An ironworker injured when he fell from a ladder at a southern Oregon dam has sued PacifiCorp and several contractors, seeking more than $25 million. The Oregonian reports that the lawsuit says Joshua J. Lang suffered a broken back and …
Ten-year-old Kai Heuangpraseuth will return to a new Plaza Towers Elementary in the fall, built on the same spot where seven of the boy’s schoolmates died last year after a top-scale tornado reduced it to a pile of rubble. Christopher …
In cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, the National Insurance Crime Bureau has produced new high definition videos showing some of the most common methods of staging motor vehicle accidents to defraud insurance companies. “Staged or deliberately caused accidents …
Emergency officials say a worker was killed when a piece of equipment tipped over at construction site in Arlington, Va. Capt. Tiffanye Wesley of the Arlington County Fire Department tells The Washington Post that an excavator tipped over and killed …
The U.S. Forest Service says it is adding four aircraft to its firefighting fleet as California recovers from a spate of blazes and other fire-prone states brace for another hot, dry summer. In a statement, the service said it will …
A stone-cutting business in west Omaha, Neb ., has been ordered to pay nearly $41,000 in fines because regulators found 15 safety violations. The Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration says it found the problems at Baltazar’s Stone Inc. …
The 24 people killed a year ago when a tornado struck Moore, Okla., were honored during a remembrance ceremony followed by a hospital groundbreaking to mark the one-year anniversary of the tornado that also left hundreds injured. Gov. Mary Fallin …
A $60 million high school football stadium that opened to massive fanfare in 2012 will be shut down for the upcoming season after cracks were found in the building’s concrete concourse. Administrators in Allen, Texas, northeast of Dallas, had hoped …
Retired players including ex-Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon accused the National Football League of using painkillers to mask injuries in a “culture of drug misuse,” expanding litigation over the damage former athletes suffered during their playing days. While thousands of …
A state official says “extreme force” against the bottom of an elevator door at Fenway Park may have led to the fall of a woman down an elevator shaft last week. Executive Office of Public Safety and Security spokesman Terrel …