Menards, a chain of home-improvement stores in the Midwest, is recalling 1,800 pre-lit artificial Christmas trees because the lights may overheat, start a fire or cause an electric shock. The artificial trees were sold for about $300 exclusively at Menards …
The wife of a man crushed to death by an elevator in a closed hotel near Ohio State University’s campus won’t receive state compensation after Ohio’s Court of Claims denied her negligence claim. Authorities said 52-year-old James Higgins of London …
Authorities say a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who hit an SUV while responding to a call and killed two passengers didn’t have his lights and sirens on. California Highway Patrol Officer Gil Hernandez says the deputy was driving in …
A woman has filed a federal lawsuit claiming a central Mississippi mental health facility failed to protect her 11-year-old son from being sexually abused by a nurse while he was a patient. The lawsuit says Brentwood Behavioral Healthcare of Mississippi, …
According to an online survey of 1,000 U.S drivers over 18 years old conducted by State Farm and KRC Research, nearly two out of three (64 percent) U.S. drivers have experienced an act of aggressive driving six times or more …
Drivers pay an average of 38 percent more for car insurance after making a single claim, according to a new insuranceQuotes.com report. The hike is steepest in Massachusetts, where just one claim leads to an average premium increase of 67 …
A passenger bus plunged off a wet, elevated highway in suburban Manila and fell onto a van passing below Monday morning, killing at least 17 people and injuring some 16 others, police, hospital and mortuary staff said, revising higher tolls. …
Maine State Police are asking motorists to slow down and move over when they see an officer conducting a traffic stop on the state’s roadways, after several cruisers have been struck in the past few months. Maine State Police Corporal …
Despite the latest death, World Cup organizers said Tuesday they aren’t sacrificing worker safety in a rush to get venues ready for next year’s tournament in Brazil. “There is never a discussion that says you have to cut any corners …
A central Florida city has declared a state of local emergency in the wake of a tornado that destroyed seven homes and damaged more than 150 others. The National Weather Service says the EF-1 tornado that hit Palm Coast on …