More than 2,000 people have evacuated homes as a tropical storm causes flooding in Taiwan. Tropical storm Talim was disrupting air and rail traffic Wednesday. Landslides buried a section of highway. Television reports say seawater rushed through a broken dike …
A construction worker fell to death his while helping to dismantle the abandoned Kern Power Plant in California. State occupational safety investigators are investigating the accident, which occurred shortly after 9 a.m. Tuesday. The 51-year-old died two hours later. The …
Bel Air Lighting Inc. is voluntarily recalling about 99,700 outdoor wall-mount lanterns due to a dangerous wiring system, the company and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Tuesday. An electrical short circuit can occur in the wiring of the …
Federal prosecutors say a Logan County, W.Va., woman has admitted her role in starting an apartment fire in exchange for cash from someone who filed an insurance claim. U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin says 46-year-old Kimberly D. Kinder of Chapmanville pleaded …
Officials in Nashville, Tenn., say a gas explosion at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center caused the evacuation of more than 5,000 guests overnight, but no injuries were reported. Capt. Ken Walburn of the Nashville Fire Department says the …
Public safety officials say Maine’s crime rate rose by more than 5 percent last year, the largest increase since 1975. Public Safety Commissioner John Morris said Tuesday that every crime category experienced an increase in 2011 except for robberies, which …
A Magdalena, N.M., couple upset by errant foul balls coming from a field near their home is taking their complaint to court. The El Defensor Chieftain reports Thomas and Eleanor Key are suing the Magdalena Municipal School Board over foul …
Shasta County, Calif., has agreed to pay $855,600 to settle a lawsuit that accused former District Attorney Jerry Benito of defaming another county employee. The Redding Record-Searchlight reports the settlement reached Friday ends a legal fight that began about seven …
Gov. Nathan Deal has announced that Georgia’s largest writer of homeowners policies will bring 500 jobs to a new operations center in metro Atlanta. Deal made the announcement Friday that the jobs for State Farm will be located at the …
A New York man has sued a unit of Adidas AG, claiming he was duped about the potential fitness benefits of a line of shoes designed to mimic the effect of running barefoot. In a class action lawsuit filed in …