Investigators say a fire that heavily damaged some apartment complex garages in Fargo, N.D., was caused by leaking gasoline ignited by open-flame propane heating equipment. The Fire Department says the Monday afternoon blaze started in a garage stall where people …
A wildfire burning Monday in the Big Sur area of California destroyed at least 15 homes and forced about 100 people to evacuate as it chewed through dry vegetation on its way toward the ocean. No injuries were reported. The …
Paint companies have been ordered to pay $1.1 billion to 10 California cities and counties so that lead can be safely removed from millions of older homes. Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge James Kleinberg found that Conagra Grocery Products …
For centuries along Stratford Point, beds of shellfish rested just beneath the surface of Long Island Sound. Those fish and much of the other wildlife accompanying their food chain have been decimated by human activity and rising sea levels. Within …
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has rejected a constitutional challenge to the state’s new workers’ compensation law. The court handed down the ruling Monday, just one week after justices heard oral arguments in a lawsuit challenging the law. The court rejected …
Two workers were killed in South Texas when the roof of an industrial storage tank collapsed, causing them to fall 60 feet. The unidentified workers were welding a metal lid atop the structure Sunday afternoon at an oil plant owned …
The federal government said Monday it has no evidence that antibacterial chemicals used in liquid soaps and washes help prevent the spread of germs, and it is reviewing research suggesting they may pose health risks. Regulators at the Food and …
Authorities in Saginaw County, Mich., say electrical problems caused a blaze that destroyed two school buses and damaged two more. WSGW-AM reports Monday that damage to the four Saginaw Intermediate School District buses from the Saturday night fire is estimated …
Investigators say a fire that burned a Wausau hotel over the weekend was likely caused by an electrical problem. Guests were evacuated from the Days Inn Saturday night and escorted to another hotel. About 20 people needed rooms elsewhere. Police …
Property and cash forfeited as part of a case involving the operator of a former Mingo County pain clinic is being given to the West Virginia State Police, U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin said Monday. Goodwin was joined by other federal …