The Federal Emergency Management Agency has reimbursed $1.4 million to local and state governments, hospitals and some non-profit groups for costs related to January’s chemical spill in Charleston, West Virginia. The Charleston Daily Mail reports FEMA assistance has been awarded …
A public forum is planned to discuss oil train safety in the eastern Adirondacks and Champlain Valley, N.Y. The forum Thursday evening in Plattsburgh will include emergency services directors, federal spill-response officials, environmental groups, lake ecologists and advocates for healthy …
A mortar round exploded Monday at a suburban St. Louis metal recycling plant that does business with the military, killing two people. The explosion at Totall Metal Recycling in Granite City occurred about 6:25 a.m., police said. Totall Metal Recycling, …
Lightning may not strike twice, but falling trees did in one central Florida neighborhood. A large hickory tree fell onto the room of Lin Chipman’s house in Auburndale during a thunderstorm on Saturday evening. Chipman says no one was injured, …
The attorney for a Texas father accused of fatally shooting a drunken driver who caused an accident that killed his two sons argued with investigators Monday that none of the evidence they have presented at trial directly links his client …
As scientists investigate whether injection wells where the booming oil and gas industry disposes of wastewater cause earthquakes, the Texas agency that oversees oil and gas is proposing a regulatory overhaul. The Texas Railroad Commission is proposing new rules that …
Terrebonne Parish Council has approved buying body cameras for all Houma police officers. Chief Todd Duplantis called it a win-win situation. As part of the purchase of 84 body cameras, the council approved on Monday a five-year, $125,470 technology contract …
Police say a woman has died after falling off a Manhattan roof during a party. The New York Times says that 23-year-old Cindy Yeh of Brooklyn was an intern at the Museum of Modern Art. Police say she slipped while …
Lawyers for a man who was mistakenly identified as his twin brother in a news release after he was arrested in Hall County, Ga., say his civil suit will move forward despite their client’s death. The Times of Gainesville reported …
New York City now has a simulator that reproduces the unique conditions that can arise while fighting fires aboard ships. Fire Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro is presiding over a christening ceremony Tuesday at the department’s training academy on Randall’s Island. …