Bay Area Rapid Transit trains will be required to slow down or stop as they approach track workers following the deaths of two inspectors who were struck during a labor strike last weekend, the agency said Thursday. BART Assistant General …
Fire officials say a dog reaching for treats turned on a stove and caused a fire that caused some smoke damage to an apartment in Wenatchee. Wenatchee Fire Marshal Mark Yaple tells KPQ it appears that the black Labrador was …
Some former homeowners have been watching their flood-damaged homes in Mason City, Iowa, get demolished. The Mason City Globe Gazette reports former homeowner Sally Pressly said it was hard to watch their homes be torn down, but they’re glad it’s …
State regulators are investigating spills from a drilling operation in Ohio County that damaged a house and entered a creek. More than 6,000 gallons of water and a non-toxic clay mixture called drilling mud from a MarkWest operation entered the …
North Dakota, the No. 2 oil producing state behind Texas, recorded nearly 300 oil pipeline spills in less than two years, state documents show. None of them were reported to the public, officials said. According to records obtained by The …
Prison time for a murder he didn’t commit robbed 52-year-old Robert Dewey of priceless moments, like the birth of his grandchildren and the burial of his only son. For 17 years he was locked away. He entered prison an able-bodied …
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that his administration has established a new Emergency Disaster Protocol that insurers should expect to follow in the event of future severe storms and other natural disasters. The Emergency Disaster Protocol includes a number of …
Federal officials were watching Thursday for possible reports of illnesses linked to packaged foods from a plant in Kansas that have been recalled over concerns about potential Listeria contamination. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it is …
The mountain dwellers of far western Maryland know a lot about snow, but a crippling blizzard spawned last year by Superstorm Sandy taught them a painful lesson in emergency preparedness. Scattershot planning and outdated communications gear caused confusion and delays …
Gov. Chris Christie says he understands victims’ frustrations a year after Superstorm Sandy but maintains that his administration isn’t to blame for delays in aid reaching victims. In an interview with The Associated Press as the anniversary of the Oct. …