Senate lawmakers are considering a bill that toughens Iowa’s restrictions against texting while driving. A subcommittee debated the legislation Tuesday. Under the bill, distracted driving – including texting on a mobile phone – would become an offense that police could …
The trial for three people charged in a deadly Indianapolis house explosion will not occur next month as originally scheduled. WTHR-TV reports defense attorneys for Monserrate Shirley, boyfriend Mark Leonard and his brother, Bob Leonard, told a judge Wednesday they …
State Farm is planning to grow its operations in the Phoenix metropolitan area. A State Farm spokesman confirmed Tuesday that the company will boost its established operations in metro Phoenix as well as in Dallas and Atlanta. Those areas are …
A 51-year-old York, Neb., woman has been convicted of attempted insurance fraud. The York News-Times says Susan Schulz pleaded no contest on Tuesday. Schulz faces up to five years in prison when she’s sentenced on March 21. Prosecutors say Schulz …
The National Weather Service says straight line winds were behind the destruction of a home and barn in Bismarck, Ark. Forecaster John Robinson said Tuesday that people in the area believed Monday’s storm spun off a tornado that caused the …
Iowa Supreme Court justices have been told that some apartment tenants’ experiences with bedbugs are too varied to let a lawsuit proceed as a class action. The Des Moines Register says attorney Kevin Driscoll told the justices during oral arguments …
Search crews at the site of a massive explosion that destroyed a popular Kansas City, Mo., restaurant recovered a body Wednesday, and the mayor said the rubble could be concealing other victims. Mayor Sly James declined to say whether the …
Republicans in the state Senate have introduced a bill to revamp Nevada’s construction defect laws, a top priority for GOP lawmakers. SB161 introduced Monday by Senate Minority Leader Michael Roberson of Las Vegas redefines what constitutes a construction defect, reduces …
Six school districts in Arizona have done compliance work to avoid hefty federal fines for asbestos violations. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fined the school districts a combined total of nearly $95,000. More than 15,000 children attend the 25 schools …
Rescuers found five more bodies in the mud after flooding and landslides in northern Indonesia, bringing the death toll to 15 after the disaster that sent thousands fleeing for safe ground, police and witnesses said Monday. Crying relatives watched in …