Dan Sligh and his wife were in their pickup truck on Interstate 5 heading to a camping trip when a bridge before them disappeared in a "big puff of dust."
The trucker was hauling drilling equipment when his load bumped against the steel framework over an Interstate 5 bridge. He looked in his rearview mirror and watched in horror as the span collapsed into the water behind him....
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WALDENBURG, AR (KAIT) - A small Poinsett County town is coming together to help a man who was injured at a local business. Wednesday, a tire ruptured in David Newsom's face while on the job. Now his coworkers,
Wednesday, a tire ruptured in David Newsom's face while on the job. Now his coworkers, along with members of the community are coming together to help him out.
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TAMPA, FL (WTSP/CNN) – Authorities in Tampa, FL, made a startling discovery during a foreclosure eviction. Police found 66-year-old James Hopkins living on the property that belonged to someone else. They
Authorities in Tampa, FL, made a startling discovery during a foreclosure eviction.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - More than two dozen earthquakes have rumbled through Arkansas in the past week. Many of the temblors have been too small for people to notice, let alone cause injuries or property
Many of the temblors have been too small for people to notice, let alone cause injuries or property damage. But a couple of residents reported feeling a 3.4 magnitude quake north of Morrilton overnight Friday.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Republicans who control the Missouri Legislature plan to make another attempt at revising the state's workers' compensation laws.
Republican lawmakers want to require people with occupational diseases - such as cancer caused by asbestos exposure - to file their claims for money through the workers' compensation process.
Courts currently have interpreted a 2005 Missouri law to allow claims involving occupational diseases to be filed in court. Business groups say that creates uncertainty for employers and could drive up their costs.
But attorneys who represent victims of occupational diseases say the workers' compensation system would not provide an adequate benefits for certain ailments, such as asbestos-caused cancer.
The Legislature passed a similar bill in 2012, but it was vetoed by Gov. Jay Nixon. Lawmakers return to work Jan. 9.
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A southwestern Illinois judge whose colleague died of a cocaine overdose while the two were on a hunting trip together has been charged with possession of heroin and guns.
Tennessee has announced that Tim Rogers is stepping down as the university's vice chancellor for student life, less than three weeks after he cited an "intolerable situation" in an email that he sent to chancellor Jimmy...
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