A transgender woman has received a $55,000 settlement from the California Department of Motor Vehicles and a former clerk who sent the woman a harassing letter at home after helping her obtain a new driver’s license. San Francisco resident Amber …
Nathan Byrd was known as a daredevil, a wiry stagehand who would take on jobs no one else wanted. But one thing scared him: the quality of the canvas roof covering the stage at the Indiana State Fair. “He said …
Authorities say an employee with Lincoln Public Schools in Nebraska has been arrested for allegedly setting a fire that destroyed the district’s office building. The Lincoln Journal Star says Sharon Brewster was booked in the Lancaster County jail on Monday …
Officials say a landscape worker and a crane operator in South Florida both survived separate lightning strikes just hours apart. Davie Fire Rescue reports that a man was weeding near a chain-link fence at Indian Ridge Middle School Monday afternoon …
A federal judge has sentenced a former Wells Fargo Third Party Administrators employee to six months in prison for fabricating insurance claims for corporate clients. Pamela Carpenter, of Charleston, had pleaded guilty to wire-fraud charges stemming from her creating 28 …
The Texas Rangers fan killed last month when he fell from the stands at Rangers Ballpark while reaching for a ball will be remembered with a bronze statue at the Arlington stadium. The Rangers announced Monday the statue will depict …
Twenty people, including nine children, were taken to Sacramento-area hospitals Monday after a high concentration of chlorine was released into the wave pool at Raging Waters, a private water park at the state fairgrounds in Sacramento. At least two of …
Highway workers are starting a two-week project to clear trees and vegetation that can block visibility at three Interstate 20 interchanges in the Midlands. The South Carolina Department of Transportation said crews will begin the “Vegetation Control for Safety” program …
A man who said a Knights of Columbus youth leader sexually abused him decades ago filed a lawsuit past a statute of limitations deadline, a judge ruled. U.S. District Judge Stefan Underhill in Bridgeport last week dismissed the lawsuit against …
Casino company MGM Resorts International is seeking county approval to demolish the defective Harmon hotel tower on the Las Vegas Strip, concluding it’s not worth the time, money or effort to salvage the building and open. Responding to calls from …