A 21-year-old man is charged with setting fire to an Apple Valley home where former Minnesota Viking Dave Osborn, his wife and four others were sleeping. Osborn, his wife Beverly, their granddaughter and three other teenage girls got out safely. …
Bart Scott’s home in New Jersey has no power because of Hurricane Irene, and he’s unsure when the lights will go back on. Still, the New York Jets linebacker considers himself one of the lucky ones. Several neighborhoods near the …
A Bay man on his first airplane ride asked the pilot to fly over his home so he could take some aerial photos. What he saw was two men burglarizing his home. Steven Lynn told The Jonesboro Sun that he …
Four hundred gallons of heating oil in the basement? The Michigan appeals court says that’s distressing. The court has upheld a $100,000 verdict for a Clinton County woman whose home had to be demolished after oil was mistakenly pumped into …
Guests including Academy Award-winning actress Kate Winslet escaped uninjured when fire destroyed Richard Branson’s Caribbean home in the middle of the night, the British businessman said Monday. The Virgin Group boss said about 20 people, including Winslet and her children, …
Mother Nature wrecked havoc along the Front Range and southeastern Wyoming last week—again living up to the region’s weather reputation as “hail alley.” The Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association estimates insured damage to cars and homes in Colorado from last …
A man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for setting fire to his home and an attached business in rural western Pennsylvania. Fifty-six-year-old William Russell, of Waterman, was sentenced Monday by a federal judge in Pittsburgh. He …
A Pawtucket man is being held without bail on charges he set fires five times at the homes of his ex-girlfriend, her relatives and her new boyfriend in Central Falls and Providence. State prosecutors said 20-year-old Franci Vilorio appeared in …
Police say a western Indiana fire chief is being held on a preliminary drunken driving charge after his car crashed into a house, killing a man and critically injuring his wife. Parke County Chief Deputy Sheriff Bill Todd tells the …
The State Fire Marshal’s Office says three fires in Sussex County that caused tens of thousands of dollars in damage were deliberately set. The first fire was reported about 9:10 p.m. Thursday in a Blades home. The house was not …