Extreme fire danger brought on by ongoing drought prompted New Mexico’s land commissioner to immediately ban fireworks, smoking and open fires on state trust lands. Commissioner Ray Powell says the severe drought conditions can lead to catastrophic wildfires when combined …
Mexico’s largest big-city forest park has been devastated by a fire that officials say was set by squatters seeking to take over land and has been worsened by armed gangs trying to scare off firefighting brigades. The huge forest fire …
Mold may force some workers out of the Union Gap City Hall in Washington state. Officials are making moving and clean-up plans. Fire Chief Chris Jensen told The Yakima Herald-Republic mold has been a problem since last summer, with some …
The FBI says bank robberies are on the rise in South Florida and this year may surpass the totals for each of the past two years. The FBI’s Miami field office says there were 49 bank heists between Oct. 1 …
The 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is projected to be less active than in recent years with 11 tropical storms, six of which will intensify into hurricanes, U.S. private forecaster Weather Services International said on Wednesday. Two of the six hurricanes …
Investigators have been unable to determine the cause of a six-alarm fire at a Marlborough, Mass., condominium complex this week but say there is no indication of arson. The blaze Monday morning at the Lake Williams condo complex displaced more …
The National Transportation Safety Board says crew fatigue is the probable cause of a deadly train collision in southwest Iowa. A Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal train slammed into a standing BNSF train near Red Oak on April 17, 2011. …
Joshua Barry knows that wipeouts are inevitable when children are climbing and sliding on outdoor play sets. So he placed shredded rubber under and around the climbing toys his two children use in the backyard of their Aurora, Ohio, home. …
Police say thieves rammed a stolen U-Haul truck through the front of an Atlanta, Ga., beauty supply store and made off with a box of hair weaves, the latest in a series of such crimes. Police say the store’s glass …
The owners and operators of the Cosco Busan container ship that leaked thousands of gallons of oil into San Francisco Bay in 2007 are suing pharmacists who they say dispensed drugs to the ship’s pilot. Regal Stone Ltd., owner of …