Emergency crews combed the sticks and rubble remains of an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday morning less than a day after a massive tornado slammed through the community, flattening homes and demolishing an elementary school. At least 24 people were killed, …
Police in Georgia are rolling out increased enforcement patrols as part of their summer safety campaign. The 100 Days of Summer H.E.A.T. campaign is designed to reduce fatal crash counts from Memorial Day through Labor Day. The extra enforcement began …
Connecticut plastic surgeons are meeting at the state Capitol complex in Hartford to urge passage of a bill addressing safety at medical spas. They’re holding a Tuesday news conference to highlight the need for patient safety requirements at medical spas, …
Hundreds of people living just outside Japan’s Fukushima prefecture say they have been denied adequate compensation after the country’s 2011 nuclear disaster despite suffering elevated radiation levels. Nearly 700 residents from Hippo district in Miyagi prefecture, just northeast of Fukushima, …
The Nevada Senate overwhelming approved a bill Monday authorizing driver privilege cards for state residents living in the country illegally, a move backers said will allow immigrants to legally drive on state highways and obtain insurance, reducing costs for other …
The Senate is debating cuts to the federally subsidized crop insurance program as it considers a massive farm bill this week. The Obama administration said Monday it wants to see more cuts to crop insurance and farm subsidies in the …
Disaster help may be available for losses not covered by insurance in a Central Texas town recovering from a fertilizer plant explosion. The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Monday urged survivors of the April 17 blast in West to check …
Some property owners hit by flooding last year during a dam removal project in Michigan’s northwestern Lower Peninsula have sued, saying property values along the Boardman River have dropped. The lawsuit filed Friday names the Boardman River Dams Settlement Agreement …
Fire trucks and other firefighting equipment cost a lot of money, and prices are rising, so Warren, Miss., volunteer districts are looking to possibly seek an increase in property taxes. “We’re getting squeezed and squeezed by costs,” said Chuck Tate, …
Fort Collins, Colo., police are warning residents to lock their doors after two separate homes along a Fort Collins street were burglarized and had gas left on inside. According to KUSA-TV, one victim says she found her stove alight when …