The operator of Amtrak’s Downeaster says the Boston-to-Portland service is safe, despite the most serious accident in the nine-year history of the service. On Monday, a truck driver was killed after his rig hauling garbage skidded into the path of …
Authorities say an 81-year-old Fort Dodge man died after he lost control of his pickup truck and hit the back of a parked excavator in a construction zone in Fort Dodge. The Iowa State Patrol says Gene Peterson was killed …
A man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for setting fire to his home and an attached business in rural western Pennsylvania. Fifty-six-year-old William Russell, of Waterman, was sentenced Monday by a federal judge in Pittsburgh. He …
The owner of a downtown Oakland residential hotel has pleaded guilty to trying to hire someone to burn the building down. Forty-four-year-old Richard Earl Singer is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 31 after entering the plea in federal court …
A Home Depot store in Chicago was cited for alleged safety violations, including failing to remove damaged equipment from service by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The company faces proposed penalties of $55,000. Two repeat citations, with proposed …
A St. Louis man has been ordered to serve four years and nine months in federal prison for an identity-theft operation authorities say was helped by a worker at a southwestern Illinois restaurant. Thirty-one-year-old Miltiano Johnson also was ordered to …
Thousands of thrill-seekers ran with the bulls on a crowded fourth day at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona on Sunday. Ten people were injured but no one was gored. Several runners tripped, fell and were trampled as crowds raced …
The Vigo County Sheriff’s Department plans to increase enforcement in an area near a western Indiana creek where a rail trestle has proven popular for young people who like to jump into the creek. At least three people have been …
Insurance agents in states along the swollen Missouri River basin say federal officials are causing widespread confusion among property owners by pushing the sale of flood insurance policies that might not cover damage from the river flooding that began this …
Flooding and flowing mud and debris have damaged homes in an area south of Sierra Vista that had been hit by a major fire in recent weeks. Cochise County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Carol Capas says the flooding Sunday in Miller Canyon …