Frederick police have charged a man with setting seven fires in Frederick since March. Thirty-four-year-old Jason Edward Fauble of no fixed address was arrested Tuesday and charged with arson and other offenses. Police say Fauble is a registered sex offender …
A crash on one of Shanghai’s newest subway lines, the latest stumble in China’s rush to roll out modern services, is focusing attention on the use of high-tech signal systems that at times are anything but fail-safe. The collision Tuesday, …
A dust storm is moving through Arizona and may have caused a seven-car wreck on Interstate 10 that injured 13 people. Hector Vasquez, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, says the dust storm isn’t all that dense and hasn’t …
Puget Sound Energy crews worked through the night checking for more natural gas leaks in the north Seattle neighborhood where a home exploded Monday and injured two residents. Spokesman Roger Thompson says crews walked and drove a 5-square mile area …
A Shanghai subway train crashed into a stopped train during a signal failure Tuesday, injuring more than 270 people in the latest trouble for the newly expanded transportation system in China’s commercial center. The signal failure meant trains on Line …
Two police patrol cars collided during a driving demonstration at Houston’s police academy, injuring seven people. Among those injured in the Tuesday morning accident were five Chinese law enforcement dignitaries. The seven were taken to neighborhood hospitals. Police did not …
The Fire Department says 17 people suffered minor injuries when scaffolding collapsed and hit a city bus in Harlem, New York. The FDNY said one person refused medical attention and the others were treated after the accident Tuesday morning. Fire …
Injuries caused by bicyclists are far more common than previously thought, with an average of 1,000 pedestrians hurt annually in New York state alone, a new study shows. New York City accounted for about half of those injured. One quarter …
Police say nearly 50 people were injured when a regional train hit a car in eastern Germany. Federal police spokesman Torsten Henkel said the train crashed into the car that was hit by another vehicle and pushed onto the tracks …
Police in Maine say it’s “unbelievable” that two 17-year-old high school students survived a weekend car crash that saw their vehicle flip end-over-end three times. Seat belts are being credited with keeping the two students from the Maine Central Institute …