A strong earthquake struck the U.S. East Coast and was felt as far away as Canada on Tuesday, shaking buildings in many cities, delaying flights and trains and sending thousands of frightened workers into the streets. There were no reports …
Authorities say a school bus driver’s purse that slipped behind a brake pedal caused a wreck that injured the driver and several students. Investigators told the Augusta Chronicle the driver was trapped and some students suffered minor injuries on Friday …
The pilot of a hot air balloon and his passengers were burned when propane ignited as he was changing a fuel line upon lift off at the Great Falls Balloon Festival in Lewiston. Festival organizers said a small amount of …
San Juan County has agreed to pay $250,000 to a man struck in the head and neck by a sheriff’s deputy with a flashlight. Donovan Tanner filed a lawsuit April 21 against the county, two sheriff’s deputies, a Farmington police …
Authorities say five people were injured when a ride partially collapsed at a New Jersey amusement park where a girl fell to her death from a Ferris wheel in June. Wildwood police say the center mast snapped on the sea …
A chartered Boeing 737-200 plane crashed as it was approaching an airport in Canada’s Arctic region, killing 12 people and injuring three, police said. Residents of the tiny hamlet of Resolute Bay in the Arctic territory of Nunavut and soldiers …
Authorities say three people were injured when the roof of a home collapsed in Atlanta. Atlanta fire officials say construction workers were on the roof doing renovations to the two-story, wood-frame house on Flat Shoals Avenue when the collapse occurred …
Authorities say an explosion and fire at the Clean Harbors Inc. plant in El Dorado caused no injuries or health threats and the fire was allowed to burn itself out. Union County Emergency Management Director Jerry Thomas told the El …
Twenty people, including nine children, were taken to Sacramento-area hospitals Monday after a high concentration of chlorine was released into the wave pool at Raging Waters, a private water park at the state fairgrounds in Sacramento. At least two of …
The driver of a Greyhound bus bound for St. Louis lost control on the Pennsylvania Turnpike early Saturday, sending the bus careering across the highway and up an embankment before it landed on its side on the interstate, briefly trapping …