Toyota Motor Corp. and lawyers suing the company are set to ask a judge today to approve a $1.1 billion settlement of claims that recalls related to unintended acceleration hurt the value of U.S. customers’ vehicles. U.S. Judge James V. …
Authorities say a Dawson County teenager has been killed while riding on the hood of a moving vehicle in a stunt known as “car surfing.” Law officers say 16-year-old Anna Hawkins was killed shortly before 10 p.m. Monday, when the …
A commission that evaluates medical transport services is placing its accreditation of a Kansas-based company under new scrutiny following the third deadly crash of one of its medical helicopters in Oklahoma since 2010, the commission’s executive director said Wednesday. The …
Kentucky officials say a bus carrying students on a college visit when it crashed on an interstate had not received a state inspection in at least two years. Commercial Vehicle Enforcement spokesman DeWayne Koch says charter buses like the one …
The family of a young woman fatally shot by West Valley City police has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the officers involved and the former police chief. Danielle Willard’s parents filed the lawsuit Wednesday in U.S. District Court in …
Southern California fire officials say a decade’s worth of dead trees stacked along a mountain highway are being removed. The San Bernardino County Fire Department announced Wednesday that property owners removed tons of logs in the past year and the …
The number of houses destroyed by a wildfire near Colorado Springs could grow to around 100, and authorities fear it’s possible that some people who stayed behind might have died. Authorities initially estimated that between 40 and 60 houses were …
Insurance claims filed in Oklahoma following the tornado outbreak at the end of May have jumped to 60,308 with insurance payments reaching $470,323,299, the top state insurance regulator reported. “These numbers are already staggering, and this is just the beginning,” …
Federal officials have shut down a Springfield, Va., bus company after they say multiple safety violations were found. Advanced Ventures, which provides charter services, operates a small fleet of motor coaches and minibuses throughout the Mid-Atlantic. The Federal Motor Carrier …
Chrysler Group is recalling 6,900 heavy-duty Ram pickup trucks from the 2012 model year because part of the front axle could fracture and cause them to lose power. The automaker said Wednesday that the front prop shaft, which connects the …