Residents were evacuated after a series of explosions at a St. Augustine gas station sparked a massive blaze, seriously damaging several building and injuring one person. Authorities said a fuel was being delivered Friday night when the explosion occurred. Several …
A woman injured while loading a firearm at the Sun Valley Resort gun club last summer has filed a lawsuit seeking an unspecified amount in damages. The Idaho Mountain Express reports Nan T. Bassett, of Salt Lake City, sued the …
Three people whose fingers were snipped off or injured by Martha Stewart patio chairs have won settlements against her company and Kmart, which sold the furniture, their attorney said Thursday. Des Moines attorney Guy Cook declined to say how much …
Part of a carnival ride that spins people around at high speed broke apart Tuesday, hurling three people to their death and leaving a teenage girl severely injured, a police official said. The accident happened in the early hours in …
Officials say a Volusia County lifeguard who ran over a sunbather while driving a Beach Patrol pickup truck did not take the driving course required of patrol officers. Volusia County spokesman Dave Byron says 21-year-old Thomas Moderie was given a …
The Michigan Supreme Court says the state has no obligation to maintain a northern Michigan trail, dismissing a lawsuit by a woman who sued after suffering serious back injuries when her off-road vehicle hit a partially buried board. In a …
North Korea says dozens of people were killed, injured or missing after torrential rain pounded the country between late June and mid-July. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency said Monday that 8,000 people were displaced when floods destroyed nearly …
An appeals court has ruled in favor of Copper Mountain Resort in a lawsuit filed by a doctor who says he was injured after unwittingly skiing off an unmarked cornice. Rajeev Kumar accused Copper Mountain of negligence after the 2006 …
A jury in Ohio has ruled in favor of Ford Motor Co. in the lawsuit of a former patrol officer severely burned in a crash in one of the automaker’s police cruisers. The Vindicator of Youngstown reports the Mahoning County …
One worker has been killed and another seriously hurt in an industrial accident in Central Texas. San Marcos police say a pre-engineered metal building frame under construction collapsed Wednesday at Thermon Manufacturing Company. Police did not immediately provide further details …