Tag: Accidents and disasters
Detectives find cause of Tiger Woods crash but won’t reveal
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County sheriff says detectives have determined what caused Tiger Woods to crash his SUV last month in Southern...
Feds: Owners must get helicopter wreckage off Alaska slope
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The wreckage of a helicopter that crashed last weekend, killing five people, will have to be hoisted off a mountain by...
Man charged with smuggling after California crash kills 13
EL CENTRO, Calif. — A Mexican man was charged Tuesday with coordinating a smuggling effort that left 13 people dead when their overloaded SUV...
World leaders call for international pandemic treaty
LONDON — More than 20 heads of government and global agencies on Tuesday called for an international treaty for pandemic preparedness that they say...
Elliott honors Kulwicki with 1992 championship paint scheme
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Chase Elliott has seen the picture somewhere — it's hanging in their family shop, Bill Elliott confirms — of his shaking...
Couple sentenced for alcohol at party linked to fatal crash
ADA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A western Michigan couple has been sentenced to 15 days each in a county jail after an 18-year-old who had...
Tennessee flood deaths rise to 6 with more rain coming
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee emergency officials have reported a sixth person died in flash flooding over the weekend, and four of the six deaths...
New rules to protect turtles from shrimp nets postponed
NEW ORLEANS — New rules designed to keep endangered and threatened sea turtles from drowning in some inshore shrimp nets are being postponed, and...
Florida man guilty of setting store on fire during unrest
TAMPA, Fla. — A Florida man was convicted Tuesday of setting fire to a sporting goods store and shopping center in Tampa during unrest...
Police: Maryland man fatally shot 4 before killing self
A man accused of shooting three people at a Maryland convenience store, killing two of them, also fatally shot his parents and set his...
