In April 2005, experts were bamboozled by an outbreak of exploding toads in the Altona district of Hamburg. Across a handful of nights, hundreds of amphibians swelled up to three times their size and ...

Heartland fire departments laid former Cape Girardeau Deputy Fire Chief Greg Hecht to rest on July 18. Three people were arrested on drug charges during a probation and parole home visit on Thursday ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A person was critically injured in a explosion Wednesday on the city's North Side, Chicago fire officials said. CFD officials said a person was injured at that location due to an ...

The incident could disrupt a key part of the defense company’s rocket motor business, which designs and tests prototype motors for military customers. A rocket motor exploded during a test at an ...

It blew up in her face. A West Virginia teen had to be hospitalized after getting scalded by a squishy toy — akin to the viral mystery dumplings or NeeDoh cubes — that had been mistakenly left in a ...

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At least 17 workers were injured in an explosion on board a drilling rig operated by Venezuelan state-owned oil company PDVSA in the country’s central Los Llanos region. The accident occurred just ...

WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. — An explosion involving 700 pounds of fireworks destroyed two homes and damaged another in Whidbey Island’s Greenbank neighborhood last week. Five people, including three ...

HILLTOWN TWP., Pa. - An explosion leveled a house in Hilltown Township, Bucks County Monday morning. County dispatchers said it happened shortly before 9 a.m. on the 100 block of Highview Road. "I ...

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A blast from an explosive device has seriously ...

Emergency crews find home leveled on Highview Road as basement fire burns beneath debris; utility companies and fire marshal respond Steve Kendra has seen a lot in his 60 years living on Highview Road ...