Mississippi Gulf Coast law enforcement officials and prosecutors say they’re increasing efforts to get drunken drivers off the roads to improve public safety. District Attorneys Tony Lawrence and Joel Smith announced the creation of a DUI task force on Thursday …
An organization of civil engineers is calling for a national strategy for mitigating flood risks, saying the U.S. has not fully heeded lessons from Hurricane Katrina and Superstorm Sandy. The American Society of Civil Engineers was scheduled to release its …
Investigators are trying to determine the cause of a stubborn fire that burned through stacks of paper products at neighboring western New York industries. Fire officials tell local media that the blaze was reported around 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the …
Virtually all drivers polled have witnessed provocative driving behavior or road rage on New Jersey roads, according to a newly published Plymouth Rock Assurance study. Behaviors reported include unsafe and aggressive driving sometimes even leading to a physical altercation. The …
A police spokesman in the northwest Washington town of Ferndale says a huge fire at a boat factory has been ruled accidental. The Bellingham Herald reports that Lt. Matt Huffman says experts from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms …
Vail Resorts could have to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages to the family of a teenager who died in an avalanche while skiing in January 2012. The Vail Daily reports Saturday that a district court judge has …
The chief financial officer for the Prince George’s County public schools has been placed on administrative leave after the Maryland Insurance Administration found he had committed insurance fraud. A school system spokesman tells The Washington Post that Colby White, the …
An oil boom in Wyoming has a filthy side effect: A string of accidents from a remote gulley in the Powder River Basin to a refinery in downtown Cheyenne already has made this year the state’s worst for oil spills …
A Lafayette, Ind., woman who narrowly escaped a pit bull attack last summer says she’s frustrated by a lack of action by city officials to reduce the threat of dog attacks. Sarah Rawlings has suggested changes to the rules for …
Truman Medical Center in Kansas City has agreed to stop rejecting health insurance for some patients injured in auto accidents in order to collect more money from other sources, according to court records. The agreement, which still must be approved …