DURHAM, N.C. (AP) – The North Carolina Department of Labor has issued more than $21,000 in fines to three companies involved in a deadly natural gas explosion.
News outlets report PSNC Energy and two subcontractors were cited for the April 10 explosion in Durham that killed two people, injured 25 …
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – A civil rights group is asking state motor vehicle agencies across the U.S. to reject a request from the U.S. Census Bureau for drivers’ license records, saying it is part of a scheme to reduce the political power of minority groups.
The American Civil Liberties Union …
UNITED NATIONS (AP) – The General Assembly is holding elections to the U.N. Human Rights Council with all eyes on the contested race for Latin American seats where Venezuela is a candidate and rights groups and opponents of Nicolas Maduro’s government are urging a “no” vote.
The Latin American and …
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – A Sioux Falls man has been charged with second-degree manslaughter after his handgun fired, struck his wife who lost her unborn child.
Melanie Pettibone’s sister says Pettibone was shot in the thigh when the gun accidentally discharged Sunday while her husband, Sheldon Pettibone, was cleaning …
KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) – Authorities say at least one person has been killed and another injured in a Buffalo County collision.
The accident occurred around 7 a.m. Thursday, just east of Kearney. Authorities say a cement truck and a car collided, blocking the roadway.
The names of those involved and …
LITTLE EGG HARBOR, N.J. (AP) – A state appellate court has upheld a New Jersey man’s conviction on an obscenity charge for watching porn videos on his iPad while sitting in his car outside a fast-food restaurant.
Little Egg Harbor police responded to the restaurant in April 2014 after getting …
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges against an ex-finance manager from Weyerhaeuser who is accused of stealing at least $4.5 million from the timber business.
The Oregonian/OregonLive reports 60-year-old Susan Tranberg is charged with mail fraud and aggravated identity theft, according to a criminal information filed …
BAGHDAD (AP) – Iraq will only take back its own citizens and their families who fought with the Islamic State group in Syria, not those from other countries, Iraq’s foreign minister said Thursday.
Mohammed Ali al-Hakim said the home countries of other former IS members and their families should take …
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A 64-year-old man has been convicted of shooting to death a Des Moines resident in 2015.
Polk County District Court records say Alf Clark Sr. was found guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder. Prosecutors say he killed 36-year-old Tacono Conner at a Des Moines apartment complex …
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) – Nearly $12 million from a Mississippi public trust fund will go toward waterfront projects and park improvements along the state’s Gulf Coast.
Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann presented the $11.74 million from the Public Trust Tidelands fund on Wednesday. The Biloxi Sun-Herald reports the money …