A small town in northwestern Indiana is cleaning up and trying to figure out what caused its 250,000-gallon water tower to collapse. Homes and businesses in the Newton County town of Goodland were without water service for about 10 hours …
Portland, Oregon’s regional mass transit agency considered it a “minor service disruption” when one of its light rail trans crashed into a concrete barrier last month, didn’t say anything about the accident, and then it suspended an employee who posted …
A powerful Bering Sea storm hit western Alaska early Wednesday with high winds and surging seas, the National Weather Service said. Some homes close to ocean have been evacuated, but there are no reports of injuries, he said. A storm …
The strongest aftershock yet to hit in the wake of last weekend’s earthquake in central Oklahoma damaged dozens of homes, closed some schools and caused at least one minor injury, emergency officials said Tuesday. The 4.7 magnitude aftershock recorded late …
President Barack Obama has signed a disaster declaration for the District of Columbia as a result of an earthquake this summer. Tuesday’s declaration comes in response to a request from Mayor Vincent Gray. It makes federal funding available to repair …
The state environmental agency is in the midst of using $4 million in federal money to clean up 28 sites around Indiana with leaking underground storage tanks, although that will barely make a dent in the state’s problem. The state …
Central Oklahoma continued to be rattled by aftershocks after an earthquake measuring 5.6 rocked the state over the weekend. The U.S. Geological Survey had recorded at least five more tremors by midday Monday, the strongest being a 3.4 magnitude quake …
Police say an out-of-control car slammed into the front of an empty western Pennsylvania church but no one was inside at the time. Officials say the driver lost control and struck a utility pole and tree before going airborne and …
A moderate earthquake in the southern Philippines has injured one person, knocked out power and prompted the evacuation of dozens of patients from a hospital. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology measured the quake at magnitude 5.2, while the …
A trial has been delayed for a former Lincoln Public Schools worker accused of starting a fire that destroyed the district’s headquarters. The Lincoln Journal Star reports a Lancaster County district judge has granted a delay in Sharon Brewster’s case. …