The estate of a Lexington homicide victim is suing the city police, claiming wrongful death. Umi Southworth died a year ago and authorities charged her husband with murder. In a lawsuit filed Friday by Fayette County Public Administrator Dennis A. …
Chrysler Group LLC has recalled 11,351 vehicles for a possible missing or incorrectly installed steering column part that could result in loss of steering capability. Some of the 2011 model-year vehicles were built with a missing or incorrectly installed steering …
New York City paid nearly $521 million in personal injury and property damage claims in 2010 — marking the first time in 30 years the police department’s liabilities topped those of public hospitals, according to a city comptroller’s report issued …
A New Jersey fishing boat owner is charged in a botched attempt to sink his vessel to collect insurance money. A federal indictment unsealed Wednesday charges 38-year-old Scott Tran of Cherry Hill, and three other men. Authorities say Tran wanted …
Prosecutors are telling jurors that although there were regulatory shortcomings, three construction company supervisors’ actions are to blame for two firefighters’ deaths at a condemned ground zero building. Prosecutors began their summation Wednesday in the manslaughter trial stemming from the …
Progress is reported on the Horseshoe Two wildfire in southeastern Arizona. The fire is 60 percent contained. However the Forest Service says the burned acreage number has risen to more than 184,000, or 287 square miles. Fire crews are expected …
A fire at a southern Louisiana chemical plant was being allowed to burn down Wednesday before firefighters approached to put it out and investigators went inside to search for a cause. Tuesday afternoon’s explosion and fire at the Multi-Chem Corp. …
Big aftershocks are still shaking the earthquake-weary city of Christchurch, New Zealand, and raising fears of worse to come. A pair of aftershocks woke many residents about 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, with the larger measuring magnitude-5.0. A smaller cluster hit in …
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited two companies for a fatal accident at a plant construction site in Chippewa Falls. OSHA issued what it calls a “serious” citation, in which it’s likely the companies knew or should have …
Officials say two people were injured when a deck collapsed during a birthday party on Cape Cod. Capt. Richard Sargent of the Centerville-Osterville-Marstons Mills Fire Department says one adult and one child suffered injuries that were believed to be non-life-threatening …