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Man Drowns in Minnesota Hotel Pool

Hennepin County sheriff’s officials say a man has drowned in a hotel pool in Minneapolis. The 21-year-old man was swimming with his family Sunday about 6 p.m. and began to struggle in the deep end of the pool at the …

Victim in Deadly Pennsylvania Hit-and-Run Sues Bar

A survivor of a drunk-driving hit-and-run crash is suing the bar where the driver allegedly drank before hitting two people at the scene of a motorcycle crash, killing one. The Pocono Record reports Robert Scotko is suing the restaurant and …

Vermont Man Dies in Construction Accident

State police say a 46-year-old Vermont man has died of injuries caused by heavy machinery in a construction accident in northern New York. Troopers said Wednesday that Michael Loyer of South Burlington was working for Trenchless Technologies of New England, …

North Carolina Family Awarded $10M in Taser Lawsuit

A federal jury awarded $10 million this week to the family of a North Carolina teenager who died after a police officer shocked him with a Taser at the grocery store where he worked, according to court documents. The jury …

Georgia Court Wrestles with Bizarre Malpractice Case

After a mentally ill Georgia man was charged with stabbing his mother to death amid a psychotic rage, his father took a peculiar step that has so far divided Georgia courts: He filed a medical malpractice lawsuit seeking damages from …

Boy Buried After Crash Involving NBA’s Lamar Odom

Neighbors have buried a teenager who died when a motorcycle collided with a vehicle carrying Los Angeles Lakers player Lamar Odom and hurtled onto a New York sidewalk. Odom, who stars in a reality TV show with his wife, Khloe …

Employee Dies in Accident at Southwest Oklahoma Plant

Lawton police and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are investigating a deadly accident at a Bar S Foods plant. Authorities received an emergency call late Tuesday that an employee was trapped in machinery. Bar S officials say Michael Raper …

Contractor, State Not Liable in Missouri Bridge Death

The jury has ruled that the state and a contractor were not responsible after a woman died when the car she was in fell through a hole in a bridge near St. Joseph. A Buchanan County jury on Wednesday ruled …

‘Cash Cab’ Taxi Kills Canadian Pedestrian

A replica taxi used in the Canadian version of the TV game show “Cash Cab” struck and killed a pedestrian after finishing production for the day in Vancouver. Vancouver Police said a 61-year-old man from Surrey, B.C., died in a …

Blowhole Kills Man off of Hawaii Coastline

The fiance of the Northern California man who was sucked into a blowhole to his apparent death said Friday there should have been signs warning people of the dangers of the geyser-like creation along a rugged stretch of the Maui …