Texas Tech University in Lubbock recently made history with the nation’s first full-scale and fully operational, on-campus oil rig. On Jan. 6, a 140-foot mast was raised on the oil drilling rig at the East Campus Oilfield Technology Center, the university announced on social media. “The first full-scale, fully operational oil rig on a university…
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BATON ROUGE, La.—Two Baton Rouge police officers died Sunday when their helicopter crashed into a sugarcane field, Louisiana authorities said. The Robinson R-44 helicopter went out at 2 a.m. to… [...]
LOS ANGELES—A passenger aboard a Delta flight from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Seattle was detained Saturday for allegedly opening an emergency exit door aboard the plane and causing… [...]
The New York case against Donald Trump is beginning to crumble. A Grand Jury weighing the case heard testimony from former federal prosecutor Robert Costello on Monday. It was alleged… [...]
LOS ANGELES—A plumber entered a crawlspace of a Northridge home and fell asleep for about three hours March 25 until firefighters cut holes in the floor and woke him up.… [...]
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif.—A scuba diver reported missing off Shaw’s Cove Beach in Laguna Beach March 25 was located in the ocean and rushed to a hospital, where he died. Lifeguards… [...]
LOS ANGELES—Authorities are piecing together clues after a motorist was found shot dead with a handgun on his lap March 25 at the end of a high-speed freeway chase and… [...]
LOS ANGELES—A motorist was killed March 26 morning when his vehicle went off a bridge in Boyle Heights and landed on its roof onto the Golden State (5) Freeway, authorities… [...]
LONG BEACH, Calif.—A boy suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound from a stray bullet fired from a group of men arguing near a business in Long Beach, authorities said March 26.… [...]
“We’re spending tens of billions of dollars on research. Are we spending any money on vaccine injuries at all?” Today, I sit down with Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), a member… [...]
WEST READING, Pa.—Rod Stout, a retired Air Force and sheet metal worker, lives close to R.M. Palmer building, a chocolate factory in West Reading, Pennsylvania, that exploded Friday afternoon around… [...]