Armed thieves tied up a guard at a Los Angeles warehouse and stole more than 7,000 laptop computers worth millions of dollars, according to police. Los Angeles police said the heist started when a gunman confronted a security guard posted at the gate of a warehouse near 190th Street and Western Avenue in the Harbor Gateway area late Friday evening.
A fully engulfed house fire back in January has now been determined an arson and fraud case. The residence belonging to Samuel Taylor and Justin Taylor was heavily damaged in the blaze. Jones County Sheriff’s Fire Investigator Scott Gable investigated the scene where he determined the residence was barely furnished before the fire.
Suzie Kim had a hunch that something was wrong. Janitors from her Los Angeles cleaning company flocked to many of the same medical providers for work injuries over and over again.
Fatal accidents involving stoned drivers have soared in the state of Washington since marijuana was legalized there, according to a study from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. But it’s difficult to determine whether a high-on-pot driver is too impaired to drive, according to a separate study from the same group.
Sixteen people, and two cats, are without a home Tuesday evening after a fire tore through their apartment complex. The fire sparked just before 5:30 p.m. at Hunting Meadows apartments, near South Academy Boulevard and Chelton Boulevard in southeast Colorado Springs.
Lawyers for an engineer who sued after he fell nearly 40 feet through a glass ceiling at a Philadelphia museum say the man has settled for $7.25 million. Phani Guthula’s attorneys say a settlement was reached on Friday with the defendants, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the security company AlliedBarton Security Services.
Fifteen Oklahoma counties have been declared as part of a state of emergency from the May 8 and May 9 storms. Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche, Garvin, Johnson, Kay, McCurtain, Murray, Noble, Payne, Stephens and Tillman counties were all named as part of the state of emergency.
Several parts of the South experienced severe weather Tuesday evening. A tornado hit Benton, Kentucky, Tuesday afternoon, causing damage to homes and sending debris through the air, according to the National Weather Service.
At least eight passengers were injured Monday when a JetBlue flight experienced turbulence while flying from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Orlando, officials said. Eight passengers aboard Flight 1134 were taken to Florida Hospital East, but their conditions were not released.
As they move from theoretical use cases into the testing phase, insurance companies are witnessing the impact unmanned aircraft systems will have on claims and underwriting processes quickly.
A South Brunswick man who police say had sought revenge against the man dating his ex-girlfriend went to the wrong house and caused $10,000 in damage to vehicles in the driveway.
A local family said the tragic death of their newborn became even worse after they were given the wrong baby’s ashes.<br />The parents of a premature baby who died just days after he was born have now filed a $3 million lawsuit against a Portland hospital, funeral home and mortuary service for the mistake.
A large and violent tornado hit an area south of Oklahoma City on Monday, causing at least two deaths and reducing at least three homes to splinters, authorities said. The hardest-hit areas were about 70 to 80 miles southeast of Oklahoma City, where a tornado reported to be more than a mile wide ripped through the area.
Officials continue the investigation into Saturday’s accident at the Cinco de Mayo Festival that left 11-year-old Elizabeth Gilreath critically injured. On Saturday, Gilreath’s hair got caught in the spinning mechanism of the ride, ripping off part of her scalp.
As the wildfire situation in Fort McMurray, Alta appeared to stabilize Sunday, insurance companies across Canada have already begun deploying mobile response units and flying in personnel to the province from across the country to prepare to assess the damage.
