Suffolk, Va., police say a dropped hand-held vacuum caused a fatal accident in which a car crashed into a pond. Police say the front-seat passenger, 23-year-old Latasha Dubois of Suffolk, reached over to retrieve the vacuum after it fell to …
The Ohio family of a man who died after he was struck by a car outside a Charlotte, N.C., tavern has sued the business and a man accused of shoving the victim into the street. The Charlotte Observer reported that …
The death of four horses at the recent Cheltenham Festival has brought equine safety back into the British public’s consciousness just in time for the most perilous jumps meeting of them all. The three-day Aintree Festival, headlined by the 41/2-mile …
A Bitterroot Valley, Mont., asphalt company owner has denied charges his company violated federal safety standards in the September 2012 death of an employee. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says MR Asphalt Inc.’s registered agent and president, Martin Romano of Victor, …
A Clark County, Nev., jury has awarded $10 million to the family of a 28-year-old woman who died when her friend drove drunk after a birthday party. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports James LaPelusa and his two sons won the …
A Corpus Christi man is suing the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association for hundreds of millions of dollars because he says it improperly passed on costs to policyholders like him after Hurricane Ike in 2008. Ramiro Gamboa filed the lawsuit Monday, …
A suburban St. Louis, Mo., man and a car dealership are in a legal battle over an online video the man posted complaining about his car repair. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Dwayne Cooney posted his video complaint on YouTube …
The women’s basketball coach at Highland Community College in northeast Kansas, who once coached at Southeast Missouri State University, pleaded guilty to being part of a car theft ring that prosecutors said staged accidents and filed false theft reports to …
A mother and son from the Chicago area are charged in Michigan with being part of a chain saw theft ring. Gaci Juric and Ali Ivanov face a preliminary examination later this month in Mason District Court. The Northfield, Ill., …
Marshall County plans to demolish three-flood prone homes as part of a federal effort to reduce flooding. County emergency management deputy director Michael Mucheck tells WTOV-TV that two homes are in Moundsville and one is in Benwood, W.Va. Mucheck says …