Authorities say a small, pre-dawn fire has occurred at Dodger Stadium in the same storage area where a blaze broke out Saturday night. The fire was reported shortly after 5 a.m. Monday and was quickly put out. Los Angeles fire …
Two southwest Idaho men who police say started two fires as a diversionary tactic before breaking into a pawn shop to steal guns have been charged with arson and burglary. Forty-eight-year-old David Von Bargen of Fruitland and 21-year-old Donavan Bolen …
The Massachusetts Senate passed measures designed to tighten escalator safety rules Thursday as it debated its $30.5 billion state spending plan for the next fiscal year. The Senate passed amendments toughening inspection requirements on escalators and elevators. The escalator amendment …
A Massachusetts jury has found that Phillip Morris Inc. was not responsible for the death of a longtime smoker whose family claimed the company’s cigarettes could have been made safer. The Worcester Superior Court jury returned its verdict Thursday after …
A landscaping company has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor safety violation stemming from a wood chipper accident that killed a 14-year-old worker. The Daily Press reports that Old Tree Dominion and Lawn Care owner Robert Lee Strickland Jr. entered the …
Over 400 unsafe buses or drivers were removed from the nation’s roadways as a result of more than 3,000 surprise passenger carrier safety inspections over a two-week period in May, according to the Department of Transportation (DOT). The Federal Motor …
State Farm says it has paid almost $1 billion on about 300,000 catastrophe claims from devastating storms across the central and southeastern United States over the past two months. The Pantagraph in Bloomington reported that State Farm says about 284,000 …
The powerful thunderstorms that unleashed large hail and tornadoes on parts of North Texas this week caused the electrocution death of a Dallas man, medical officials ruled Thursday, and insurance experts said they expect damage claims could reach $300 million. …
Former McAllen, Texas, firefighter Ronaldo “Ronnie” Gomez considers himself one of the lucky ones. In May 2008, a suspected drunk driver clipped him as he turned his motorcycle at the intersection of North 10th Street and Trenton Road. He sustained …
Confronted with an unprecedented string of tornadoes, floods and wildfires, the American Red Cross and other relief groups are scrambling to raise money fast enough to meet the demand for help. “The disasters just keep coming,” said Red Cross spokesman …