A fire that broke out in Robert De Niro’s Manhattan apartment has been extinguished. A Fire Department spokesman said no residents were injured in the Friday afternoon fire on Central Park West. The fire was contained within an hour, and …
A rare, quarter-mile-wide tornado cut a swath across mainly open country in southeastern Wyoming, ripping off roofs and shingles, destroying outbuildings and derailing empty train cars. The twister, which carried winds of up to 135 mph, was part of a …
A southwest Missouri newspaper is suing a school district for not disclosing how much money the district paid to the family of a middle school girl who claimed her school ignored allegations she had been repeatedly raped by a fellow …
A Minnesota widow is taking the National Rifle Association to court over its denial of her husband’s death benefit. John Balk bought a life insurance policy from the NRA 10 months before he died in a tractor rollover accident on …
Lindsay Lohan emerged uninjured from a collision with a dump truck on a coastal highway near Los Angeles, Calif., on Friday, returning to the set of her new movie hours after the accident left her sports car crumpled. Santa Monica …
El Dorado Chemical says it will soon resume operations after last month’s explosion at its plant in south Arkansas. No one was hurt in the May 15 blast at the plant, which produces chemicals for farming and industrial uses. The …
Nigeria saw its worst air crash in nearly two decades when a passenger airliner slammed into a densely-populated neighborhood in the country’s largest city, killing 153 on the plane and more on the ground, despite efforts in recent years to …
An elderly California couple are suing the landowner of a Waikiki, Hawaii, outdoor bazaar, claiming they were injured when a branch from a large banyan tree fell on them. Attorneys for the Rancho Palos Verdes couple filed the lawsuit Thursday …
Manchester, Conn., police are investigating the theft of an American flag from a man in a chicken suit. The Hartford Courant reports that Eric Didio was waving the flag and dancing outside a newly renovated Boston Market restaurant Wednesday as …
A Maine man recently convicted of federal gun charges has pleaded no contest in state court to insurance fraud charges for burning down his house. Joseph T. Smith of Township 6 pleaded no contest Wednesday to a charge of theft …