An Alabama couple’s wedding photo from 1982 – blown 120 miles from their flattened house near Hackleburg, Ala., to Lincoln County, Tenn. and identified after publication in Tupelo, Miss. – is on its way back to them. The family that …
There are many ways to measure the tornado that ripped through Ohio State University’s Agricultural Research and Development Center in September. Time wise, the twister took four minutes to cross the Wayne County campus. As far as size, the storm …
Iowa officials say the woman who died after a tree fell on her tent at Lake MacBride State Park was from Iowa City. In a news release Monday, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources identified the woman as 31-year-old Jennifer …
China’s supreme court has ordered judges across the country to issue harsher sentences, including the death penalty, to people convicted of food safety violations as the government struggles to clean up the nation’s food supply after repeated scandals. The Supreme …
Eight manufacturers have voluntarily recalled about one million pool and in-ground spa drain covers because of incorrect water flow ratings. The U.S. Product Safety Commission announced the recall Thursday. The agency says the recalled covers could pose a possible entrapment …
The Idaho Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a former state representative who contested a jury’s decision that he must pay about $1.4 million to a couple after one of them was injured on a broken stairway. The justices …
A black deputy fire chief in St. Louis has won $350,000 in a racial discrimination lawsuit. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that a St. Louis jury Friday awarded Charles Coyle $300,000 for actual damages in the lawsuit in which Coyle …
An official says a flood in a coal mine in southwestern China has trapped a dozen miners underground. A staffer from the Guizhou provincial coal mine safety bureau confirmed that there had been a flood on Sunday morning at the …
As floodwaters drop, the threat of mosquito-borne diseases will rise – people returning home should remember that even a flowerpot can be a breeding ground for mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus and other diseases, Mississippi officials warn. This week, Tunica …
Firefighters are stamping out a 1,000-acre brush fire near a Lockheed Martin facility in central Florida. More than 30 Orange County firefighters joined Florida Division of Forestry teams Sunday to get the blaze under control. Authorities say there are no …