Federal safety regulators are investigating complaints about engine stalling in some Chrysler 200 midsize sedans. The probe includes about 87,000 of the cars from the 2011 model year that have 3.6-liter V-6 engines. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says …
A Hamilton County, Tenn., woman has been awarded $9.25 million in damages after she was injured by a drunk driver in 2008. In a phone interview Thursday with The Chattanooga Times Free Press, Jessica Volz said she doesn’t think she’ll …
A Los Angeles jury has awarded $8.5 million to a woman who was fired from a Wilmington refinery after being injured on the job. City News Service says the jury ruled Thursday in favor of Michele Daniel. Daniel began working …
Engine fires are forcing General Motors to recall the Chevy Cruze, a popular model that has helped GM win back small-car buyers. The recall covers 475,000 vehicles made in the U.S. from September of 2010 through May of 2012. It’s …
Lincoln Public Schools, in Nebraska, has agreed to pay a former middle school student and his parents $30,000 after a classroom stunt left the student with a broken wrist. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that the settlement comes in a …
A federal appeals court says an insurance company doesn’t have to pay $1.75 million in damages as part of a settlement involving privately owned juvenile detention facilities in northeastern Pennsylvania. Travelers Property Casualty Co. claimed it was free from paying …
As far as Earl Ingebright is concerned, the old cedar house is one of a kind. He marvels at the structure, which was built upon tree stumps entirely from hand-hewn cedar. The small house is sliding off its meager foundation, …
A worker is dead after the wall of a trench collapsed at a New York City construction site. The accident happened shortly before 11 a.m. Thursday on Staten Island. Police say the 29-year-old worker sustained severe head trauma when he …
A man imprisoned for setting fire to his Marquette, Wis., tavern has filed a new appeal. Joseph Awe is serving a three-year term for setting fire to JJ’s Pub in Harrisville in 2006. In his appeal motion, Awe says investigators …
An Indonesian air force plane slammed into a military housing complex and ignited a huge fireball Thursday while trying to land in Jakarta, killing all seven people aboard as well as two toddlers and their nanny in a home. The …