The U.S. Chemical Safety Board has deployed a four-person investigation team to look into an explosion at an abandoned oil well near El Dorado, Ark., that left three workers dead. Officials say the Long Brothers Oil Company employees were taking …
A fatal tent collapse near a downtown St. Louis, Mo., bar during a severe thunderstorm Saturday could lead to closer scrutiny of the temporary structures, a spokesman for St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay said Sunday. Also Sunday, St. Louis police …
One worker is dead and another is missing after they were apparently overcome by fumes while working on a sewer line in North Texas, emergency officials said Thursday. Fairview fire Chief Dick Price said the dead man’s body was found …
A Massachusetts man accused of causing a fatal golf cart collision in New Hampshire will serve 18 months in prison. Thirty-three-year-old Andrew Morrissey of Waltham, Mass., was sentenced Wednesday on felony negligent homicide and aggravated drunken driving convictions. Prosecutors say …
A congressman said Tuesday he’ll renew efforts to strip military hospitals of their protection against lawsuits over mistakes made in treating service members, now that the U. S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case that could have done …
A former San Antonio standout high school wide receiver who played at North Texas has died following a one-vehicle rollover accident in South Texas. The Texas Department of Public Safety says 22-year-old Sam Dibrell died Monday after a wreck about …
Prosecutors have accused a truck driver of having marijuana in his system when he struck and killed a road construction worker in northeastern Indiana. The Adams County Prosecutor’s Office filed a felony charge of causing death while driving with a …
Investigators say the fatal crash of a small plane in northern Colorado left a 2-foot-deep crater. The National Transportation Safety Board says the single-engine airplane was found upside down about eight feet from the crater after the May 22 crash. …
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined Tyson Foods Inc. $70,000 in the wake of a fatal collapse at the company’s Nashville, Ark., feed mill. The Texarkana Gazette reports OSHA cited Tyson earlier this month, saying a collapsed …
A crash killed two men on Interstate 19 south of Tucson early Monday. The Arizona Department of Public Safety says a pickup truck rolled over on northbound I-19 at the San Xavier off ramp about 5:30 a.m. Investigators say the …