A man was killed Saturday in Oklahoma City when the car he was driving collided with an ambulance that was en route to an emergency call, authorities said. The two vehicles were going in the same direction when the motorist …
The widow of a Connecticut state trooper killed in a highway crash last year is suing Enterprise Rent-A-Car, claiming the company shouldn’t have rented a pickup truck to the driver who caused the wreck because of his criminal history. Sheila …
Two Norfolk, Conn., police officers are being sued by the family of a man who was killed while riding his bicycle. The wrongful death lawsuit was filed this week against officers Joey Bennett Jr. and Derek Folston. It seeks $33 …
The family of a Florida A&M University band member who died following a football game plans to file a lawsuit. Attorney Rick Mitchell told the school’s Board of Trustees during a meeting Wednesday Robert Champion’s family sent a letter indicating …
Savannah police say a construction worker is dead and three others are injured after a road-repair crew was struck by a car in an upscale subdivision. Police spokesman Julian Miller said Monday the three injured construction workers and the driver …
One person has died and several others have been injured in an explosion at a bank in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. A city fire and rescue official says the explosion occurred early Thursday evening outside a branch of …
A 52-year-old German woman has died after falling off an elephant in southern Thailand. Police Capt. Chatchai Nakpaksee says the tourist, Kerstin Kretz Schmar, was riding the elephant with her husband when the accident occurred Tuesday evening in Krabi province. …
A Southeast Texas man has died after a tree fell on him as he tried to cut and collect some firewood. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office says 70-year-old Edwin Worthy of Orangefield was dead at the scene Tuesday afternoon. An …
Two Vermont State Police troopers who went to the wrong house when asked the check on the welfare of an elderly woman can be sued over her death from hypothermia, the state Supreme Court has ruled. Troopers Travis Valcourt and …
The U.S. government has agreed to pay $2.5 million to the widow and family of a Florida tabloid photo editor killed in the 2001 anthrax attacks. A court filing obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press shows that Maureen Stevens will …