Police in California say a man who was denied entry into an Oakland nightclub opened fire with an assault rifle, killing two and wounding four others. Authorities are searching for the suspects in the shooting, which happened shortly before 1 …
Part of a bridge that was being torn down in Fort Dodge has collapsed, injuring two workers. Fort Dodge Fire Chief David Luers says the workers were beginning to remove part of the deck on the U.S. Highway 169 bridge …
Oklahoma will spend $30 million to create a unified, online system to manage court cases statewide. The state now has two online systems, with 13 counties using one system and the other 64 using a different system. The new system …
Derrick Dwayne Hood, of Waxhaw, North Carolina has been arrested and charged with insurance fraud and obtaining property by false pretenses, according to state officials. Department of Insurance criminal investigators allege that Hood falsely reported his vehicle stolen in June …
Accountants at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are recommending that medium-size public companies should not be exempted from a key auditing provision in the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act, saying the benefits to investors outweigh the cost. In a new study …
Nissan Motor Co Ltd recalled nearly 271,000 older-model Pathfinder and Infiniti QX4 SUVs in North America due to the chance that road salt and water could collect to cause a loss of steering, U.S. safety regulators said. Affected in the …
The St. Louis area’s most powerful tornado in 44 years rips into an airport and through a densely populated suburban area, destroying up to 100 homes, shattering hundreds of panes of glass at the main terminal and blowing a shuttle …
A Webster Parish volunteer firefighter has been arrested in connection with two structure fires in Doyline. Officials say 31-year-old Brandon Martin faces one count each of aggravated arson for damage to an apartment complex and simple arson for a blaze …
A rural health educator in east-central Illinois has launched a program to help improve farm safety. The program involves creating detailed, computer-generated maps of farms that show things like power-turnoffs, fuel tanks and chemical containers. The maps are placed in …
Two historic hotel buildings in downtown Seminole have been destroyed by fire. Seminole emergency manager Ernest Willis says a blaze began about 11:15 p.m. Saturday in the Grisso building and then spread to the Worth building next door. Fire Chief …