Dana Holmes, a 32-year-old Illinois woman, filed a lawsuit against the Lasalle County Sheriff's Department on Monday alleging that four officer illegally strip-searched her and left her nude in her cell after receiving a DUI
A massive power explosion on Monday at University of California, Berkley left one person hospitalized for minor burns and forced a wide evacuation on campus last week. Power was later restored to most of the buildings at the school, however eleven had remained without power on Tuesday and some classes were also canceled.
While admitting that he "deserved to be chastised" for his comments about the teenage rape victim who later committed suicide in Montana, District Judge Todd Baugh said he stood by his decision to send Billings Senior High School teacher Stacey Rambold for 30 days
An unmanned drone has crashed at Tyndall Air Force Base in Panama City, Florida. Local telecasts indicated that the QF 4 drone crashed while taking off, exploded and sent up a large black cloud. The drone was assigned to the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group.
Children were among the many missing, with at least 120 people injured, and 24 confirmed to have died after a tornado struck leveled Oklahoma on Monday afternoon in what U.S. President Barack Obama called "one of the most destructive tornadoes in history," NBC News reported. The tornado delivered a direct hit to two elementary schools, which included seven children drowning in a pool of water at Plaza Towers Elementary School.
A massive explosion at a fertilizer plant in central Texas on Wednesday left more than 160 people wounded and killed an estimated five to 15 people, officials said, likely including firefighters who were battling the blaze at the factory that triggered the explosion.
Health officials are notifying nearly 7,000 people they may have been exposed to HIV and other infectious diseases at an Oklahoma dental practice where improper sterilization procedures and rusty surgical tools were discovered at the offices of Dr. Wayne Scott Harrington in Tulsa.
