An Ohio man charged with reckless homicide in an eastern Indiana couple’s car crash deaths also faces a lawsuit filed on behalf of the couple’s 9-year-old granddaughter. The suit contends Hailey Hicks watched her grandfather and grandmother die after a …
Blood-alcohol levels of people arrested for drinking and driving are excessively high, even though the drivers may not know they are intoxicated, Anchorage police said. For example, 10 out of 13 arrests during a recent weekend involved blood-alcohol levels at …
Ohio’s public safety department is expanding its online registry of repeat drunken-drivers. The registry includes drivers who have five or more DUI convictions in the past two decades. The change comes after reports that the registry contained information from courts …
The Montana Supreme Court has denied a petition for post-conviction relief filed by a Billings man who argued that a District Court judge misinterpreted the state’s arson law and that he had ineffective attorneys. The Dec. 20 Supreme Court ruling …
Officials in Utah, Nevada and 22 other states are eagerly awaiting the Federal Aviation Administration’s selection of six sites where the agency will test and develop standards for drones. States submitting bids are counting on a major economic boost if …
Actor Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation, which has built 100 energy-efficient new homes in the Hurricane Katrina-ravaged Lower 9th Ward, is considering legal action against the manufacturer of an innovative glass-infused wood that was used in some of the …
A tall man and a slender woman wiggled into their white hazardous materials suits, putting on protective masks and gloves before venturing into the dark, two-story home where police say a methamphetamine lab recently exploded. Gary Siebenschuh and a helper …
Fire officials are blaming human error for a gas explosion and three-alarm fire at a central Pennsylvania apartment building that has left 22 people homeless. The blast happened Friday morning in Ephrata, Lancaster County. Lincoln Fire Chief Randy Gockley said …
A lawsuit stemming from the death of a pregnant Newport News, Va., woman in a traffic accident has been settled for more than $3 million. Police say 27-year-old Crystal Burgsteiner was killed when a tractor-trailer hit her broken down car …
The Batesville Police Department will begin investigating accidents on Interstate 55 within the city limits on Jan. 1. Mississippi Highway Patrol spokesman Trooper First Class Joseph Miller says the Highway Patrol had been investigating the accidents as a help to …