As many as one in four trucks driving in northwestern North Dakota’s booming oil country are unsafe enough to be put out of service, an inspection effort shows. The state Highway Patrol and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration recently …
A downtown Joplin, Mo., building exploded and burst into flames early Tuesday. The Joplin Fire Department says no injuries were reported after the fire at the Wholesale Auto Paint Store. The two-story building was unoccupied when the explosion occurred about …
The Federal Emergency Management Agency says residents in Franklin and Johnson counties whose property was damaged by tornadoes or severe storms that struck May 24 through May 26 have two weeks left to seek government disaster assistance. FEMA officials said …
Every property owner in North Carolina has a financial stake in the damage risk posed by Hurricane Irene, which could become the first to hit the state since a new method of paying for coastal storm damage allowed for reaching …
A fire that destroyed a landmark bar and restaurant south of Hoover Dam has been traced to a faulty circuit breaker. Golden Valley fire marshal Randy Osborn said Tuesday that the blaze at Rosie’s Den started in the basement and …
What if it should happen again? A decade after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, could any of the nation’s 21,000 high-rises withstand an attack like those that caused New York’s twin towers to collapse? Could the thousands of people inside …
Baltimore, Md., residents can get free smoke alarms by calling 311. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced the smoke alarm distribution initiative with fire officials on Monday. By calling 311, residents can request an alarm, which be installed by a company sent …
Federal bank regulators have sued 17 former directors and officers of Silverton Bank, accusing them of gross negligence and corporate waste. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. accuses the Atlanta bank in the lawsuit filed Monday of slipshod lending practices and …
A federal appeals court has reinstated a wrongful death lawsuit against a Madera police officer who authorities say mistakenly pulled out her handgun instead of her Taser before shooting a suspect in her patrol car. Monday’s decision by the Ninth …
Vermont’s largest hospital has acknowledged errors were made in the treatment of a 20-year-old Burlington man who had been hit by a car in his wheelchair, but was released from the hospital and died hours later. An autopsy determined Zachary …