There is absolutely no reference to drunk driving in Hollie O'Connor's report for the San Antonio Express-News, but the dozen or so online readers' comments on the story make good guesses as to what caused an accident involving a pickup truck and a big rig in Texas...
There's a man who drives a tow truck and, as fate would have it, this man seems to be the brunt of extreme irony. He drives a tow truck, yet he seems to be the one most in need of his own services. He's been involved in 28 accidents since 2000, as Megan Luther reports...
"Mr. Wyly was a role model, friend and inspiration. He is among the finest people I have ever known. His contributions in business, philanthropy and civic leadership will forever be remembered," says Dallas businessman Charles Wyly's long-time lawyer. Wyly was killed...
The Business of Mining for Natural Gas According to some reports, the United States is now the world's largest producer of natural gas - and natural gas is a resource that former oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens from Amarillo, Texas, has been pushing for years. Pickens is...
Two separate DUI accidents involved telephone poles and killed passengers. Both drunk drivers got time behind bars rather than probation. As Craig Kapitan reports for San Antonio Express-News, the judge in one of the cases said to the defendant, "You seem to be a good...
18-year-old Christopher Barrow was killed as a result of a drunk driver, making his 74-year-old mother, Zenoma Barrow, a survivor of every one of her five sons, save one, as Leslie Williams reports for NOLA.com. Two of those sons were struck and killed by cars while...
An 11-year-old boy was driving his go-kart on the sidewalk near his home when he was struck and dragged by a woman in an SUV, who then drove off. She has since been charged for leaving the scene of an accident. Her attorney claims that she does not remember hitting...
In one of the latest big rig crashes to occur on Texas highways, a load of McDonald's Styrofoam cups were the only casualty, as Jennifer Bell reports for the Kingwood Observer. The two truck drivers did not appear to be seriously injured. But the facts of the dual...
"She was accepting of kids of all types, welcoming of everyone. I don't know how you could find a better kid," says the mother of a 16-year-old girl who was killed as a passenger in a car accident, as Jessica Rush reports for the Plano Star. The single-vehicle crash...
As Suzanne Gamboa reports for ABC News, a huge spike in deportations for criminal offenses under the Obama administration has "renewed skepticism" among critics who cite Obama's claim that his administration is focusing on deporting illegal immigrants who commit...