An Iowa man who missed a share of Saturday's $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot by just one number has claimed his consolation prize.
Trent Baker, a 37-year-old firefighter from Newton, matched the first five numbers of Saturday's drawing (22-27-44-52-69), but missed the Powerball (9). He's one of seven players across the county to do so, winning $1 million. - PUB DATE: 4/10/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCCI-TV CBS 8 Des Moines
VIDEO: Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay $600 million in a class-action lawsuit settlement related to last year's fiery train derailment that affected East Palestine, Ohio.
The company said Tuesday that the agreement, if approved by the court, will resolve all class action claims within a 20-mile radius from the derailment and, for those residents who choose to participate, personal injury claims within a 10-mile radius from the derailment. - PUB DATE: 4/10/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS News
The New York State Police said its troopers stepped in to assist fire crews with a huge house fire.
NYSP said Troop A- Lockport Troopers helped with the devastating house fire on Royal Pkwy North in Lockport.
The troopers broke down the door rescued a dog and assisted with the fire hoses. - PUB DATE: 4/9/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGRZ-TV NBC 2 Buffalo
VIDEO: More than 90% of Omaha firefighters are taking part in a comprehensive physical exam aimed at cancer prevention and wellness, thanks to a $1.1 million federal grant just for firefighters.
The hope is that in the future, Omaha will support ongoing wellness efforts for this group with an exponentially higher rate of cancer and cardiac health issues. - PUB DATE: 4/9/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KETV ABC 7 Omaha
Most people don’t view pennies per se as being valuable.
But in Manteca and Lathrop pennies have shored up public safety.
Measure C — a one cent sales tax on top of the basic one cent local sales tax Lathrop voters imposed in 2012 — last year generated $10.4 million for the city of 32,500. It includes $4 million sent to the Lathrop Manteca Fire District enabling the hiring of nine firefighters, 1. - PUB DATE: 4/9/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Manteca Bulletin
Drug users and dealers who recklessly expose first responders to fentanyl and cause them to overdose will now face additional penalties thanks to a new law signed by Governor Ron DeSantis Monday. Body camera footage from August of last year, captured a Flagler County Sheriff’s Deputy suffering a suspected fentanyl overdose after handling narcotics that later tested positive for the substance. - PUB DATE: 4/9/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJAX-TV CBS 47 Jacksonville
A fire burned through several units of an under construction housing development overnight on Sunday. The Phoenix Fire Department responded to multiple homes burning at 59th Avenue and Baseline Road around 11:30 p.m. Flames could be seen from the Loop 202.
At least 75 firefighters responded to control the blaze, which was upgraded to a second-alarm at one point during the night. - PUB DATE: 4/8/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVK-TV CBS 3 & KPHO-TV CBS 5 Phoenix (AZ Family)
VIDEO/PHOTO: A piece of Minnesota firefighting history is sending some retired volunteers down memory lane.
A collector from New Mexico posted on Facebook last week that he bought an old fire truck and, after tracing some of its history, discovered it belonged to Bloomington beginning in the 1950s.
Fred Fuecker, a 23-year volunteer firefighter, says he served on the truck in 1968. - PUB DATE: 4/8/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCCO-TV CBS 4 Minneapolis
The increased traffic and spectacle of the total solar eclipse on Monday could imperil motorists, with researchers warning that fatal collisions increased during previous eclipses and law enforcement bracing for the event.
There was a 31% increase in fatal traffic accidents during the 2017 total eclipse – and even in the days before and after the astrological event – according to a letter published in the JAMA Internal Medicine journal this week. - PUB DATE: 4/8/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FOX News
A dramatic and stubborn fire erupted at a commercial building in downtown Los Angeles, prompting an early morning response from firefighters.
The blaze began shortly before 5:30 a.m. at a single-story structure in the 1400 block of South Main Street.
Firefighters arrived at the scene and were initially in defensive mode as massive flames and smoke emanated from the roof of the building, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. - PUB DATE: 4/5/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles
VIDEO: Most volunteer firefighters have a full-time job that doesn’t involve putting out fires. But when a call comes in, they step away from work to respond.
Now, a newly established program with the Southmont Volunteer Fire Company will reimburse them for every incident they respond to.
“So volunteers are unpaid, of course. - PUB DATE: 4/5/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTAJ-TV CBS 10 Altoona
More than 40,000 people were killed last year in traffic crashes, according to preliminary data released Monday, remaining above pre-pandemic levels but slightly down from their peak in 2021.
The new data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration adds to concerns that little is being done to address one of the most common causes of preventable deaths. - PUB DATE: 4/5/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News
Minneapolis crews are battling a fire at a vacant apartment building early Thursday morning.
The fire started just before midnight at the corner of Fifth Avenue South and 19th Street, just south of downtown. Firefighters say flames were burning from the top floor of the boarded-up building. Crews tried to put out the fire from inside, but they had to get out when the top floor started to collapse. - PUB DATE: 4/4/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMSP-TV FOX 9 Minneapolis
PHOTOS: Larry Lechmanski opened the door and there the four beauties posed, shining, immaculate, waiting for their next public event.
Four Shelter Island Fire Department vehicles, ranging in years from 1929 to 1964, were right at home in the Cobbetts Lane Firehouse, the brick structure built into the side of the hill and known as the Potato House, from the time it was used to store harvested potatoes, once a profitable cash crop for the Island. - PUB DATE: 4/4/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Shelter Island Reporter - Metered Site
Thursday marks one year since the massive warehouse fire in West Easton.
We'd be hard pressed to find someone in the Easton area who doesn't remember this day last year.
You either were far enough away to just see the smoke, or you were close enough where you could smell it. Some had soot and ash falling on your cars and homes. - PUB DATE: 4/4/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFMZ-TV 69 Allentown
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced a new rule on Tuesday requiring two-person crews on railroads in a move to bolster safety as rail regulation has come into the spotlight after the East Palestine, Ohio, derailment last year.
"This is a good day for the safety of rail workers, rail passengers and every American who lives near a rail line all across this country because America's rails are safer today than they were yesterday," Buttigieg said at a news conference on Tuesday. - PUB DATE: 4/4/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS News
Three people are in the hospital after a massive house fire in Federal Way.
Video shot by a KIRO 7 photographer shows the house fully engulfed in flames.
South King Fire tells KIRO 7 the fire started around 2:40 p.m. Tuesday afternoon off 4th Avenue SW and 371st. The conditions of the three people who were hospitalized are not known. - PUB DATE: 4/3/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle
VIDEO: The Proctorville Volunteer Fire Department’s station sustained extensive damage in Tuesday’s storms.
According to our crew at the scene, a rear block wall collapsed along with part of the roof.
Despite that damage, the department’s main fleet of vehicles didn’t sustain damage.
Proctorville firefighters told us they have had help from the Chesapeake and Rome Township volunteer fire departments. - PUB DATE: 4/3/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSAZ-TV NBC 3 Huntington
“When I started we had a kind of a tradition that you sent the new guy in, or new girl in, to do all the dirty work, or all the unfavorable work, so to speak,” Brian Thompson with the Sutter County Fire Department says in a scene from the new documentary “Yes, There is Hope” directed by Dean Tokuno of Yuba City. - PUB DATE: 4/3/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Appeal Democrat - Metered Site
VIDEO/PHOTOS: One person died and a child was injured in a massive fire that impacted multiple buildings in East Boston early Tuesday morning.
The fire started around 5 a.m. in a multi-family building on Meridian Street and traveled to two adjacent buildings, the Boston Fire Department said. Boston Fire Commissioner Paul Burke said one person died in the fire, and a child was injured and remains hospitalized. - PUB DATE: 4/2/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBTS-TV NBC 10 Nashua
