Fire raged through a seniors’ residence in eastern Quebec on Thursday morning, killing three people and leaving about 30 unaccounted for. The massive fire in the 52-unit complex broke out around 12:30 a.m. ET in L’Isle-Verte, about 140 miles (225 …
A federal racketeering indictment has been issued in the 1978 Lufthansa robbery at New York’s Kennedy International Airport, a notorious heist featured in the Martin Scorcese movie “Goodfellas.” The five defendants named Thursday include Vincent Asaro, an alleged captain in …
A former BP engineer convicted of obstructing a Justice Department probe of the company’s 2010 Gulf oil spill has asked a judge to disqualify himself from the case. In a court filing late Wednesday, Kurt Mix’s lawyers say they learned …
The Arkansas Forestry Commission says the danger of wildfires continues across Arkansas. The commission said in a news release that low humidity levels of below 35 to 40 percent and wind gusts of 10 miles per hour and more will …
New York auditors say the Department of Transportation failed to adequately monitor whether commercial vehicles taken off the road for safety violations actually got needed repairs. Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says lax oversight could put New York motorists in jeopardy. Along …
Trial has begun in a lawsuit seeking $42 million for a brain-damaged Portland, Ore., woman injured in a crash involving a meth-addled driver. A lawyer representing the guardians of Cayla Wilson told jurors Wednesday that a Clackamas County probation officer …
Court documents show that the owner of a charter bus, which crashed in Louisville, Ky., and injured 23 students and adults, says he was unaware the vehicle had 11-year-old tires that came from a scrap bin. The Courier-Journal reports Mike …
The city of Wichita, Kansas, has denied a claim of more than $400,000 from the insurer of an apartment complex that was damaged during a long standoff last summer. Auto-Owners Insurance Co., is seeking $411,411 for damages to the Southlake …
A California Senate report released Wednesday on the construction of the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge raises questions about the quality of workmanship used to build the $6.3 billion span. The report by the state Senate’s …
Fire sprinklers will not be required in new homes in New Jersey. Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday allowed a bill that made the rule to die. The measure would have applied to newly constructed homes. It would not have applied …