Better-designed, safer vehicles have contributed to an overall decline in crashes, deaths and injuries on U.S. roadways. In fact, design improvements between model year 2000 and model year 2008 cars helped save 2,000 lives and prevented one million occupant injuries …
An outdoor glass exhibit in Dallas by famed artist Chihuly has been damaged in storms packing hail the size of baseballs. Dallas Arboretum officials say several pieces of Chihuly artwork suffered minor damage Wednesday night. Arboretum crews gently picked up …
Three families have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service alleging an August 2010 prescribed burn got out of control near Lincoln, causing the “total destruction” of their property. The Independent Record reports Darrell and Linda Holmquist, Randy and …
Thousands of people are flocking to see a Japanese dock that was torn loose by last year’s tsunami and ended up on an Oregon beach. But it won’t stay a tourist attraction for long. Some local residents and callers to …
Florida’s state-backed homeowners insurer has reached into the private sector for its new president, selecting an experienced insurance executive and consultant. The Citizens Property Insurance Corp. board of governors yesterday unanimously selected Barry J. Gilway as president to lead the …
A former BP Plc engineer who is the first individual to face criminal charges related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill has been scheduled to face a jury trial on Feb. 25, a U.S. federal judge decided. Kurt …
Attorneys for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay, Wis., want a new trial in a civil lawsuit won by two victims of clergy sex abuse. A jury last month awarded $700,000 to brothers Todd and Troy Merryfield in the …
Investigators are offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest in a suspicious fire that destroyed a home under renovation in Worcester, Mass., and left three others uninhabitable. The four-alarm blaze first reported at about 4 a.m. …
The University of Louisiana at Monroe’s George T. Walker Hall will be closed until at least early next year as a result of damage sustained from a Tuesday fire. The News-Star reports nobody was injured in the two-alarm fire that …
A misaligned switch leading into an Iowa rail yard caused a freight train to slam into some empty train cars, killing the conductor and engineer, the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday. The collision happened about 2 a.m. on July …