A car crash in Buffalo, N.Y. that left four teenagers dead may have been linked to a TikTok challenge, a police commissioner said. A total of six teenagers were in a speeding Kia that crashed about 6:30 a.m. Monday, Buffalo …
An undersheriff in rural Kansas faces a manslaughter trial Monday for fatally shooting an unarmed man with a homemade beanbag round out of his personal shotgun, a case that comes amid a national reckoning on police violence. Jury selection will …
An investigation into the theft this summer of several semitrailers loaded with frozen beef from Nebraska has led to arrests and uncovered a multimillion-dollar theft ring targeting meatpacking plants in six Midwestern states, federal authorities said. The U.S. Department of …
The families of two people who died during last year’s Astroworld music festival have settled wrongful death lawsuits they had filed, according to attorneys. Ten people were killed and hundreds of others injured during a massive crowd surge at the …
A federal judge in Louisiana is threatening to fine a Houston-based law firm $200 for each duplicate or baseless lawsuit he finds among the 1,642 that the firm has filed against insurers for alleged hurricane damages. US District Court Judge …
Design on a Dime, Property Brothers, Man Cave, This Old House, Flip or Flop — These popular TV shows draw millions of viewers with stories featuring renovations of run-down or dated homes. Television producers don’t tell you that the contractor …
Fort Campbell staff are using controlled burn techniques to manage a fire that started in a training area last week, base officials said. The fire started near Trigg County, Kentucky, during routine training. Clinton Allen, branch chief of public works …
Tesla Inc. is under criminal investigation in the United States over claims that the company’s electric vehicles can drive themselves, three people familiar with the matter said. The U.S. Department of Justice launched the previously undisclosed probe last year following …
The legal and financial troubles for former North Carolina insurance executive Greg Lindberg have not gone away after he won a new trial on bribery charges. This week, the U.S. Treasury filed a complaint in federal court, charging that Lindberg …
New York labor law requires a municipality to negotiate when terminating employees who are not at work for over a year because of an on-the-job injury, the New York Court of Appeals has ruled. The state’s high court ruling reverses …
