North Las Vegas, Nev., police now say they doubt a fire on the second floor of a vacant home was deliberately set to injure firefighters. Police Sgt. Tim Bedwell said Wednesday that investigators still think arson is the cause behind …
Fifteen people have been injured in a storm system that swept through parts of Jones County on Wednesday, causing damage to dozens of homes and buildings in an area north of Laurel. Only one person was taken to a hospital. …
Authorities say two workers were injured when trusses collapsed at a construction site in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The Daily News of Iron Mountain reports authorities responded Tuesday afternoon to the site of a new clinic at Dickinson County Memorial Hospital. …
Authorities say four men were injured at a South Florida machine shop when a gas tank exploded. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue reports that workers at the Medley Machine Shop were trying to cut into an empty fuel tank Tuesday. Fire officials …
Police are trying to determine why a 34-year-old mother drove a van in front of a commuter train in Kaysville, Utah, while her two small children were inside. The woman was in critical condition with a skull fracture after the …
A single-boat accident blemished the final day of racing Sunday at the Key West World Championship, but injuries to two New Jersey racers were not believed to be serious. The final race of three was staged despite three deaths in …
An explosion has flattened one home in Chicago, burned others and sent two people to the hospital with serious burns. Chicago police and fire officials say a woman in her 50s and a man in his 40s were seriously burned …
State media say at least six people were killed and 25 injured when a passenger van overturned at the end of a traffic tunnel in southwest China. Xinhua News Agency says the van crashed Sunday near a bridge at the …
The state is reporting that workplace injuries and illnesses declined last year in Montana. An annual survey from the Department of Labor and Industry found 5.0 injuries and illnesses per hundred full time workers in 2010. That is down from …
An elevator in the American Tower in downtown Shreveport fell several stories with one person suffering minor injuries. According to the Times, three people were on board when the elevator fell five floors before it braked, stopping at the second …