emergencies and accidents

Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal received "completely successful" surgery Sunday to treat a broken leg suffered during the victory parade for the University of Connecticut Huskies celebrating their April 3 NCAA ...

Director Ari Aster revealed during a Q&A session in New York that actor Joaquin Phoenix fainted during the filming of "Beau Is Afraid." The revelation came after an April Fool's ...

"Yellowstone" actor Luke Grimes is using his God-given talent and platform to do something good for the residents of East Palestine, Ohio. After seeing the train derailment that occurred on ...

On the evening of Feb. 26, Kai Brown and his grandmother Jennie Brown were in their home in West Linn, Oregon, when a fire broke out. Seeing the danger first, ...

One minute, the show was moving along just fine. The next, a host put her hands to her face, turned away from the camera and then crumpled to the TV ...

The pilot of a Southwest Airlines aircraft became unable to perform his duties Wednesday during a flight from Las Vegas to Columbus, Ohio. As a result, a pilot from another ...

Three children died on Sunday morning in Phoenix within the span of one hour after they struggled to breathe, according to police. A fourth child also died in the nearby ...

A Los Angeles meteorologist fainted and fell to the floor during a disturbing, on-air weather report Saturday morning. A video of the incident showed the moment KCAL-TV meteorologist Alissa Carlson ...

Maybe this guy is no Gandalf. Magician David Blaine injured himself in a mishap during a Saturday performance in Las Vegas. Blaine landed incorrectly after leaping from about 80 feet ...

Parents are cautioned over and over that terrible things can happen if they don't keep a close eye on their children -- but the reality is that bad things can ...

A man described as a veteran British Airways pilot collapsed and died just before he was scheduled to captain an international flight. The Sun reported Saturday that the pilot was ...

A United Airlines international flight was diverted to a Texas airport Saturday because of a medical emergency. The flight left Guatemala City, Guatemala, at 2:53 p.m., bound for Chicago, the ...

The CEO of the company whose train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, last month appeared before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Thursday. Alan Shaw, the CEO of ...

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is responding to the criticism that he received for his choice of footwear during his visit to East Palestine, Ohio. Buttigieg visited the Ohio town two ...

The grocery store in one small California town was put out of commission last week when the San Bernardino Mountains were buried in snow, but Goodwin and Son’s Market in ...

A Norfolk Southern train derailed in Ohio on Saturday, triggering officials to issue a warning to nearby residents urging them to stay in their homes. The 212-car train was passing ...

Environmental activist and legal expert Erin Brockovich has been a household name since Julia Roberts played her in the 2000 biopic that bears her name. On Friday, she used her ...

With the Biden administration in charge, the cleanup of contaminated waste from East Palestine, Ohio, is going nowhere fast. Debra Shore, a regional administrator with the Environmental Protection Agency, said ...

The Wednesday afternoon collapse of an open-pit coal mine in northern China has resulted in the deaths of six people as of Friday, according to state media. The mine collapsed ...

California has been hit with extreme weather this week, but few experienced it quite the way one family in the town of Boulder Creek did. This week, the community in ...