A National Weather Service storm survey team has confirmed that at least four tornadoes struck rural areas south and east of Dallas and Fort Worth on April 11. A line of savage thunderstorms packing damaging winds and spawning the tornadoes …
A Newport County Superior Court jury yesterday found the state of Rhode Island is not liable in the personal injury case of a man who became a quadriplegic after he fell from Newport’s famed Cliff Walk while on his honeymoon. …
U.S. authorities claimed one of their biggest victories against cyber crime as they shut down a ring they said used malicious software to take control of more than 2 million PCs around the world, and may have led to theft …
A fire that burned an estimated 1,500 to 2,000 acres at the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in southwestern Oklahoma has been put out. Comanche County Emergency Services manager Clint Wagstaff said Wednesday morning that firefighters extinguished the blaze about 1 …
A Superior Court judge has ruled that a sexual harassment case against Delaware State Police may proceed. State officials wanted to quash the lawsuit by state police secretary Diana L. Miller but Judge Jerome O. Herlihy rejected their arguments. But …
After staying home Monday and Tuesday, students at Trillium Charter School in Portland are returning to class. The Oregonian reports the K-12 school with 360 students had to cancel two days this week because insurers dropped property, liability and workers’ …
The costs of rebuilding a vital water pipeline damaged after a wildfire on the outskirts of Flagstaff last year are soaring. The pipeline first constructed in 1890 brings the city about 20 percent of its water during the summer. It …
Missouri is one of 11 states taking part in a regional earthquake preparedness drill later this month. The “Great Central U.S. Shakeout” exercise is planned April 28 at 10:15 a.m. At that moment, participants will drop to the ground, take …
Small business owners and laborers forced to leave their homes and jobs because of radiation leaking from Japan’s tsunami-flooded nuclear plant rode a bus all the way to Tokyo on Wednesday to demand compensation from the plant’s operator. People are …
West Virginia says it has issued seven citations to the operator of a Wyoming County mine in connection with the industry’s first fatality of 2011. The Office of Miners’ Health Safety and Training says it also cited two individuals in …