The fire that consumed a building on the campus of St. Michael’s Villa, owned by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace, sparked in a compressor located in the building’s basement and traveled an elevator shaft, Mayor Mario Kranjac said.
Hurricane Matthew impaired or destroyed more than 1 million structures, forced businesses from Florida to North Carolina to close and put thousands temporarily out of work.
Japanese automaker Toyota has launched a global recall of its redesigned Toyota Prius sedan after reports of a potentially deadly defect involving the parking brake.
Authorities say a natural gas explosion and fire at a townhouse complex in suburban Chicago has injured two utility workers.<br />The explosion in Romeoville was reported Tuesday evening.
If you purchased a Galaxy Note 7 from a US carrier or retailer, you can (and should) return it to a store immediately. If you bought the phone straight from Samsung, though, the process was a little trickier -- some customers complained early on about FedEx and UPS refusing to handle return units out of fears they would blow up.
A Chicago area family has filed a wrongful death suit against UPS, two months after a truck hit and killed a 78-year-old woman in the Sauganash neighborhood.
An outbreak that sent 30 children to Southern California hospitals and could have long-term effects on their health, is raising awareness about the risk of bacterial infection from water at the dentist’s office.
Early industry estimates had suggested that Hurricane Matthew insurance losses may be the second highest the country has ever seen. This storm represented the first direct hit the United States has experienced from a hurricane in over ten years.
The Kim Kardashian robbery that filled the headlines last week has now led to a sizeable insurance claim. When the celebrity was tied up and robbed at gunpoint, the criminals reportedly took 13 items from her possession.
Survivors and family members of people killed in the nation’s deadliest landslide have reached $60 million in settlements with the state of Washington and a timber company that logged an area above the site of the collapse.
Days after the storm formerly known as Hurricane Matthew moved out to sea, people far inland in the Carolinas faced new flood dangers Tuesday as officials warned residents along rain-soaked rivers to evacuate.
A fire at a high-rise home for seniors in Los Angeles left three elderly residents with burns and smoke-inhalation injuries.<br />Fire officials say two of the injured are in critical condition and one is in fair condition after the Monday night blaze at the 15-story building.
Self-driving technology promises to pretty much transform the auto industry as we know it. It may also change the business of selling motorcycles—but in a very different way.
That’s it for the Galaxy Note 7 -- Samsung just issued a statement saying it’s asking "all global partners to stop sales and exchanges of Galaxy Note 7 while further investigation takes place."
Hurricane Matthew has left at least 10 dead in North Carolina, Gov. Pat McCrory said Monday, pushing the death toll across the Southeast to at least 21 even as the weakening storm still carried dangers of flooding.
