If Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signs recently passed legislation legalizing medical marijuana, some say it will raise serious questions on everything from the hiring and firing of job applicants to the use of a federally controlled and illegal substance in …
After a decade of spiking fatalities from passenger car wrecks, the Brazilian government said Monday it plans to build its first auto crash test facility in an effort to improve the poor safety record of vehicles built and sold in …
Authorities are calling for increased safety around swimming pools after a Las Vegas teen who was found unconscious in an apartment swimming pool died over the weekend and another teen was hospitalized in critical condition in a separate case. The …
A Nebraska company has been fined $25,000 for illegally disposing of asbestos in an effort to save money. U.S. Attorney Deborah Gilg announced Monday that Vision 20-20 Inc. pleaded guilty to an offense involving the illegal abatement and disposal of …
Missouri has received a federal grant to test a new type of road treatment intended to keep cars from slipping off highways when it rains or snows. The Missouri Department of Transportation says it will apply the “high friction surface …
A storm moving across Northern and Central California has brought hundreds of lightning strikes, leading to nearly two dozen wildfires. The National Weather Service counted nearly 500 lightning strikes north of San Francisco Monday. State fire officials say the lightning …
A man is seeking $500,000 from an Arizona city for his arrest on a drunken driving charge even though a breath-alcohol test showed he hadn’t consumed any alcohol. Jessie Thornton was cited in a Dec. 7 traffic stop in the …
Insurance companies have been deluged by property damage claims since tornadoes raked central Oklahoma last month, and on Monday state officials were still trying to tally the initial claims from the most recent outbreak two weeks ago. The nearly $250 …
The Minnesota Court of Appeals says fear of harm is not a defense against losing one’s driver’s license for drunken driving. The case involved a Monticello couple who got into a drunken argument at a Mora resort that turned physical …
On May 25, Colleen Schneider was hit by a car as she was on her way to get lemonade while riding her bicycle. On Wednesday, the 8-year-old Princeton, Ind., girl was allowed to leave the hospital. She is healing from …