A Ku Klux Klan group wants to join Georgia’s “Adopt-A-Highway” program for litter removal, which could force state officials to face a legal fight or end the program. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that an application has been filed by the …
Iowa City’s insurance may not cover the damage done in the landfill fire that’s been burning since May 26. At least two insurance experts told The Gazette that the city could be on the hook for the estimated $4 million …
PBS Hawaii is reopening a newly restored television studio that was damaged in a fire seven months ago. Kahu Kawika Kahiapo, a PBS Hawaii Board Member and Na Hoku Hanohano Award-winning musical artist, will be blessing the studio on Monday. …
A federal judge on Monday denied BP Plc access to 21 emails and other documents sent among White House and other U.S. officials related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, citing the government’s need to keep them confidential. …
Chrysler is adding more than 137,000 Jeep Liberty SUVs to a safety recall. The National Highway Traffic Safety administration says on its website that lower control arms in the rear suspension can rust and break, possibly causing a crash. The …
Aurora, Colo., police say 10 people were injured when a car crashed into a restaurant. The accident occurred Sunday evening when the driver apparently hit the gas instead of the brakes. Eight of the 10 people who were injured were …
An accident at a Texas golf course has left a man and his son hurt after their golf cart went off a bridge and fell about 30 feet. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says the accident happened late Sunday the …
The clean-up after a tornado that touched down near Peletier, N.C., continues with the state Department Transportation Department clearing tree limbs and other vegetative debris. The Daily News of Jacksonville reported that the DOT will work Monday in the Little …
Snohomish County, Wash., is preparing a safety overhaul of a steep stretch of road where a car crash last fall killed a Marysville teenager and seriously injured two others. Some of the same the fixes planned for are the subject …
When the National Hurricane Center’s new director was growing up on the Florida and Texas coasts, tropical storms frightened him. Decades later, Rick Knabb understands storms better, but he still doesn’t like them. “I’m still very scared of hurricanes,” says …