Motorcycle police officers in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., will soon be outfitted with video cameras that attach to their uniforms. The Knoxville News Sentinel reported Monday that the city council last week approved the purchase of eight body cameras for their …
A former University of Maine ice hockey player is joining a class action lawsuit that claims the National Collegiate Athletic Association has failed to adequately address and prevent concussions. Kyle Solomon, who’s now 25, is the first hockey player to …
Prince William County fire officials say a fire at a Burger King restaurant in Gainesville was found to be accidental. The fire broke out shortly before 7:30 a.m. Sunday in the exhaust ducts of the restaurant on Linton Hall Road. …
Police say a basket from a hot air balloon fell off a pickup truck and hit three cars last week on an eastern Pennsylvania freeway. Officials told The (Easton) Express-Times that the accident occurred on Thursday on Interstate 78 in …
Farmers Group, Inc. CEO Jeff Dailey announced several executive leadership team appointments as the Los Angeles based, multi-line insurer group better aligns the leadership team around Farmers core businesses. Mhayse Samalya will become president of the Farmers brand; Tony DeSantis …
BMW is recalling almost 570,000 cars in the U.S. and Canada because a battery cable connector can fail and cause the engines to stall. The recall affects the popular 3-Series sedans, wagons, convertibles and coupes from the 2007 through 2011 …
German officials on Monday vowed tighter controls on meat products and stronger penalties for companies that violate food-labeling rules as more items marketed as “all beef” were pulled from supermarket shelves after testing positive for horse meat. Consumer Protection Minister …
An annual fire-prevention fee that is unpopular with some rural property owners is headed back before the state Legislature, as Gov. Jerry Brown proposes to expand its use and opponents try to kill it. The fee was imposed for the …
Superstorm Sandy is poised to become one of the top three most expensive hurricanes in history. With close to 1.4 million claims filed, Sandy is likely to be the third most expensive hurricane in U.S. history in terms of insured …
County officials in western Nebraska are seeking the dismissal of a lawsuit over the death of a 47-year-old woman in the Box Butte County jail. Lori Heiting, of Hay Springs, died Dec. 4, 2010, after she was found unresponsive in …