North Carolina braced Friday for a direct hit from Hurricane Irene, cities along the U.S. east coast were on alert and millions of beach goers cut short vacations to escape the powerful storm. With more than 50 million people potentially …
Nearly $41 million in assistance has been approved to Kentucky residents affected by severe storms, tornadoes and flooding this spring by federal and state agencies. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved more than $7.7 million in individual housing assistance …
A 74-year-old woman who said she was injured after falling in a Costco store in Florida beat back the retailer’s effort to move the case to that state because it was too much trouble to defend itself in New York. …
The U.S. Labor Department has cited New Iberia-based Estis Well Service LLC for alleged safety violations stemming from the death of a worker near Bayou Sorrel. The department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Tuesday that it has proposed more …
Police say they are searching for thieves who smashed through a glass door and grabbed hair extensions valued at $50,000 from a store in south Atlanta. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports police say surveillance video shows three masked men struck the …
Authorities in Broward County are looking for three gunmen who took about $1 million in jewelry and cash from a Hollywood jewelry store. Hollywood police said Wednesday the three suspects fled in a black, newer model SUV driven by a …
A Pittsburgh police officer already disciplined for his conduct during an off-duty vehicle crash has been put on paid leave after county prosecutors charged him with insurance fraud in the same incident. The Associated Press could not immediately locate a …
Fire officials in Georgia, Vt., say a crane tipped over and its boom went right through the roof of a market next door. Elwin Sweeney, of the Georgia Volunteer Fire Department, tells WCAX-TV the crane fell into Georgia Market on …
Federal charges have been filed against two cousins accused of accidentally causing the largest forest fire in Arizona’s history by leaving a campfire unattended. The U.S. attorney’s office on Wednesday announced the charges against Caleb Joshua Malboeuf, 26, of Benson …
Southern Colorado residents assessed damage to homes and businesses Wednesday from a magnitude-5.3 quake, the state’s biggest since 1967, as officials warned that minor aftershocks were expected for weeks. In the former coal town of Valdez, Dean Moltrer, co-owner of …