Inspectors have deemed a house unsafe after it was struck by a sports utility vehicle early on Christmas Day. Bay News 9 reports homeowner Dorothy Ussery and her son are trying to focus on the positive, but they don’t know …
The Washington Monument has closed to visitors because of a leak above the security screening room at the entrance. National Park Service spokesman Mike Litterst says the leak affected the X-ray machines Monday and is potentially compromising security procedures. He …
Almost 67,000 older Dodge and Mitsubishi pickups were recalled to fix a faulty clutch switch that let a child start a truck and run over another. The malfunction caused the fatal accident when a “young child” was able to start …
Poor road conditions have cost consumers and the insurance industry at least $27 billion over the last five years, according to a 2014 survey commissioned by Trusted Choice and the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America. The survey also …
New research indicates that shifts in Pacific trade winds played a key role in twentieth century climate variation, a sign that they may again be influencing global temperatures. The study, led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research …
More than a dozen people are hospitalized following a fire that killed five residents at a senior-living facility near San Antonio, and officials are trying to track down the whereabouts of dozens of others, a city official said Monday. Officials …
The Obama administration is on the verge of proposing long-awaited rules for commercial drone operations in U.S. skies, but key decisions on how much access to grant drones are likely to come from Congress next year. Federal Aviation Administration officials …
The executive director of the West Virginia Board of Risk and Insurance Management is stepping down this week. Chuck Jones will retire on Wednesday, which will be his 68th birthday. Jones has served as executive director for 20 years. He …
Fighting high winds and stormy seas, helicopter rescue crews on Monday evacuated the last of the hundreds of people trapped aboard a Greek ferry that caught fire off Albania. The death toll climbed to seven as survivors told of a …
A fishing boat’s amber lights were mistaken for a fire Sunday night and launched a rescue effort by the Honolulu Fire Department. Spokesman Kevin Mokulehua says a witness reported a possible boat fire at 7:40 p.m. outside the reef at …