Police say they’re perplexed about how to handle a pet cougar accused of biting an Ohio social services worker because it appears the owner didn’t act illegally and the state’s new exotic animal law doesn’t take effect until fall. The …
Peoria, Ariz., police say thieves have stolen about two-dozen vehicle batteries and damaged a dozen buses at the Peoria Unified School District’s Support Service Center. The Arizona Republic says the theft and damage total about $8,500. The district and its …
Authorities say the cause of a January fire that destroyed four buildings in Kensett, Ark., has been ruled undetermined. Arkansas State Police investigator Arthur Raff says the fire started in a beauty salon but authorities have been unable to determine …
Investigators say a man arrested in a Houston fire captured on security video has claimed responsibility for more than a dozen blazes. Harris County Jail records 25-year-old show Jacob Colby Garvin was held Wednesday on arson and criminal mischief charges. …
Maria Scarangella has been named assistant vice president and will oversee underwriting operations in GEICO’s Tucson office, responsible for the states of Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Washington. Scarangella previously served as sales director in the company’s San …
Gov. Lincoln Chafee has vetoed several pieces of legislation, including one that would have allowed doctors and other medical professionals to issue temporary handicapped parking passes. Chafee says the bill included no oversight and could have resulted in abuse that …
Indiana officials are working to formalize regulations for tornado sirens, but some counties could decide not to install them. The regulations being finalized by the Indiana Department of Homeland Security allow each county to decide whether it needs sirens. Indianapolis …
An Arkansas woman was sentenced to three years in prison for stealing valuables from a Duquesne home after the southwest Missouri town was hit by a tornado. Twenty-seven-year-old Lynette Curry, of Rogers, Ark., was sentenced Monday for felony theft in …
An internal investigation has concluded that the departing chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission engaged in bullying and intimidation, creating a tense working environment at the agency. A report Tuesday by the NRC’s inspector general found at least 15 instances …
A federal appeals panel upheld a $407,000 jury award to a Michigan man who suffered severe injuries in a crash he says was caused by a Nebraska county’s failure to adequately mark a sharp turn in a road. Last year, …