The University of Connecticut’s Board of Trustees on Wednesday approved spending more than $1 million to put a new roof on a science building that is targeted for demolition. The school is hoping to begin tearing down the Torrey Life …
Religious leaders say they plan to rebuild a Catholic church in West Michigan that was destroyed by fire over the weekend. MLive.com reports the cause of Sunday morning’s fire at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church was under investigation by the …
Police responding to a burglar alarm found a car crashed through the roof of a Santa Fe, Texas, business. Investigators say the car was traveling at a high rate of speed about 2 a.m. Saturday when the driver failed to …
Police are looking for two men who broke into a New Hampshire convenience store through the roof before making off with cartons of cigarettes. Police in Allenstown say video surveillance at the store shows a ceiling tile falling to the …
A powerful Bering Sea storm hit western Alaska early Wednesday with high winds and surging seas, the National Weather Service said. Some homes close to ocean have been evacuated, but there are no reports of injuries, he said. A storm …
Authorities say a 68-year-old handyman fell to his death from atop a four-story apartment building in Little Havana. Miami Fire-Rescue spokesman Lt. Ignatius Carroll says the man was near the ledge and appeared to be installing weather stripping when he …
Authorities say an overnight storm tore part of the roof off Faro airport in Portugal’s southern Algarve region, injuring five people and disrupting flights. Roof panels over the departure terminal’s check-in area peeled off when the storm hit at around …
Australia’s prime minister is looking for a new home after her official residence was declared a potential fire hazard with a leaking roof that needs replacing. Special Minister of State Gary Gray said in a statement Tuesday that Prime Minister …
Boston police and fire officials say a woman plunged four stories to her death down a shaft on a building’s roof. Acting Deputy Fire Chief Ronald Marston tells the Boston Herald that the woman fell Saturday night from a seven-story …
State workplace safety officials are investigating the death of a construction worker who fell from the roof of a home in unincorporated Tiburon and struck his head. Authorities identified the man on Wednesday as 53-year-old Gabriel Vasquez of San Rafael. …