California Encourages Prescribed Burns to Counter Wildfires October 8, 2021 By Don Thompson California is encouraging more use of fire to fight fire, such as when deliberately set burns were recently used to...
Investigators Board Ship That Was Anchored Near California Oil Pipeline October 8, 2021 By Michael Biesecker, Stefanie Dazio and Michael Balsamo U.S. Coast Guard investigators have boarded a massive cargo ship as they probe what caused the rupture of an offshore...
California Jury Awards $6.3M to Actress in State Farm Fire Suit October 6, 2021 A federal jury in Los Angeles awarded $6.3 million to actor Shannen Doherty on Monday in a lawsuit alleging that...
Officials: No Foul Play in Fatal Wyoming Fire October 5, 2021 Investigators say they do not believe foul play was involved in a house fire that killed a southern Wyoming man...
Goats Being Brought in to Help Slow Colorado Wildfires October 4, 2021 A group of horse trailers pulls up to a trailhead outside of Carbondale, Colo. The doors open and more than...
Washington Collectibles Shop Owner Pleads Guilty to Setting Fire for Insurance September 29, 2021 An Edmonds, Washington woman has pleaded guilty to wire fraud related to the 2018 fire at her business that prosecutors...
PG&E Charged in California Wildfire That Killed 4 September 29, 2021 By Olga R. Rodriguez Pacific Gas & Electric was charged Friday with involuntary manslaughter and other crimes after its equipment sparked a Northern California...
Investigators Probing Cause of Deadly Montana Train Derailment September 28, 2021 By Amy Beth Hanson, Martha Bellisle and Anita Snow Federal investigators are seeking the cause of an Amtrak train derailment near a switch on tracks in the middle of...
Suspected Arson Wildfire Forces Evacuations in Northern California September 24, 2021 Thousands of people were under evacuation orders Friday and many others were on notice to be ready to flee as...
Feds Analyzing Fractured Gas Pipeline in Arizona Explosion September 24, 2021 The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary report on last month’s gas line explosion in Coolidge, Ariz., that destroyed...