A Honduran immigrant who for more than 40 years sold popular flavored ices in the South Bronx has died after being crushed when he slipped below his descending metal security gate. But Alfredo Thiebaud’s son tells the New York Daily …
Some activities are just riskier than others. And while some risks strike at random, such as earthquakes and lightning and tornadoes, others result from engaging in certain activities, such as sky diving or piloting your own aircraft. The insurance industry …
A state jury has awarded $12.3 million to the family of a 5-year-old girl who drowned in a pool accident in Waterbury, Conn., in 2008. Jurors at Waterbury Superior Court returned the verdict Thursday, finding the Boys & Girls Club …
The Des Moines Fire Department recently added a training tool that will help firefighters better prepare to respond to a rollover of a tanker carrying hazardous material. “We know we’re going to have emergencies involving gasoline tankers, so it’s imperative …
One April evening two years ago, 9-year-old Justin Davis dashed into a busy Jacksonville street, headed to a convenience store for snacks. When paramedics arrived minutes later, they found the boy lying on the road, unconscious. The impact of a …
Washington’s Supreme Court says in a split decision that Boeing can’t be sued over a worker’s death from asbestos exposure. Worker Gary Walston was exposed to asbestos throughout his long career at Boeing, but especially during a span in 1985 …
California has reinstated tougher penalties for aggravated arson just as authorities charge a Northern California man with setting a fire that has burned nearly 120 square miles of timber in the mountains east of Sacramento. SB930 by Republican Sen. Tom …
A Spanish judge charged nine people with fraud Sunday for allegedly participating in the theft of $45 million after a massive hacking of a bank’s card payments system. Judge Eloy Velasco of Spain’s National Court said the suspects include seven …
A supporter of a lawsuit against the oil industry was re-nominated Thursday to a seat on a south Louisiana flood control board, despite Gov. Bobby Jindal’s vehement opposition to the lawsuit. The nominating committee for the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection …
A central Kentucky firefighter injured in an “ice bucket challenge” has died a month after a power line shocked him and another man. Campbellsville Fire Chief Kyle Smith says 41-year-old Tony Grider died Saturday. Grider was a captain with the …