With the plane’s windshield covered in oil, a pilot landed the small aircraft on a city street in Watertown, Wis., and hit a moving car. The two people in the plane and the driver of the vehicle weren’t seriously hurt. …
The principal of a D.C. high school that re-opened in August after costly renovations says recent bathroom fires have caused $150,000 in damage. Woodrow Wilson High School Principal Pete Cahall says the most recent bathroom fire was last week. He …
The same engineers who captivated tourists and passersby by rappelling down the Washington Monument began a similar operation Monday at the National Cathedral, the other major landmark to be damaged by an earthquake that shook the nation’s capital. The “difficult …
It only took half an hour for the raging Mad River to flood much of Moretown during Tropical Storm Irene and fill the vault in the town clerk’s office with 51/2 feet of water, but it’s taking weeks to get …
The Mississippi Supreme Court has asked attorneys for more information as it considers whether the state’s limitation on damages in civil cases is constitutional. In an order last month, the court asked attorneys for Sears, Roebuck and Co., and for …
Oregon voters may be asked to decide next year whether the state should ban studded tires. A Portland man, Jeff Bernards, is planning to collect 80,000 signatures to put a measure banning studded tires on the November 2012 ballot, the …
Rome is tallying up the costs a day after rioters hijacked a peaceful protest and smashed bank and store windows, tore up sidewalks and torched vehicles. Mayor Gianni Alemanno told reporters Sunday that repairs to public buses, streets and sidewalks …
A New Orleans man has pleaded guilty to a charge he fraudulently received a federal disaster loan to repair damage to his home after Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005. Forty-eight-year-old Ronald Stimage faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in …
New Kent County, Va., officials said Friday twice as many homes were damaged by a tornado that struck Thursday than they originally thought. New Kent County was one of three areas of the state where suspected tornados struck, along with …
A string of four fires labeled arson, including a blaze that destroyed a historic building in a northeast Ohio village, remains unsolved one year later despite a $5,000 reward. Investigators still are not releasing much information about the fires. One …