A Central Texas town devastated by a 2013 fertilizer plant explosion that killed 15 people will be getting two new schools. Groundbreaking ceremonies were planned Thursday in West to replace middle and high schools that were leveled in the April …
A Minnesota couple forced from their home by a mudslide caused by heavy June flooding is moving forward with plans to rebuild elsewhere. Mud from a nearby hill cascaded into Randy and Terry Carlson’s home in Le Sueur during record …
Every day, boats full of tourists and commuters float by a pale patch on the wall that lines the River Thames near Britain’s Houses of Parliament. Few notice the concrete mark, or recognize it as evidence of how close London …
Takata Corp. and Honda Motor Co. were sued by a driver seeking damages on behalf of the owners of 5 million Honda and Acura models recalled so far in the U.S. to replace potentially unsafe airbags. The complaint filed yesterday …
The Vermont Jazz Center says someone has stolen more than $8,000 in mixers, speakers, amplifiers and other equipment from its studio in Brattleboro. Executive Director Eugene Uman tells the Brattleboro Reformer the equipment was taken from the studio in the …
The Wyoming Supreme Court on Wednesday censured a Cody lawyer who represented a surgeon in a defamation lawsuit filed by another doctor. The court ruled lawyer Laurence Stinson violated a professional rule prohibiting lawyers from making court filings without a …
A North Texas doctor already in federal prison for healthcare fraud has been given an additional seven years for running a clinic that authorities have called a “pill mill.” Nicholas Padron was sentenced Wednesday after admitting to one count of …
Officials are enlisting the help of a popular mayor, governor and longtime U.S. senator George Voinovich to help defeat a ballot issue that would outlaw the use of speed and red-light cameras in the city. Voters on Tuesday will decide …
HollyFrontier Corp. has agreed to pay a $153,000 penalty for poor emergency management planning at its refinery in Cheyenne. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Monday it hoped the agreement would bring the facility in line with safety requirements and …
A Minot, N.D., man faces four felony charges after allegedly trying to steal $26,000 worth of copper from a Dickinson business. Authorities allege 34-year-old Philip Poppell broke into Border States Electric over the weekend and tried to take two spools …