Court records say a woman has pleaded guilty to lying about her primary residence to receive federal disaster aid after tornados hit Mississippi in April 2011. Tamya H. Jones and Jevon O. Thomas were indicted last May on two counts …
San Diego Mayor Bob Filner has decided to take down the city’s red-light cameras, saying data didn’t show that the program has decreased accidents or raised safety awareness in the city. U-T San Diego reports crews took down “photo enforced” …
Kentucky’s Louisville Zoo is planning to offer rides on two new trains as soon as staff members are fully trained on how to operate the vehicles. The move comes more than three years after a train derailed at the facility, …
A Cleveland man pleaded guilty to fraud after investigators with the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) caught him on video working as a tow truck driver while he was supposed to be off work recovering from a workplace injury. …
Surviving relatives of four people killed in flash flooding in Pittsburgh in August 2011 sued several government and private entities on Friday, claiming the deaths could have been prevented. Mary Saflin, 72, of Oakmont, was swept from outside her vehicle …
A jury has awarded a northern Maine woman $525,000 in her lawsuit against an insurance company that disputed her claims that she injured her back in a car accident. Berman and Simmons law firm says a Kennebec County Superior Court …
New Jersey officials are warning would-be car buyers to be careful about buying vehicles that may have been damaged by Superstorm Sandy. The state’s motor vehicle commission has seen a near 6,000 percent increase in flood-damaged and salvage vehicle titles …
The owners of a Hollywood nightclub have been charged with violating fire codes and allowing overcrowding that put lives in danger. The Los Angeles city attorney’s office says Friday that the charges stem from several incidents, including when fire inspectors …
An L&I investigation led to a four-and-a-half month jail sentence for a Kettle Falls, Wash., woman who admitted to stealing more than $30,000 in workers’ compensation benefits, the Department of Labor & Industries announced. Heather L. Payne, 22, was sentenced …
Authorities in Illinois and eight other states are trying to make this year’s Great Central U.S. ShakeOut the largest earthquake drill ever held in the Midwest. Gov. Pat Quinn urged Illinois residents to sign up for the Feb. 7 exercise. …