The father of a Connecticut third-grader filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday saying his daughter has been unfairly barred from school amid fears she may have been exposed to the Ebola virus while in Africa. Ikeoluwa Opayemi and her family, who …
A report from the investigative journalism nonprofit ProPublica and NPR says the American Red Cross mishandled its responses to Hurricane Isaac and Superstorm Sandy in 2012. The story was published Wednesday on the second anniversary of Sandy. It says the …
Sea Bright is a great example of how difficult it is to truly prepare a Jersey shore community for the next big storm. The low-lying community on a narrow strip of sand between the ocean and the Shrewsbury River floods …
A Spokane, Wash., sheriff’s deputy accused of filing false claims for snow damage has been acquitted of insurance fraud charges. A jury in Spokane returned the acquittal Tuesday for Deputy Jeremey B. Jeske after a two-day trial. His lawyer, Rob …
Federal authorities say an Iowa man has been charged with defrauding his former employer in Illinois of at least $2.7 million. U.S. Attorney Jim Lewis said 47-year-old Dominic Scodeller of Davenport, Iowa, was arrested Tuesday on charges of fraud and …
Although Burlington Northern Santa Fe has improved the safety of oil trains, a Spokane Valley fire official says firefighters would be “extremely challenged” to respond to a significant event. Deputy Chief Andy Hail told a state hearing Tuesday night in …
A 28-year-old fledgling boxer plans to plead guilty to arson and attempted animal cruelty for setting fire to a Las Vegas, Nev., pet store where 27 puppies were rescued earlier this year. Attorney Roger Bailey says Kirk Bills will take …
A man has been jailed on charges he set fire to the Pennsylvania discount store where he worked, starting a blaze that did $2 million in damage to a strip mall. When asked to comment after his arraignment Monday, Johnathan …
Florida jurors for a second time have convicted the founder of the International Polo Club in a fatal drunken-driving crash. The Palm Beach Post reports that jurors took four hours to convict 51-year-old John Goodman Tuesday of DUI manslaughter and …
A St. Louis, Mo., steel fabricator has been fined more than $50,000 by a federal agency for 15 workplace safety violations. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined Continental Fabricators Inc. following an unspecified number of …