Jurors have found the owner of a McDonald’s restaurant in northern New Jersey not liable for a stabbing that left a man partially paralyzed. Corey Jenkins claimed security was inadequate at the restaurant in one of the most dangerous neighborhoods …
Despite returning like a hero from beating Brandon Rios over the weekend, Manny Pacquiao said Tuesday he has no money to keep his promise to help typhoon victims because Philippine revenue authorities have frozen his bank accounts. The Bureau of …
Officials say 15 people were killed and seven injured when a cargo truck smashed into a minibus carrying patients to a hospital in Brazil’s central Minas Gerais state. State emergency services personnel quoted eyewitnesses as saying the accident occurred early …
For about six months, somebody armed with what resembles a small ice pick has been puncturing tires in Portland, Ore., neighborhoods and otherwise vandalizing vehicles at a rate of 30 to 40 a week. Police say the number of vehicles …
A Rutgers University task force has found the university handled Superstorm Sandy well but offers some areas for improvement. The document says the state’s flagship public university needs to come up with plans to make sure emergency power is available …
A cut-rate building contractor will face murder charges for a botched demolition in downtown Philadelphia that killed six people inside an adjacent store, officials announced Monday. Prosecutors called Griffin Campbell “the center of culpability” for the June collapse, and said …
Gov. Susana Martinez has appointed a state government lawyer from Albuquerque to run a regulatory agency overseeing New Mexico’s workers’ compensation program. Darin Childers will become director of the Workers’ Compensation Administration starting next week. He has served as the …
Drivers in New Jersey could possibly be pulled over for snacking, smoking or putting on make-up behind the wheel under a bill that has been advanced in the Assembly. The proposed law would fine drivers found to “engage in any …
The Livingston Parish district attorney says he will file charges against a former parish contractor after a grand jury fell one vote short of indicting him on allegations he falsified billing invoices for work related to Hurricane Gustav cleanup. District …
Investigators from Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s office are working in central and southern Illinois communities severely damaged by tornadoes. Already, one out-of-state organization is under investigation for a potential fundraising scam tied to relief efforts. Madigan said Monday that …