Drivers can travel a little bit faster on the Maine Turnpike. Starting today, the speed limit on much of the Interstate 95 toll highway is will go up to 70 mph. The previous limit was 65 mph. The Maine Turnpike …
A state official says there is no active earthquake fault under the site of a proposed development in Hollywood, Calif. The Los Angeles Times reports geologist Stephen Testa said Thursday that there’s “a lot of strong evidence” that a fault …
The U.S. Justice Department said Friday it will file no criminal charges following a four-year investigation into the April 2010 explosion that killed seven workers at the Tesoro Corp. refinery in Anacortes, Washington. The decision was shared with victims’ relatives …
State troopers in western Nebraska will be conducting an enforcement exercise intended to encourage motorists to buckle up. For 44 days beginning Monday, troopers in and around Scottsbluff will conduct high visibility patrols placing a special emphasis on seatbelt usage. …
The husband of a Tennessee pilot killed when a UPS cargo jet crashed in Alabama has filed suit against the company that made warning equipment used in the aircraft. Bret Tucker Fanning is seeking $2 million in his federal lawsuit …
A man charged with going on a burglary spree in the New York City suburbs after Superstorm Sandy in 2012 now faces a long list of similar charges in Connecticut. Twenty-three-year-old John Tully of Greenwich, Connecticut, recently was charged with …
Marijuana is casting an ever-thickening haze across NFL locker rooms, and it’s not simply because more players are using it. As attitudes toward the drug soften, and science slowly teases out marijuana’s possible benefits for concussions and other injuries, the …
Three people are in custody after investigators in Moore County say they committed nearly 30 break-ins. Area media outlets report 39-year-old Steven Earl Taylor of Aberdeen, N.C., is being held on bond of $5,020,000 for failing to register as a …
Three Jacksonville, Fla., residents were arrested for personal injury protection (PIP) fraud, according to an announcement by Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater. Yolanda Vargas, Christian Vargas and Willdelyn Rodriguez are each charged with one count of committing a staged motor …
Aston Martin stores in the U.S. will be unprofitable and could close if the sports-car maker is unable to get an exemption from crash standards that take effect next month, a top dealer said. The average Aston Martin store will …