A fire department in eastern South Dakota has gone high-tech with a new custom-built drone. The unmanned aircraft will provide Brookings firefighters a panoramic view of structure fires, wildfires and gas leaks. The F450 quadcopter can even be used to …
A 4.9 magnitude earthquake in a remote Idaho county triggered rock slides that blocked some road lanes Saturday but did not cause any major damage or injuries. Hours later around midnight, quakes of magnitude 4.0 and 3.6 struck in the …
Restaurants and commercial buildings statewide will be required starting next June to install and maintain carbon monoxide detectors. The two laws signed this week apply to New York City and the rest of the state. Sponsors say they are intended …
A disabled New Jersey teenager’s lawsuit against Six Flags Great Adventure over access to the amusement park’s rides will go forward after a judge declined to dismiss the action. Joseph Masci and his parents filed the suit in 2012 after …
The Indiana appeals court has ruled that U.S. Steel isn’t responsible for a crash involving an employee who apparently fell asleep while driving after an 11-hour overnight work shift. The 3-0 appeals court ruling upheld a Lake County judge’s decision …
Gov. Matt Mead announced Friday he has named a Cheyenne man Wyoming’s next insurance commissioner. The state insurance commissioner helps regulate the insurance marketplace in Wyoming. Paul Thomas “Tom” Glause currently is vice chairman of the Wyoming Board of Equalization …
Supporters of a ban on texting while driving in Oklahoma are renewing their push for more restrictions ahead of the legislative session, and several bills already have been filed to make it illegal. Highway safety officials, insurance companies and grass-roots …
The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting a 5.3 magnitude earthquake off the coast of northern California. The USGS says the quake was centered in the Pacific Ocean, about 70 miles west of Ferndale, California, and struck about 4:16 a.m. PST …
Property owners and a coastal town are building a supersized sandbag wall to keep waves from collapsing about 20 homes along one of North Carolina’s most fragile barrier islands. Crews are building a 9-foot-tall wall of sandbags to save the …
Wearing gas masks against the smoke, Italian firefighters and investigators boarded the charred Norman Atlantic ferry on Friday and retrieved a data recorder they hope will help them discover what caused a deadly blaze. But with some parts of the …