Tyson Foods Inc. has contested a $70,000 fine levied by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration following the collapse of a silo that killed a man at Tyson’s feed mill in Nashville. OSHA issued the fine June 1 after finding …
In the United States, the blood-alcohol limit may be 0.08 percent, but no amount of alcohol seems to be safe for driving, according to a University of California, San Diego sociologist. A new study has found that blood-alcohol levels well …
A newspaper analysis of seven years of police chase data in Minnesota shows St. Paul police pursuits have led to injuries or fatalities three times more often than those in Minneapolis. The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports Sunday that police …
Critics of Nevada’s first black bear hunt are worried that with hunters and hikers near Lake Tahoe sharing the same woods, it won’t only be bears that get shot. “Someone could be out hiking the Tahoe Rim Trail with their …
Metro-North plans to bill a 40-year-old woman for the damage one of its trains suffered when it struck the woman’s car in Milford on Sunday. Metro-North spokeswoman Marjorie Anders says the commuter railroad has determined that Vicki Buker-Besse of Milford …
Italian police say they have revoked the international driver’s license of Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi after the “Jersey Shore” star was in a fender-bender with a police car. Florence road safety coordinator Mario Rondinelli told The Associated Press on Wednesday that …
State transportation officials have suspended bridge construction projects being done by a company involved in a fatal accident in Knoxville. The Tennessee Department of Transportation in Nashville said Wednesday it has halted work under way by Britton Bridge LLC even …
Louisiana Fire Marshal Butch Browning says operator error caused a carnival ride accident that injured two teenagers in Greensburg last weekend. The two had been on a ride called “the Zipper” – described as a huge oval frame that spins …
A Salem attorney has filed a lawsuit accusing an insurance company that represents military members and their families of fraudulently denying claims after car crashes. The Salem Statesman Journal reports the suit, filed in Portland, accuses USAA Insurance Co. of …
This week’s fire at the Neshoba County Fairgrounds has been ruled an accident related to electricity. That’s according to Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney, who doubles as the state fire marshal. The fire Monday morning destroyed 15 cabins and damaged …