Accidents & Disasters

Troopers said a Jeep Liberty driven by the unidentified man ignored a police cruiser's flashing red lights to pull over and speeded up. The car failed to negotiate a curve in the road, went off the highway and struck a parked...

By Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" bid farewell to two talents from the long-running medical drama in its eighth season finale Thursday when one perished and another accepted a position outside of...

Powerful thunderstorms started lightning fires, toppled trees and dumped large ... PHOTOS | Severe storm snapshots The Hampton Bluff subdivision off Hwy 120 in Roswell was blanketed by hail Thursday. (Dean Sever) ATLANTA --...

External The Irish Times takes no responsibility for the content or availability of other websites A section of the M8 Dublin to Cork motorway is to be closed for a number of hours today because of an oil spill. A Garda...

May 18, 2012 Deutsche Presse-Agentur MOSCOW -- A fire at a Russian army munitions depot injured two soldiers and forced the evacuation of hundreds of people living in the vicinity, the Interfax news agency reported on Friday....

By TRAN VAN MINH - Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam -- A crowded overnight bus plunged off a bridge into a river in central Vietnam, killing 34 passengers and injuring 21 others in one of the country's deadliest road accidents....

ATHENS, Greece (AP) - The Olympic torch was passed to London - witnessed, ... Greece hands Olympic flame over to Britain ATHENS, Greece (AP) - The Olympic torch was passed to London - witnessed, appropriately, by hundreds of...

By Mike Hager, Vancouver Sun May 18, 2012 6:13 AM Photograph by: Facebook , Facebook WEST VANCOUVER - Two families set to be united were instead shattered after three West Vancouver residents died in last Sunday’s small float...

By Associated Press Friday, May 18, 2012 - Added 3 minutes ago AMHERST - No charges will be filed against three Hampshire College students who had to be rescued from the roof of a campus building by Amherst firefighters, and...

Published: Friday, May 18, 2012, 9:03 AM Updated: Friday, May 18, 2012, 9:15 AM Fox 2 Video: Woman Says Mobile Home Fire in Novi Possibly a Hate Crime A woman says threats and slurs were written throughout the suburban Detroit...

By THANYARAT DOKSONE Associated Press Just two years ago, Thailand was at war with itself. Rifle shots and exploding grenades rang out in Bangkok as troops crushed through barricades to disperse a nine-week-old insurrection. A...