A 16-year-old Texas girl who survived a fall of more than 3,000 feet in a skydiving accident last weekend will be discharged from an Oklahoma City hospital on Friday, a hospital spokesman said. Makenzie Wethington was flown to the OU …
A 19-year-old Oregon woman who drove an SUV into a leaf pile, killing two young girls playing in it, has been sentenced to three years of probation. The Oregonian reports a Washington County judge imposed the sentence Friday on Cinthya …
An overnight fire at Sun Valley Resort’s Bald Mountain ski area in central Idaho closed part of the mountain Saturday and damaged much needed snowmaking equipment. The fire at the top terminal of the rarely used Flying Squirrel Lift at …
A jury has found the town of Greenwich, Conn., not liable in a lawsuit filed by a motorist who was left paralyzed after a collision with a fire-police truck in 2006. The Greenwich Time reports that William Kumah, of Amityville, …
The Kansas Insurance Department says it needs to raise fees on insurance companies because its long-term cash flow is uncertain. The department says its regulatory fund is depleted because legislators and Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration has repeatedly used the money …
As children climb into boats to get to school and scores of hoses pump floodwaters from fields day and night, one corner of southwest England is trying to reclaim its land. Other Britons watch and wonder: How much can you …
U.S. safety regulators are investigating a complaint that a front wheel fell off an American Lafrance fire truck last year. The probe covers about 100 Eagle model aerial ladder trucks from the 2008 model year. The National Highway Traffic Safety …
For decades, the federal agency that oversees workplace safety has been prohibited from regulating small farming operations. But lawmakers in South Dakota and other farm states have grown concerned that could be changing and are seeking to head off any …
U.S. regulators will take a step toward making talking cars a reality today, as Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx is expected to propose standards for vehicle-to-vehicle communications that could prevent crashes. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration scheduled a news conference …
A California Highway Patrol officer and his wife, a CHP dispatcher, have been arrested on suspicion of worker’s compensation insurance fraud. The Sacramento Bee reports Officer Daniel Cory Clapp, who’s stationed in Lassen County, is accused of filing a false …