Articles by MELINDA DESLATTE

It appears Louisiana drivers won’t face new limits on their cellphone use. An annual effort seeking to prohibit hand-held cellphone... Read More

A Houston-area insurance agent whose company included the word “integrity” in its name has been sentenced to four years in... Read More

A northern Illinois fire district plans to sell advertising on its firetrucks and ambulances in order to raise much-needed money... Read More

Police in central New Jersey say a custodian’s cigarette is to blame for a fire that destroyed an elementary school.... Read More

The head of the U.N. weather agency blamed extreme weather on human-induced climate change Monday, citing key events that wreaked... Read More

Weakened, century-old cloth and plaster ties caused a partial ceiling collapse that injured almost 80 audience members at London’s Apollo... Read More

When Mitch Haddad and his brother began rebuilding their family’s oceanside restaurant in Marshfield, they decided to take no chances.... Read More

State safety officials have fined an Oregon wild cat sanctuary $5,600 for two serious violations, one of which likely contributed... Read More

Relatives of three victims have filed lawsuits over a house fire in Charleston, W.Va., that killed nine people in 2012.... Read More