Authorities are investigating a patient’s death at an Oakland hospital after what’s being described as a “medical error” by a replacement nurse hired during a labor dispute. Oakland police spokeswoman Johnna Watson says the nurse at Alta Bates Summit Medical …
Bedbugs don’t make you sick. But the poisons used to kill them can. A government study released Thursday found that dozens of Americans have fallen ill from the insecticides, and a North Carolina woman died after using 18 cans of …
The death of a Chicago police officer who accidentally inhaled noxious fumes from a cleaning product sprayed at work is under investigation after a new autopsy report was released this week. The Illinois Department of Labor has opened an investigation …
A Floyd County grand jury has cleared three officers in the death of a Wisconsin man after a chase in northern Iowa. The Iowa Department of Public Safety says Tuesday that a grand jury concluded no charges will be filed …
A Yellowstone County jury has determined that Ford Motor Co. and a rental car business were not negligent in a 2002 crash that killed an Idaho man. The Billings Gazette reports a jury on Monday rejected claims of negligence and …
A federal agency has cited Disney with three safety citations totaling $69,000 related to the death of a mechanic who died in March while doing work on a ride at its Animal Kingdom park. Each of the violations, which were …
The owners of two buildings in Morrilton that collapsed in May, killing a 2-year-old girl and injuring her mother, have been sued by the city in an attempt to get the sited cleaned up. The lawsuit filed in Conway County …
A Hinds County judge says he will rule soon on a motion by the University of Mississippi to move a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a former Ole Miss football player to Lafayette County. The Clarion-Ledger reports …
Authorities say the employee at Adventure Island in Tampa, Florida who was struck by lightning has died. The man was identified late Saturday as 21-year-old Justin Inversso. Authorities say the lifeguard supervisor was standing in a few feet of water …
A 6-year-old boy has died after a go-cart crash during a practice session at an Ohio track. Michael Wise of Newark was driving a go-cart that somehow got turned around and collided with a motorcycle Saturday afternoon at Circleville Raceway …