A man who claims American Crystal Sugar Co.’s failure to keep ice off a scale platform caused his fall and injury is suing the company for $50,000. The Grand Forks Herald reports that Dean Dauner filed his suit in Traill …
A fire in the home of a New Jersey hoarder has killed 20 cats and injured 11 firefighters, most of them from throwing piles of heavy debris. Passaic Fire Chief Patrick Trentacost tells The Record newspaper that Tuesday’s blaze was …
The U.S. Geological Survey website says a 3.2 magnitude earthquake happened at 8:46 a.m. Saturday, centered 5 miles north-northeast of Snyder, in Scurry County. The area is 78 miles southeast of Lubbock. Authorities had had no immediate reports of injury …
Authorities say a man at a business next to a South Texas gun shop has suffered a facial wound after a bullet was accidentally fired through the shared wall. Jourdanton police Chief Eric Kaiser says a worker at The Bullet …
Iowa’s nursing home for veterans has ended a program in which residents transported other residents who use wheelchairs around the campus, following a bloody accident in which an elderly woman fell face-first into concrete and broke her nose, its top …
People playing contact sports assume the risk they will be injured, South Carolina’s Supreme Court ruled Monday, upholding a lower court’s ruling that said a man injured in a softball game should have known he could be hurt. David Cole …
A 5-year-old boy is recovering after he was struck by a float during a parade in southwest Florida. Dade City Police officials say it’s unclear whether the boy was run over or just knocked down during Friday’s parade. The child …
An explosion at a closed restaurant near the University of Cincinnati has blown out the building’s windows and front door and sent one person to the hospital. Fire officials could not immediately say what caused Sunday night’s blast at the …
An emergency fire ban remains in effect in Boulder County, Colo., where high winds Saturday were blamed for three fires and the closure of a farmers market. The three small blazes were whipped by winds as high as 84 miles …
Police in Niagara Falls are investigating a reported assault with a bowling ball. Authorities tell The Buffalo News that a man told police he was at the Rapids Bowling Alley on Saturday night when two highly intoxicated men in the …