Search continues for missing passengers on cruise liner
Italian rescue crews have continued searching for 24 passengers and crew members still missing after the Costa Concordia cruise liner capsized near the Tuscan coastline last Friday. The search had…
Ban on all cellphone use proposed
A total ban on cellphone and portable electronics use while driving was proposed by the National Transportation Safety Board early last week. The ban comes amid the rising numbers of…
FDA continues to investigate listeria outbreak
The Food and Drug Administration has issued a report on its investigation into the listeria outbreak in Jensen Farm cantaloupes. This outbreak is considered the deadliest in United States history,…
Scaffold falls on city bus
Last week, a construction site scaffold fell on passersby and a city bus with passengers inside. Eighteen people were injured in the accident. Construction workers in Harlem were on the…
First wrongful death lawsuit following Indiana stage collapse
The tragic stage collapse just moments before the country band Sugarland was scheduled to perform at the Indianapolis State Fair left 6 people dead and dozens injured. Now the first…
Ground beef recalled
Over 60,000 pounds of ground beef has been recalled after the US Department of Agriculture’s routine testing found traces of E. coli in the meat. The bacteria was found in…
3 construction workers dead in 3 days
3 Utah construction workers died last Thursday and Saturday. All three construction workers were working on Utah highways. The first death occurred on Thursday when a 31 year-old driver drifted…
Duncan man killed in accident with 18-wheeler
A 65-year-old man from Duncan died on Tuesday when he was involved in an accident with an 18-wheeler on I-85. According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the man was…
2 killed in train accident in Chesterfield County
Two people were killed on Monday morning in Chesterfield County when the pickup truck they were riding in was hit by an Amtrak train. The accident occurred at around 7:45…
Nebraska teacher accused of groping female students
A Nebraska middle school teacher and girls basketball coach was recently accused by six female students of sexually assaulting them over the course of two years, beginning when the girls…
People with spinal cord injuries more likely to have osteoporosis
The Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation recently published a report which found that people who have spinal cord injuries are more likely to also get osteoporosis at some point…
Cantaloupe Recalled for Salmonella Contamination
The Florida based fruit producers, Del Monte Fresh, have recalled almost 5,000 cases of cantaloupe that were found to be contaminated with bacteria that could cause Salmonella. The fruit was…
Sports Causing Brain Injuries in Children
Recent studies have found that there have been a significant increase in sports-related brain injuries in children in the past ten years. It has also been found that children are more at risk…
USDA Announces Ground Beef Recall
A large quantity of ground beef has been recalled by the meat producing company, American Food Service, after the meat was suspected to have E. coli. The ground beef had…
Snowfall causes six accidents Thursday morning
Charleston police report six separate accidents this morning as a result of the morning’s fast snowfall. In one accident, a car ran off the road near Sissonville drive around 10…
Police identify victim in fiery crash
Richland County police have identified the woman killed in a fiery crash Sunday night on Percival Road near I-77. The Richland County Coroner was able to identify the victim as…
Driver responsible for moped drivers death denied bond
Bond was denied last Friday afternoon to the man that police have accused of being responsible for the drunk driving death of a 23-year-old man riding a moped early Friday…
20-year-old killed in single-vehicle accident
According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, a South Charleston 20-year-old man was killed in a one-vehicle accident this weekend. The crash occurred around 3:30 AM on State Route 343…