A Florida claims adjuster that authorities called the mastermind behind an extensive property insurance fraud scheme has been sentenced to three years in prison. Walter Malet, 32, of Orlando, was convicted of pilfering more than $262,559 from Security First Insurance …
A major Christmas weekend storm caused whiteout conditions and closed key highways amid blowing snow in mountains of Northern California and Nevada, with forecasters warning that travel in the Sierra Nevada could be difficult for several days. Authorities near Reno …
A magnitude-4.9 earthquake struck a submerged volcano south of Hawaii’s Big Island last week, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory confirmed. said the temblor hit at 1:32 a.m. about 26 miles southeast of Naalehu, at a depth of 7.5 miles. There were …
An Uber driver is charged with raping a female passenger who police said fell asleep before waking up as she was attacked during a ride in metro Las Vegas. Dawed Oumer Mekonene, 30, was arrested last week and remained in …
The last three months have been very dry in New Mexico and it’s only going to get worse. That’s the word from forecasters with the National Weather Service and other climate experts in the state. They said during a meeting …
U.S. auto safety regulators have stepped up a series of investigations into engine fires that have plagued Hyundai and Kia vehicles for more than six years. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says a new engineering analysis investigation covers more …
A man has been sentenced to three to six years in state prison after pleading guilty to setting fire to a New Hampshire diner in July. Police had said the man kicked out the bottom window of the Daddypops Tumble …
A seven-year-old boy who was critically injured in an apartment fire in a Baltimore neighborhood has died, authorities said Sunday. The Baltimore County Fire Department said in a news release that Clinton Chimobi Ezeamaka died Saturday in the pediatric burn …
The 10 students in Stephen Tate’s cybersecurity fundamentals class are unwitting multitaskers. In addition to preparing to pass the Computing Technology Industry Association’s Security+ exam – an exam usually given to those who have worked in the cybersecurity industry for …
An outbreak of avian flu has killed more than 5,000 migratory cranes in Israel, prompting authorities to declare a popular nature reserve off-limits to visitors and warn of a possible egg shortage as poultry birds are culled as a precaution. …
