A 4.3 magnitude earthquake has struck central Oklahoma in the same area that’s been rattled by quakes over the past week.<br />The U.S. Geological Survey says Wednesday’s quake was centered near Luther, about 28 miles northeast of Oklahoma City.
The ship Caribbean Fantasy reported a fire after it launched from Santo Domingo en route to San Juan Wednesday. According to the United States Coast Guard, around 7:42 a.m., the USCG received 911 call, reporting a fire that started in the engine room.
A half dozen kids were shocked by electricity on a Connecticut boardwalk ride Tuesday, police said. The six children were rushed to a local hospital with minor injuries after being shocked on the Scrambler at Ocean Beach Park in New London.
The heartbreaking task of sorting through waterlogged belongings and ripping out carpets and drywall is kicking into high gear Wednesday in flood-wracked southern Louisiana as the state faces a long-term challenge of how to house thousands of displaced people.
What started as a small brush fire Tuesday morning above Devore turned into a state of emergency dubbed the Blue Cut Fire, as the blaze scorched at least 18,000 acres and forced 82,000 people to evacuate their homes in San Bernardino County.
Toyota is recalling 337,000 cars and SUVs for the third time for the same problem, except this time dealers will use a different repair procedure on the vehicles. The 2006-2011 Toyota RAV4 and 2010 Lexus HS 250h vehicles were first recalled in 2012 after a federal investigation into rear suspension arm assembly failures on both the left and right sides.
A line of storms moved through Central Indiana on Monday evening, producing at least one tornado and damaging homes and businesses in Boone and Hamilton counties. Monday night, it was too early to tell how many tornadoes the storm produced, said Tara Dudzik, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
Lebanon City Councilman Tony Matula said he plans to resign from office after being charged on Monday with falsifying an accident report by the Office of the Lebanon County District Attorney.
HEI Hotels & Resorts provided a list of hotels—20 hotels in 10 states and the District of Columbia—that suffered a “security incident,” in which payment card data of customers may have been affected. “HEI was recently alerted to a potential security incident by its card processor,” HEI said in a statement released Friday.
Swollen rivers across much of southern Louisiana receded slowly from record levels on Monday while rescue crews searched for people stranded in flooded homes after torrential rains left seven people dead.
A man was arrested on Monday on suspicion of arson, officials said, over a wildfire in Northern California that has destroyed more than 175 homes and businesses and forced hundreds of residents to flee. The conflagration is one of two dozen major wildfires across the drought-parched U.S. West that have all together charred nearly 300,000 acres (120,000 hectares).
The driver was pulled from the car mere moments before it erupted into flames. A burned and broken sports car strewn across the streets of Chicago isn’t a pretty sight.
The fire that blazed for more than three hours Sunday at Gerbers of Montana’s machine and fabrication building is considered under control, according to Chief Steve Hester of Great Falls Fire/Rescue. “I think the fire is pretty much out,” Hester said. “We’re trying to keep an eye on it, though, because some of that stuff is pretty insidious.”
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker activated his state’s National Guard on Sunday to help police in Milwaukee if violent protests persist following the fatal shooting of a man by officers who said he was fleeing a traffic stop. At least four businesses were burned and police officers hurt in violence that broke out Saturday night a few hours after the officer-involved shooting.
Flames racing through dry brush Sunday destroyed at least 10 homes and forced 4,000 people to flee and firefighters to carry animals out of a northern California lake community that was evacuated in a devastating wildfire last year.
