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PG&E Corp.’s utility pleaded not guilty to obstructing a federal investigation of the 2010 natural-gas pipeline explosion that killed eight... Read More

A government report shows that traffic deaths in New Mexico have increased about 20 percent this year. According to preliminary... Read More

The colored lines spanning a graph on Mesa County surveyor Frank Kochevar’s computer screen are flat. Unlike in an intensive... Read More

Washington state’s Department of Corrections has fired the supervisor in charge of an inmate work crew that used unsafe practices... Read More

A Seattle, Wash., lawyer who scammed a disabled client out of $360,000 has been sentenced to two years in prison.... Read More

The California Supreme Court has ruled that the silence of suspects can be used against them. Wading into a legally... Read More

A state official says there is no active earthquake fault under the site of a proposed development in Hollywood, Calif.... Read More

The U.S. Justice Department said Friday it will file no criminal charges following a four-year investigation into the April 2010... Read More

U.S. Geographical Service outposts in other states are helping monitor Hawaii’s volcanoes and earthquakes while work is done to repair... Read More