October 11, 2011
This could make the family Thanksgiving a bit uncomfortable. A Detroit-area man is suing his in-laws after falling through their garage attic while hunting for a Christmas wreath. The Michigan appeals court has reversed a decision by an Oakland County …
October 6, 2011
State investigators will probe an explosion at a northern Indiana fertilizer plant that injured four people, including two who are in critical condition at a Fort Wayne hospital. Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration spokeswoman Chetrice Mosley says investigators were …
October 5, 2011
Authorities say at least one person is dead and multiple others are injured after a blinding dust storm rolled across the Arizona desert Tuesday afternoon, causing pileup crashes involving at least 30 vehicles on Interstate 10 northwest of Tucson. Arizona …
October 5, 2011
Officials say as many as 20 people reported being hurt during severe turbulence on two flights that landed in Boston. As many as three people required hospitalization. Massachusetts Port Authority spokesman Phil Orlandella says 11 people on a Lufthansa flight …
October 4, 2011
The Augusta Fire chief and city manager want the city council to ban fireworks, overruling a new Maine law allowing them. Fire Chief Roger Audette says he grew up in Los Angeles, a city that allows fireworks and every year …
October 3, 2011
Rescuers scrambled Sunday to deliver food and water to hundreds of villagers stuck on rooftops for days because of flooding in the northern Philippines, where back-to-back typhoons have left at least 59 people dead. Typhoon Nalgae slammed ashore in northeastern …
October 3, 2011
A federal grand jury has indicted a 67-year-old New Orleans attorney on one count of mail fraud. U.S. Attorney Jim Letten says Robert Hackett represented professional athletes in their workers’ compensation claims and defrauded them of about $462,615. Letten said …
October 3, 2011
An ultra-light plane has crashed into a Ferris wheel at a rural festival in Australia, trapping four people in the tangled wreckage for hours. There were no serious injuries. New South Wales Rural Fire Service spokesman Ben Shepherd says the …
September 30, 2011
Venezuela’s transportation minister says two trains have collided outside Caracas and that officials are headed to the site. Transportation Minister Francisco Garces confirmed the collision on state television Thursday, saying the two trains collided in a tunnel in Los Valles …
September 30, 2011
The National Weather Service has determined a tornado caused damage to homes and business in Bolivar County. Between the hours of 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Sunday, the weather service had received multiple reports of grounded tornados around the …