Boston police and fire officials say a woman plunged four stories to her death down a shaft on a building’s roof. Acting Deputy Fire Chief Ronald Marston tells the Boston Herald that the woman fell Saturday night from a seven-story …
State workplace safety officials are investigating the death of a construction worker who fell from the roof of a home in unincorporated Tiburon and struck his head. Authorities identified the man on Wednesday as 53-year-old Gabriel Vasquez of San Rafael. …
Carbon monoxide poisoning is suspected in the death of a Westover man and the sickening of five other people. Westover Police Lt. A.A. Livengood tells The Dominion Post that police went to the 25-year-old man’s home early Monday morning after …
A powerful earthquake jolted the western Indonesian island of Sumatra early Tuesday, killing a 12-year-old boy and sending people streaming from houses, hotels and at least one hospital in panic. The magnitude-6.6 quake was centered 60 miles (100 kilometers) southwest …
A painter is dead after backing one step too many on the roof of a Houston school building and falling 40 feet to his death. Spring Branch school district Police Chief Chuck Brawner tells the Houston Chronicle that the man …
A Hamilton family has been awarded a $7 million judgment by a Suffolk Superior Court jury that determined a doctor and a nurse at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston were negligent in the death of their premature daughter. …
Doctors often recommend massage to relieve stress and anxiety. But federal regulators are warning the public that the massages delivered by the ShoulderFlex Massager device could be fatal. The Food and Drug Administration issued an alert Friday saying one death …
A Collinsville man has died from the injuries he suffered when his legs became caught in a conveyor belt. Police Sgt. Marion Riddle says the 31-year-old man was working at Swansea Building Products Corp. The Belleville News-Democrat reports that the …
The Kentucky Supreme Court is being asked to review a lawsuit seeking damages for the death of an early-term fetus in a car crash. The lawsuit was brought by Thomas A. Stevens on behalf of his 24-year-old daughter Desiree Amber …
A new report says a faulty water pipe contributed to the death of an Asheville firefighter during a blaze later determined to be arson. The Asheville Citizen-Times reports that Capt. Jeff Bowen was unable to get water from one of …