A North Salt Lake business is suing the University of Utah for nearly $5 million in damages after 12 workers were burned, three critically injured, by steam during a building project beneath the campus. Thermal West Industrial Inc. filed the …
Stamford police are seeking criminal charges against a 92-year-old man whose car crashed into a café and injured 10 people including himself. Police Sgt. Andrew Gallagher says investigators will ask prosecutors to pursue charges against Samuel Leighton of Stamford. Authorities …
An average of 14 people die and 1,800 people are injured in Utah every year riding motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles. The Deseret News of Salt Lake City says a report from the Utah Department of Health shows a third …
A small earthquake has been recorded in Dallas, Texas. A spokesman for the U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake occurred about 11:45 p.m. Saturday. No injuries were reported. Geophysicist Paul Caruso told The Dallas Morning News that the late-night quake …
One of three workers injured after a series of explosions at a propane company in south-central Kansas has died, authorities said Wednesday. The Butler County Sheriff’s Department identified the Global Propane employee who died as Jeffrey Burnham, 40, of Wichita. …
Two Ohio men honored as heroes for their actions after a 2009 car crash are now suing the woman they rescued from a burning vehicle. The Columbus Dispatch reports the suit filed in central Ohio’s Marion County by David Kelly …
The driver of a van carrying special needs adults that crashed into a garbage truck near Boston, injuring him and 12 others, has been charged with of driving under the influence of drugs. Police in Newton, Mass., say 51-year-old Addis …
Authorities say a worker at Wilson Salt Water Disposal has died after being injured in a fire at the plant near Wilson. Officials say 35-year-old Gary Cochran died of injuries suffered in the fire that was reported about 3 a.m. …
Authorities in Russia’s Far East have declared state of emergency in the wake of a powerful and rare tornado that killed one person and left dozens injured. A tornado swept through the city of Blagoveshchensk on Sunday night, killing one …
Authorities say four people were hospitalized and 40 others sustained minor injuries in a hayride accident on Shaw Island. The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office says the accident happened Sunday morning when a flatbed trailer carrying about 50 people collided …