Gov’t oversight of tour bus industry faulted
By JOAN LOWY FILE – This Aug. 20, 2014 file photo shows salvage towing crews removing an overturned tour bus carrying gamblers to a casino on the 210 Southern California…
Accidents and disasters
OSHA plan to make workplace safety reports public
By SAM HANANEL WASHINGTON (AP) — Large companies would have to commence filing all workplace injury and illness reports electronically so they can be posted online and made available to…
Indictment: NY boat pilot drunk in deadly crash
By JIM FITZGERALD FILE – This Sunday, July 28, 2013, file photo provided by the Rockland County Sheriff’s Office shows Jojo John. The Rockland County district attorney’s office said Thursday,…
Surveyors checking height of Washington Monument
WASHINGTON (AP) — Surveyors are checking to make sure that the Washington Monument is still 555 feet, 5 1/8 inches tall. A review last year at the base of the…
Ex-munitions maker says explosion not his fault
Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies stand along 27th Ave, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, in New River, Ariz., just north of a property where authorities say a man lost most of his…
Thousands flee before big typhoon hits Philippines
By JIM GOMEZ This image provided by the U.S. Naval Research Lab shows Typhoon Haiyan taken by the NEXSAT satellite Thursday Nov. 7, 2013 at 2:30 a.m. EDT. Gorvernment forecasters…
4 dead, 25 rescued in building collapse in Nigeria
Rescue workers carry a survivor from the rubble of a building under construction which collapsed in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, Nov, 4. 2013. Emergency officials said casualty figures from the incident…
Police shooting victim’s alcohol-level was legal
This combination of undated file photos provided by Florida A&M University and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police shows Jonathan Ferrell, left, and police officer Randall Kerrick. A toxicology report released Friday, Nov.…