Ah, Thanksgiving. A time for family, good meals and joy – unless your team epically fails on national television, stirring your gut into an acidic cauldron of turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and mounting indigestion. It can be a risk to …
A man injured while surfing and another who became a quadriplegic after diving from a so-called “booze cruise” filed lawsuits against the state Monday, blaming their injuries on a project to widen an eroding section of Waikiki beach. The state …
A jury has awarded more than $3.8 million to two Baltimore, Md., women who suffered permanent brain damage after being exposed to lead paint as babies. The Baltimore City Circuit Court jury reached that verdict after two hours of deliberations …
Terrebonne Parish flood protection planners are taking the first steps toward building the western footprint of the Morganza-to-the-Gulf levee system in Louisiana. The 98-mile system’s newest authorization from Congress earlier this year extended its footprint about16 miles west from the …
Smoke billowed from burned-out buildings and sidewalks were strewn with broken glass Tuesday morning after Ferguson, Mo., erupted over a grand jury’s decision not to indict a white police officer in the killing of unarmed black 18-year-old Michael Brown. Firefighters …
Police officers in Liberty, Texas, will be putting up crime prevention signs in their city this week to help motorists prevent auto thefts and burglaries. Black Friday and the holiday shopping season is a great time for business retailers and …
A 4-by-4-foot hole has forced part of a bridge to close in Brattleboro, Vermont. An engineer is expected to inspect the Elliot Street bridge over the Whetstone Brook on Tuesday. The Brattleboro Reformer reports the bridge was built in 1946 …
The U.S. Geological Survey is awarding a $2 million grant to the Center for Earthquake Research and Information at the University of Memphis. The university says the three-year grant will help the center continue to monitor earthquakes in the central …
Authorities say a 37-year-old Long Beach, Miss., man arrested on two felony charges cut a chain-link fence to gain access twice to a condominium construction site, where he’s accused in the theft and attempted theft of a total of $5,000 …
The Texas Department of Insurance has scheduled public hearings to review rates charged by insurers for workers’ compensation insurance in this state, and to consider revised Texas workers’ compensation classification relativities. The hearings will proceed consecutively, and will begin at …