Potential jurors at the Tulsa County Courthouse got an extra-long lunch break after one of them brought bedbugs into the building. The Oklahoma jury room was temporarily evacuated Tuesday after a fellow potential juror spotted the critters. Exterminators were called …
A state auditor’s report says the state’s Department of Public Safety is way behind on its elevator inspections. The report released Tuesday by Auditor Suzanne Bump’s office says more than one-third – or more than 14,200 – of the state’s …
The NFL’s potential $1 billion plan to compensate retired players for brain trauma could soon close the chapter on a troubled era of league concussion management. However, critics lined up to speak Wednesday at a court hearing in Philadelphia believe …
A fire department spokeswoman says food left cooking unattended on a stovetop is being blamed for a fire that caused $400,000 damage, destroying a home in Edmonds, Wash., and displacing the couple who live there. Snohomish County Fire District 1 …
The City Council has approved a contract for a firm to study whether it’s feasible for Detroit to create its own city-sponsored auto insurance company. Mayor Mike Duggan’s office says the $75,000 contract for Pinnacle Actuarial Resources was passed 8-0 …
A 26-year-old Wisconsin man has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for bungee-jumping off a 138-foot crane in Sheboygan on the Fourth of July. The Sheboygan County district attorney’s office says Nick Propson of Maribel pleaded no contest to …
This winter will have higher than average precipitation in the Southern United States, according to a prediction by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. On the heels of this report, Allstate Insurance Company released its America’s Best Drivers Report. The …
The family attorney for one of two people killed in a hail of police gunfire in 2012 says the victims’ relatives will split a $3 million settlement from the city of Cleveland. Thirteen Cleveland, Ohio, police officers fired 137 shots …
The government has the power to hold drone operators accountable when they operate the remote-control aircraft recklessly, a federal safety board ruled Tuesday in a setback to small drone operators chafing under Federal Aviation Administration restrictions. The National Transportation safety …
New York State police and the Thruway Authority are advising drivers to watch out for deer, which are more active in spring and fall and more likely to cause collisions. Through September 2014, there have been 1,267 deer collisions on …