“In recent decades, population growth and scarcity of undeveloped metropolitan land have changed urban land use patterns and placed an increasing number of people and infrastructure in areas susceptible to topographic effects during earthquakes,” said Adrian Rodriguez-Marek, associate professor of …
A giant saltwater crocodile named Elvis with an apparent affinity for household machinery charged at an Australian reptile park worker Wednesday before stealing his lawn mower. Tim Faulkner, operations manager at the Australian Reptile Park, north of Sydney, was one …
A long-awaited government report said design flaws and sloppy management caused a bullet train crash in July that killed 40 people and triggered a public outcry over the dangers of China’s showcase transportation system. A former railway minister was among …
Officials say fast-moving mudflows streaming from the mouth of a volcano in eastern Indonesia have killed four villagers. About 1,000 others have fled their homes. Mount Gamalama, located in the Molucca Islands, sprang back to life this month with a …
Human error is being blamed for a water main break that damaged several homes and vehicles in a South San Francisco neighborhood. The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission said on Tuesday that an engineer failed to properly design the water …
Authorities were investigating the death of a skydiver who died after a jump in Perris – the sixth skydiving fatality at the popular Southern California locale in the past 15 months. Firefighters were called to Perris Valley Skydiving Tuesday afternoon …
A fatal accident on a train trestle in Amherst County, Va., hasn’t deterred people from trespassing on railroad tracks. Lynchburg dispatchers received five track trespassing calls just a few weeks after a Liberty University student was hit and killed by …
Michigan authorities have announced the recall of two cheese products of Green Cedar Dairy in Dearborn because of possible contamination with Listeria bacteria and say they know of two people becoming infected. The state Department of Agriculture says the recall …
A former executive at a Santa Fe, N.M., hospital has been accused of bilking the care center out of more than $3 million by funneling the money through corporations that he owned in New Mexico, Arizona and Texas that were …
Fire officials say ashes left in a paper bag sparked a fire that damaged a Burlington home. A construction worker spotted the flames coming from the back porch of the home on Caroline Street Tuesday morning and knocked on the …