With weather forecasters issuing severe weather alerts for Texas as a slow moving cold front rolls across the state, many Texans may be reminded of the natural forces in 2011 that destroyed lives and property in all corners of the …
Police say a western Pennsylvania man attempted to steal several hundred feet of railroad track to sell as scrap metal. The Beaver County Times reports Saturday that 30-year-old Raymond Blaze Lambing was using cutting torches, a Bobcat tractor and a …
A St. Louis, Mo., woman is suing the rap group Bones Thugs-n-Harmony and one of its members for injuries she claims were inflicted by a swinging microphone at a Columbia concert. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that Allison Dees of …
A California auto thief who boasts 1,000 heists in less than a year has been placed on probation rather than serve jail time for the crime spree. The Fresno judge blames the California prison’s realignment program for his decision to …
A Gwinnett County, Ga., jury has awarded $2.3 million in damages after a judge determined that Kroger destroyed and manipulated key video evidence involving an injured customer. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that 49-year-old Craig Walters said he slipped on crushed …
A section of floor collapsed Friday at the construction site of a new casino, sending workers tumbling 30 feet to the ground and leaving about a dozen with minor injuries. The collapse comes on the heels of a similar accident …
AB Abatement, Inc. of Midland, Texas, pled guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges, according to Austin-based Texas Mutual Insurance Company. Vanco Insulation, Inc., owned by Robert Crow of Midland, obtained workers’ compensation coverage through Texas Mutual from April 2003 to …
Gov. Pat Quinn has appointed a new director of the Illinois Department of Insurance. Andrew Boron is returning to state government after working as a liaison to the state’s insurance department for an insurance company. Before that, he was deputy …
Six University of Iowa pianos moved to rented space in 2008 to avoid floodwaters have sustained heavy water damage from a leaky toilet and sink pipe at the building where they’d been moved. University spokesman Tom Moore told the Iowa …
A fire at a Lincoln, Neb., Bed Bath & Beyond store is being called suspicious. Firefighters were called to the store early Saturday morning, before it opened. There was a report of flames in the store’s entryway but the store’s …