A fire at a vacant Providence duplex is being investigated as a probable arson. Deputy Assistant Chief Paul Thomas tells the Providence Journal that it appears some neighborhood children got into the building and started the fire, which was reported …
Authorities and witnesses say an Amtrak train smashed into a tractor-trailer in Maine, causing an explosion that set both on fire and sent flames more than three stories high. Steve McCausland from the Maine Department of Public Safety says the …
A jilted professional football player has filed a lawsuit to compel the safe return of the $76,000 engagement ring he offered in a marriage proposal-by-mail. An insurance company investigation determined the bauble was in the possession of the wide receiver’s …
The Oklahoma Insurance Department’s Consumer Assistance Division recovered $2.6 million in benefits for Oklahomans during the first half of the year, Commissioner John Doak announced today. “Insurance can be a complex and sometimes confusing product,” Doak said. “Often people do …
Lone Star Bakery Inc. received citations for 18 serious and three repeat safety and health violations at Plant 2 of the company’s facility on U.S. Highway 87 East in China Grove, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). …
Fire officials say an explosion at a door manufacturer in central Wisconsin scattered debris a half mile away, but the timing of the incident prevented any serious injuries. A large pressurized vessel at Marshfield Door Systems exploded Monday about 3:20 …
Gov. Mark Dayton has declared a state of emergency in 16 counties because of extensive damage from the July 1 storms. The storm system spawned supercell thunderstorms and tornadoes as it moved from southwestern Minnesota northeast across the state and …
Illinois taxpayers will have to pay more than $128,000 because a state employee didn’t get the telephone headset she asked for, according to a published report Sunday. The Belleville News-Democrat, citing workers’ compensation records, reported a prison finance clerk had …
A small fire above the stage forced pop star Rihanna to cut her Dallas concert short. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports the fire broke out near a lighting truss as Rihanna was finishing the ballad “California King Bed” and descending …
A fire investigator estimates there’s at least $150,000 in damage from more than a dozen fires that broke out in one central Ohio community within a couple of hours. The first fire was reported in a garage shortly before 1 …