Dallas officials say a teenager has died and more than two dozen others at a music festival were treated at hospitals for drug, alcohol and heat-related problems. All were attending the Electric Daisy Carnival at Fair Park. Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman …
About 30,000 bunk beds have been recalled because of the threat of children becoming entrapped in the bed, a federal consumer agency said Thursday. A 3-year-old Iowa boy died after such a mishap in March 2010. Big Lots of Columbus, …
Volunteer fire departments looking to offset anticipated increases in their workers’ compensation insurance premiums can turn to a website launched by the state auditor’s office. Auditor Glen Gainer’s office was tasked by the Legislature with developing a program to provide …
Monsoon flooding has covered low-lying areas of Bangladesh’s vast southern coast along the Bay of Bengal, marooning thousands of people. The United News of Bangladesh agency reported Friday that incessant rains triggered by a monsoon depression have damaged several flood …
A North Dakota State University architecture graduate’s flood-fighting experience has inspired him to design a house capable of withstanding high water. Alex Gore said he started thinking about the elevated house concept after the 2006 flood and decided to finalize …
Corvallis, Ore. firefighters rescued a construction worker who suffered an electrical shock when he was trapped in a motorized lift that came in contact with an overhead power line. Corvallis Fire Department spokesman Jim Patton says Pacific Power was called …
Federal prosecutors said Friday that they have charged 32 South Texas residents with bilking insurer Aflac out of $3 million over a decade by faking a variety of minor injuries – including burning an arm while making tortillas and injuring …
The FBI says it has launched a nationwide manhunt for a man who is accused of defrauding the state and private insurance companies out of $25 million. Dr. Gautum Gupta owns and operates several Nutrition Clinic locations in the Chicago …
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Monday in the largest sex-discrimination lawsuit in history, saying class-action status for female employees seeking billions of dollars had been improperly granted. The justices overturned a U.S. appeals court ruling …
A southern New Jersey amusement park Ferris wheel from which an 11-year-old girl fell to her death this month is back in service with new safety precautions. The attraction at Morey’s Piers in Wildwood reopened early Saturday afternoon. Morey’s has …