Three people charged in a gas explosion that devastated an Indianapolis neighborhood deliberately set up the deadly blast to collect a big insurance payout, authorities said Friday. The home’s owner, Monserrate Shirley; her boyfriend, Mark Leonard; and his brother, Bob …
A former police officer in a southwestern Illinois village is accused of collecting nearly $190,000 in fraudulent worker’s compensation benefits. A Madison County grand jury indicted 43-year-old Richard Turner of Glen Carbon on Thursday of two counts apiece of theft …
Around midnight on May 30, 2012, Mary Gaffney, 17, was struck and killed by a freight train in Riverdale Park, Md. She was taking a shortcut through a residential area and may have been wearing earphones when a CSX freight …
Avoiding avalanches is all about awareness. “You gotta have your head in the game,” advised avalanche expert Blaine Smith, a trails planner for Alaska State Parks. A former mountain guide, Smith stopped by the Eagle River Nature Center on Dec. …
The U.S. military has clamped a trademark on its wildly popular NORAD Tracks Santa operation and licensed a private company to sell T-shirts and other goods – not to make money, officials insist, but to keep profiteers from cashing in. …
Wisconsin officials have fired a cleaning company they believe was responsible for damaging or staining marble floors in the Capitol. A Wisconsin State Journal report says the damage appears to have been caused by a cleaning solution or similar liquid. …
An Alabama woman said Friday she fell asleep on the couch and didn’t realize a tornado had ripped off part of her roof and damaged most of the home until firefighters and neighbors came to check on her. Betty Russell, …
A former middle school student who sued the Burlington, Vt., school district in a bullying case has agreed to settle for $25,000. Henry Atkins said in the lawsuit that his arm was fractured by a fellow seventh-grader at Edmunds Middle …
Audatex North America, Inc., a subsidiary of Solera Holdings, Inc., announced the launch of a new iPhone app for AutoWatch, its web-powered repair tracking solution. The new app follows the July introduction of an AutoWatch Android app and is available …
Flagstaff, Ariz., police are cracking down on drivers who park on the streets and block snowplows during storms. Nearly three dozen people had their vehicles towed away during the weekend’s snow storm at the request of frustrated city snowplow drivers …