A four-alarm apartment complex fire in suburban Dallas has left one person hurt and more than 80 residents displaced during extreme hot weather. American Red Cross spokeswoman Anita Foster says volunteers worked Thursday to provide housing after 24 units at …
A lawsuit filed against a popular South Beach hotel and a former police officer is seeking damages for a woman seriously injured in a drunken all-terrain vehicle crash. The lawsuit filed Thursday on behalf of 29-year-old Kitzie Nicanor names the …
Doubts about China’s breakneck plans to expand high-speed rail across the country have been underscored by a bullet train wreck that killed at least 38 people. One train rammed into the back of another that had stalled after being hit …
The attorneys for a Maine man shot by police have posted video of the shooting online as part of an effort to show Portland officers had no reason to fire at him. The website was created by Jonathan Mitchell’s legal …
A civil court judge has ordered swimmer Nick D’Arcy to pay at least 180,000 Australian dollars ($190,000) in damages to former Commonwealth Games champion Simon Cowley, who was injured in a bar room fight in 2008. D’Arcy was convicted in …
Texas Mutual Insurance Co. reported that a Travis County district court sentenced Derrick F. Crockrom of Houston on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. Crockrom was sentenced to 15 days in jail and two years’ deferred adjudication. He was also ordered to …
A University of Georgia student who was injured at a fraternity’s “foam party” has filed a lawsuit seeking medical expenses. Leah Carole Mock said in the lawsuit filed this week in Athens-Clarke County Superior Court that a tooth was broken …
U.S. prosecutors in Philadelphia say they will announce criminal charges Thursday in the deadly crash between a barge and a tour boat. Investigators have said the tug pilot steering the barge was repeatedly on his cell phone dealing with a …
Nine months after a flood of toxic red sludge devastated Hungarian villages, the country has built more than 100 new homes for the displaced. But for survivors such as Istvan Fuchs, who lost his mother in the disaster, the emotional …
Major league teams are reviewing stadium safety following the death of a fan at a Texas Rangers game last week, while still encouraging players to toss balls into the stands. Shannon Stone, a 39-year-old attending a Rangers’ game in Texas …