Baton Rouge police have arrested one man accused of being part of a prescription drug ring in which more than 200 fraudulent prescriptions for the powerful pain-killing drugs oxycodone and hydrocodone from a Baton Rouge, La., clinic. The Advocate reports …
American shoppers say they are very concerned about the safety of their personal information following a massive security breach at Target, but many aren’t taking steps to ensure their data is more secure, says a new Associated Press–GfK Poll. The …
Motorists are seeing an early crop of potholes on Delaware roads this winter. The state Department of Transportation says all of its districts are reporting an increase in potholes because of temperature swings. The News Journal reports that crews are …
A fire truck was badly damaged after its aerial ladder touched a high-voltage transmission line at a north Columbia, Mo., fire station. Columbia Battalion Chief John Metz says the station’s crew was during a routine maintenance check on the 2009 …
Schools were ordered closed and a state of emergency was declared on the Greek island of Kefalonia on Monday after an earthquake damaged homes and injured at least seven people. Hundreds of the island’s residents slept in their cars after …
A Long Island, N.Y., woman has admitted she fraudulently collected over $18,000 in Superstorm Sandy disaster relief funds. Jena Sowinski pleaded guilty Thursday to a charge of filing a fraudulent claim with FEMA. She told the court she was “very …
A key Senate leader is pushing passage of a measure that would restrict the amount of time judges in the Kansas court system could take before issuing opinions. Senate Vice President Jeff King said the bill would set a deadline …
A groundbreaking was celebrated for a new center to research, diagnose and treat brain injury for military men and women at Fort Bragg. The Fort Bragg Intrepid Spirit Center is the fourth center of its type in the nation. The …
U.S. safety regulators opened an investigation into an estimated 30,000 Toyota Camry hybrid electric sedans after receiving numerous consumer complaints about braking problems. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it had begun a preliminary evaluation into the hybrid …
An alliance of insurers and safety groups ranks Wyoming’s traffic laws as among the worst in the country in part because state law permits drivers in their early teens to get behind the wheel although the state’s top police chief …