A fire that was sparked by a lightning strike destroyed a home on the far West Side Thursday morning. Firefighters from the Bexar County, Leon Valley, Balcones Heights and Shavano Park fire departments responded to the blaze around 3 a.m. in the 8500 block of Cedar Hill Way.
A man staying at the Grand Traverse Resort caused more than $10,000 in damage to 30 or more vehicles at the hotel complex over Memorial Day weekend, police say.
A good Samaritan rescued more than 20 people, including schoolchildren, after their charter boat sank Wednesday evening in the Chesapeake Bay, authorities said. The U.S. Coast Guard said it received an alert with a GPS locator and a distress call: "Mayday, mayday, mayday. This is the motor vessel Karen N. We have sunk off of Bloodsworth Island."
The parents of an elite New Hampshire prep school student who says she was sexually assaulted as part of a game of sexual conquest are suing the school. The parents’ lawyers say St. Paul’s School failed to stop a tradition known as Senior Salute, in which upperclassmen kept score of how many younger students they had sex with.
The sound of pounding rain has become the daily chorus across the state of Texas. Wednesday’s storms targeted north of Houston, where a six-inch downpour in just three hours led to flash flooding, reports CBS News correspondent Manuel Bojorquez.
Six automakers said Thursday they are recalling nearly 2.5 million U.S. vehicles with defective Takata air bag inflators, documents posted with government regulators show.
The Atlantic Ocean could be gearing up for an active hurricane season, meaning North American residents may want to pay attention. In recent years, single hurricanes have led to thousands of deaths across the Caribbean, North and Central America, and have caused several billion dollars in damage.
A school bus with nearly two-dozen students onboard drove down a hill and crashed into a house Tuesday morning in southeast Charlotte, fire officials said.
Punches thrown in the middle of a Houston intersection ... grown men and a woman brawling in front of stunned onlookers ... then one of the drivers purposely ramming his truck into the other car before speeding off.
Startling new research by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety reveals the disturbing behaviors behind distracted driving among young drivers. Usually, AAA refers to the period between Memorial Day and Labor Day as the "summer driving season," but now, it’s giving it a much more ominous name - the "100 Deadliest Days."
General Mills Inc (GIS.N) on Tuesday issued a voluntary recall of about 10 million pounds of flour, saying it was working with health officials to investigate an outbreak of E. coli that had sickened 38 people in 20 U.S. states.
Several rivers in Southeastern Texas are experiencing major and even record flooding on roadways and homes after receiving almost 20 inches of rain over the Memorial Day weekend. This morning, the Brazos River at Richmond rose to more than 52 feet and is expected to crest at 53.5 feet by tonight -- more than 3 feet above record flood stage.
A stubborn two-alarm fire damaged an East El Paso shopping strip Monday, blocked a major street and sent columns of black smoke into the air that could be seen for miles, fire officials said.
A decade without a devastating hurricane has left Florida in the strongest position ever to face the annual storm season that begins in June. The property insurance market is thriving and the state has dramatically decreased the size of Citizens Property Insurance, the state-backed insurer.
