The family of a little girl killed when her family’s van was hit by a vehicle driven by a Santa Fe, N.M., surgeon suspected of driving drunk has filed a wrongful death suit against the doctor and her insurance company. …
Detroit’s fire boss suggests his department could adjust to a looming 15 percent budget cut by letting some abandoned buildings burn to the ground and using firefighters and even Navy Seabees to demolish vacant structures. Executive Fire Commissioner Donald Austin …
The children of an Ogden, Utah, couple who were killed when a bread truck crashed into their vehicle in 2010 are suing the driver and three companies. The family of Maria Quintero and Agustin Rios is seeking at least $300,000 …
A northern New Jersey bounty hunter has admitted to being part of a scheme to file false documents to earn higher fees for rounding up fugitives. Trevor Williams pleaded guilty Friday to fabricating physical evidence and hindering apprehension. He faces …
Authorities say at least four north Phoenix, Ariz., bagel shop workers have been sickened by carbon monoxide that apparently built up in the shop’s kitchen. Capt. Dorian Jackson of the Phoenix Fire Department says two workers went home sick Saturday …
The dome of the Rhode Island capitol is going orange for a week to remind motorists of the importance of slowing down in construction zones. The state Department of Transportation and AAA Southern New England are teaming up to illuminate …
A Costa Rican company has agreed to plead guilty to a $670 million global insurance fraud scheme. Provident Capital Indemnity Ltd. entered a plea agreement Friday in U.S. District Court in Richmond, where its majority owner and president is scheduled …
The wife of a former Minnesota Vikings tight end has admitted being behind the wheel of her husband’s sport-utility vehicle last August when it struck a man on a highway exit ramp, killing him. But much of what happened that …
A licensed massage therapist, a physician’s assistant and 14 patients at a massage clinic in Miami have been arrested in an undercover insurance fraud investigation. Judith Gonzalez is accused of billing insurance companies nearly $250,000 in fraudulent claims and coaching …
A fire that spread from a truck to a car next to it stunned people at a Vermont shopping center, but no one was injured. Firefighters tell WCAX-TV in Burlington that a truck caught fire in the Price Chopper parking …