn-Regalodge Motel in Glendale, as well as its franchiser Choice Hotels International …
Federal labor officials have issued 10 safety citations at Tyson Foods’ plant in Jefferson. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration says the citations resulted from an inspection conducted in October. The agency says nine of the citations resulted from …
Kansas City parks officials say thieves and vandals have caused $85,000 damage to two of the city’s most well-known fountains. The Kansas City Star reports that thieves took $25,000 in lights from the JC Nichols Memorial Fountain on the County …
The families of two Colorado residents killed while camping in Utah have filed a lawsuit against the company that made the products blamed for the deaths. Steven Dowdy, 28, of Clifton, Colo., and 10-year-old Darian Thomlinson, of Grand Junction, Colo., …