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Charleston Weighs Wall as Seas Rise and Storms Strengthen

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Vickie Hicks, who weaves intricate sweetgrass baskets in Charleston, South Carolina’s historic city market, remembers climbing onto the table at her grandmother’s booth downtown when the floodwaters rushed by. Decades later, the seasoned seller of this art …

Texas Gun Shop Bullet Goes Through Wall, 1 Hurt

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 …

Report: Wall that Crushed Michigan Boy May Have Been Bad for Years

A police report on the crushing death of a student at Williamston High School says a gym wall that collapsed was wobbly years earlier. Fourteen-year-old Gabriel Corbett died Oct. 26 when a concrete wall fell on him at the school …

Engineer, Insurance Investigator to Probe Mich. Wall Collapse

A structural engineer and an insurance investigator will help determine why an 8-foot wall collapsed in a Michigan high school locker room, killing a 14-year-old student. Police said Williamston High School freshman Gabriel Corbett was buried under cement blocks from …

Collapse at Maryland Casino Construction Site Kills 1

Anne Arundel County officials say one construction worker was killed and another was injured when a 30-foot wall collapsed at the site of a casino being built at Arundel Mills Mall. Rescue workers were called to the site of the …