Felony insurance fraud charges have been filed against two people accused of staging a traffic accident in eastern Indiana that led to two women being flown by helicopter to hospitals. Katie Rene Johnson, 19, of Hartford City, and Matthew L. …
Several wrong-way auto accidents in northern Ohio, including a crash that killed three sorority sisters, have led the state’s highway department to put up new signs designed to prevent drivers from going the wrong way. The signs are going up …
A Kentucky judge-executive is asking a federal judge to stop the closure of county fire stations in Bell County, Ky. Claiming lack of funding, the Bell County Fire Department Inc. is closing their stations in Clear Creek and Brownies Creek …
President Barack Obama has approved a disaster declaration for five Oklahoma counties following severe storms, tornadoes and flooding between April 28 and May 1. Thursday’s declaration means federal aid is available to supplement state and local recovery efforts in Alfalfa, …
More than 50,000 Texas City residents have joined a class-action suit against BP PLC, alleging they got sick in 2010 from a 41-day emissions release from a refinery that was the scene of a deadly explosion. Texas has also sued …
Michigan officials have found that the collapse of a 250-foot crane at the Kent County jail in February was caused by operator error. The Grand Rapids Press and WOOD-TV report Friday the Michigan Occupational Safety Health Administration also proposed a …
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is urging motorcyclists not to wear the 5X5 brand, SA-08 model motorcycle helmet because it fails to meet federal head protection requirements. Officials said as many as 14,000 of the helmets were imported and …
British authorities on Thursday unveiled an ambitious plan to log details about every Web visit, email, phone call or text message in the U.K. – and in a sharply-worded editorial the nation’s top law enforcement official accused those worried about …
Live music at Saturday’s Taste of Tippecanoe will have a different look. In February, with the memory of the 2011 Indiana State Fair disaster still weighing on the minds of all Hoosiers, lawmakers passed an outdoor temporary staging safety law. …
Authorities in New London, Conn., have closed off part of Bank Street because of falling glass from a building. The Day of New London reports several panes of glass fell four stories Wednesday night, crashing down near two pedestrians. The …