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The company that operated the West, Texas, fertilizer plant where 30 tons of highly explosive ammonia nitrate—stored in wooden sheds without sprinkler systems and near other combustible material—caught fire, exploded and killed 15 people, including 10 firefighters, in April was cited for two dozen serious safety violations by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Not even a freezing rain could stop working families and progressive members of Congress from rallying yesterday against the irresponsible House Republican shutdown of the country. Hundreds rallied at the U.S. Capitol, calling on Speaker John Boehner to allow a vote on legislation to open the government and raise the debt ceiling so government workers can resume doing their jobs and serve the American people.
A woman who admitted to drowning her three young children in her Long Island bathtub five years ago has given birth to a fourth child while incarcerated at what is supposed to be a secure upstate psychiatric hospital, the NBC New York I-Team has learned.
An Oregon man who set out to walk across the U.S. to honor his gay son, who committed suicide after being bullied, was struck and killed by a truck in eastern Colorado, authorities said Thursday.Joe Bell, 48, had made it from La Grande, Ore.
A Baptist pastor was charged Wednesday in connection to a September triple homicide at a Kentucky pawn shop he once owned, according to police — just 15 days after he reportedly attended a funeral for two of the victims, mourning with seeming sincerity alongside their family and friends.Kenneth A.
A radical ecological activist who evaded capture for a decade pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy and arson for her role with an extremist ecoterrorism group believed responsible for setting 20 fires that burned $40 million of property across the West from 1996 to 2001.
SANTA FE, New Mexico — Two passengers taking part in the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta were injured when their multicolored hot air balloon hit an electrical wire and plunged 40 feet to the ground, an official said on Thursday.
A radical ecological activist who evaded capture for a decade pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy and arson for her role with an extremist ecoterrorism group believed responsible for setting 20 fires that burned $40 million of property across the West from 1996 to 2001.
DETROIT - Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced to 28 years in prison Thursday for a sweeping scheme to enrich himself and others through fixed contracts, bribes and kickbacks.
