March 13, 2020
MEXICO CITY — A two-train subway collision in Mexico City killed a male passenger, injured 41 people and disrupted service Wednesday on the bustling metro system serving this megalopolis of over 20 million people. Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said via Twitter …
November 28, 2011
SAN DIEGO, 11/28/11 – Wells Publishing, Inc. announces the addition of a weather map to ClaimsJournal.com, the company’s website for news and information for property/casualty claims professionals. The interactive map displays live weather conditions throughout the United States and can …
October 31, 2011
Thibodaux Police have already made 100 drunk-driving arrests this year, four times the number posted in all of 2010. Thibodaux’s new Police Chief Scott Silverii tells The Daily Comet of Thibodaux that the increase results from finding problem areas and …
October 14, 2011
Authorities say 16 people were hurt when two passenger trains collided at the Amtrak station in Oakland, Calif., Thursday night. Oakland Fire Department battalion chief Emon Usher says one of the trains was stopped and unloading passengers when the second …
August 23, 2011
Officials in two counties in north-central Ohio say they’re widening a possible arson investigation after finding evidence of at least 27 suspicious fires since February. The fires have hit abandoned homes, barns, outbuildings, fields and ditches in Hardin and Union …
August 3, 2011
Parents will be able to track the travels of their teenage drivers under a system being tested by General Motors’ OnStar system. The system, called “Family Link,” lets the owners of cars and trucks equipped with OnStar log onto a …
July 7, 2011
As cars zigged and zagged through the busy Chestnut Street and St. Matthews Road intersection, the unit sounded off: “Yabba Dabba Doo!” “I got a hit,” the officer said. “Hang on.” Out of hundreds of cars navigating the intersection, Orangeburg …
July 6, 2011
A CSX freight train has leaked about 1,700 gallons of diesel fuel along the tracks and into a river through downtown Columbus. Fire Department officials in Columbus say the spill was discovered at about 3 p.m. Monday as the train, …
June 28, 2011
Six people are injured after a horse leaves the track and jumps into a crowd of spectators during a Hispanic rodeo in southeast Kansas City. Police say none of the injuries were serious after the incident shortly before 4 p.m. …
June 15, 2011
If it seemed Arkansas had too many tornadoes to count this spring, that may have been true. Forecasters said Tuesday they located a tornado track near Hickory Plains in Prairie County, pushing Arkansas’ storm total for this year to 67. …