New fences on highways are reducing the number of wildlife accidents, the Colorado Department of Transportation said. Animal-vehicle collisions in the Carbondale area of Colorado 82 fell below 100 in 2010 from the roughly 175 the previous year, and were …
Four months after a group of teenagers held parties that trashed a Columbia, Mo., home, the owners are still trying to repair the damage and restore their sense of safety. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports Steve Johnston and Kathy Keithley-Johnston …
The California law that eases prison overcrowding by shifting responsibility for thousands of lower-level felons to county jails has made it much harder for certain crime victims to collect restitution from inmates. The state’s 33 adult prisons have a seamless …
People affected by tornadoes and storms that struck Mississippi last week in Noxubee County and four adjacent eastern counties will be able to apply for low-interest loans from the federal Small Business Administration. Kemper, Lowndes, Oktibbeha and Winston counties also …
The National Weather Service has confirmed a tornado touched down in Fredericksburg, Va. The weather service says the tornado tore the roof off an apartment building, uprooted trees and ripped off ventilation units and roofing materials at a shopping plaza …
East Baton Rouge Parish deputies have arrested three people who allegedly broke into and ransacked two Baton Rouge, La., schools. Sheriff’s spokeswoman Casey Rayborn Hicks said in an email to The Advocate the trio broke into LaBelle Aire Elementary School …
Newly released court documents show gas drilling company Range Resources and other defendants paid $750,000 to settle claims that the activity ruined a western Pennsylvania family’s property. Stephanie and Chris Hallowich had sued the companies claiming drilling and other activity …
The Michigan House is expected to take up legislation this week that would limit liability for companies in propane fires and explosions. The bill would free propane companies from liability for injury or damage to property that occurs when a …
Traffic fatalities rose 5 percent last year, according to an analysis of preliminary state data, reversing a seven-year decline in which the number of annual traffic deaths reached their lowest level in more than six decades. An estimated 36,200 people …
Scientists have found more than 50 tiny fragments of a meteor that exploded over Russia’s Ural Mountains, and preliminary tests are turning up information about its contents. However, local residents seem more interested in the black market value of the …