October 19, 2011
Six people have been hospitalized following an early morning accident between a tour bus and a tractor-trailer in a suburb north of New York City. State police say the driver of the Trailways bus and five passengers were taken to …
October 18, 2011
A North Carolina Marine Corps base is investigating why people attending a chili festival were hurt by flying debris as a military helicopter took off. Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point spokesman Mike Barton said Sunday investigators haven’t spoken to …
October 17, 2011
The Marine Corps says a number of people were injured by debris sent flying by wind from a military helicopter’s rotors as it departed the Havelock Chili Festival. Marine officials said in a news release that the debris was swept …
October 14, 2011
Authorities say 16 people were hurt when two passenger trains collided at the Amtrak station in Oakland, Calif., Thursday night. Oakland Fire Department battalion chief Emon Usher says one of the trains was stopped and unloading passengers when the second …
October 14, 2011
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake jolted Indonesia’s popular resort island of Bali on Thursday, injuring more than 50 people and sending others fleeing from their hotels and houses in panic. Ceilings caved in at two high schools and several ancient Hindu …
October 14, 2011
Southern California authorities say four people were injured in an explosion at a Newport Beach apartment complex that triggered a fire and heavy smoke. Newport Beach Fire Department Assistant Chief Ralph Restadius says the blaze reported shortly before 10 a.m. …
October 13, 2011
A Dracut, Mass., woman has pleaded not guilty to charges that she was drunk when she crashed a van transporting special needs adults in Billerica last week. Melissa Rich pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Lowell District Court to charges including …
October 11, 2011
A motorist has been injured by a pumpkin that crashed through her windshield after it fell from or was dropped off an overpass north of Cedar Rapids. Cedar Rapids television station KCRG reports that the incident occurred on Interstate 380 …
October 11, 2011
The earthquake-rattled city of Christchurch has been shaken by another powerful temblor. The magnitude-4.7 quake struck just after 8:30 p.m. Sunday and there were no initial reports of significant damage or injuries. The country’s prime minister, John Key, was in …
October 11, 2011
Five people were taken to hospitals after a hayride accident near the western Missouri town of Oak Grove. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported that the accident happened Saturday night when a car rear-ended the tractor on Missouri Route H …