Kentucky State Police have started a new initiative aimed at cracking down on aggressive, impaired and distracted driving. The effort, known as Operation R.A.I.D., began on Sunday and continues until Jan. 24. State police officials say the statewide effort is …
DeKalb County prosecutors say the family of a girl who was critically injured in a dog attack has been awarded more than $36 million. County Solicitor’s Spokeswoman Terrie Clark said in a statement Tuesday that a jury awarded the family …
A retrial has begun in the injury lawsuit filed by a woman who says 1980s pop star Rick Springfield fell on her during a 2004 concert at the New York State Fair. The Post-Standard of Syracuse reports that Springfield became …
A woman is accused of defrauding an insurance company of $2 million in her ex-husband’s staged death and her son is accused of helping cover up the scheme. Irina Vorotinov, 47, is charged with one count of mail fraud and …
Part of Central California fruit packinghouse and about one million bins used to store oranges have been destroyed by fire. KFSN reports that the fire at the Golden State Citrus Packinghouse in the San Joaquin Valley started before 9 p.m. …
A modern-day metallurgical engineer is shedding new light on one of the more bizarre yet most tragic episodes in the history of Boston. In January 1919, a giant storage tank in the city’s North End ruptured, sending 2.3 million gallons …
Families of two of the 20 children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre are suing the town of Newtown, Conn., and its school board. The wrongful death lawsuit served on the town on Friday alleges security measures …
President Barack Obama is proposing cybersecurity legislation that increases government information-sharing and protects businesses from lawsuits for revealing cyberthreats. But an Associated Press review shows that some of his plans are retreads from years past. Privacy advocates criticized other elements, …
Authorities say an 18-year-old from St. Louis, Mo., is facing 15 felonies in a string of car thefts that began in October. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Thomas Jackson was charged Monday in St. Louis Circuit Court following accusations that …
A former top deputy of Republican Gov.-elect Greg Abbott is taking over the Texas Department of Insurance. David Mattax was named commissioner on Jan. 12. He is currently a deputy attorney general who took the lead defending Republican-drawn Texas voting …