The next rainy season is only months away and the California insurance industry faces a “significant risk” from the Oroville Dam and its damaged spillway. Experts are cautioning the industry, residents of the region and pretty much anyone else who will listen about that the next time the waters rise could end far worse than the last time.
When mass-producing packaged foods, one of the goals is to prevent pieces of the processing equipment out of the food. A plant that makes José Olé products came up short of that aspiration, resulting in a recall of 17.5 tons of taquitos that could contain pieces of plastic and rubber.
Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] put its self-driving cars back on the road on Monday, voicing confidence in its autonomous vehicle program three days after one of its cars was involved in a crash in Tempe, Arizona.
One person is confirmed dead, seven were rescued and three suffered injuries from smoke inhalation this morning in a four-alarm fire in West Oakland, according to fire officials.
A severe storm brought gigantic hail to parts of Oklahoma and Texas on Sunday. The storm also delivered heavy rain and winds as high as 65 miles per hour in some areas in the Southern Plains.
A 20-year-old Brookline man was killed in a crash early Sunday morning on Route 90 eastbound at exit 22 in Boston. His 2013 Audi A8 was traveling on Route 90 at approximately 2:15 a.m. when the vehicle went airborne and struck the ceiling of the tunnel, ripping down wires and cables.
Police say a Columbus pastor who claimed burglars broke into home while he was preaching the gospel may have broken the 9th Commandment - the one about lying.
A Mount Pleasant High School track coach was killed and 18 students hurt Thursday night in a crash involving a school bus, an 18-wheeler and a car. The crash happened around 10:45 p.m. near the town of Talco, about 25 miles north of Mount Pleasant.
A private plane crashed into a residence in an Atlanta suburb Friday night, but the people inside the home got out safely, authorities said. A Cessna Citation I aircraft went down about three miles northeast of Cobb County International Airport-McCollum Field, north of Atlanta, around 7:20 p.m. ET, the FAA said.
Lightning sparked a Huntersville house fire during Tuesday evening storms, the Huntersville Fire Department says. The Long Creek Fire Department tweeted that flames were "through the roof" after a lightning strike.
Authorities say a 10-year-old boy has died a day after a north Florida crash on Interstate 75 killed his parents and two sisters. News outlets report that the crash occurred near Gainesville Sunday morning when the family’s rental car hit the back of a disabled tractor-trailer.
