HYDERABAD, India (AP) — Indian police on Friday filed charges of culpable homicide, including negligence in handling toxic substances, against a South Korean-owned chemical factory where a gas leak killed 12 people and sickened more than a thousand.
Editor’s Note: An arrest does not indicate whether a person is guilty of the crime with which they have been charged. A person is not considered guilty until they are convicted of a crime in a court of law.
NORTHFIELD, N.H. (AP) — It’s one of the many cruelties of the pandemic: Many people hospitalized with COVID-19 are cut off from loved ones who are not allowed to visit them, for fear of the disease spreading.
BOSTON (AP) — The northeastern U.S. is about to get a cold spring farewell from winter’s bad boy, the polar vortex, which could bring rare May snowfall and recordlow temperatures to some areas over the Mother’s Day weekend, forecasters say.
Cheers to Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman for crafting a fun way to pass the time inside. NBC’s Making It hosts are encouraging folks to post their DIY projects to Instagram with the hashtag #MakingItAtHome for a chance to benefit local food banks in need.
The queen of mean, the dame of deviousness: Joan Collins has probably heard them all. Her character on Dynasty - Alexis Carrington - remains one of the most deliciously awful villains of the modern age. Collins herself lived a charmed life befitting the soap opera queen she later became.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The coronavirus battle and the world oil glut could cost cities, parishes and school boards in Louisiana anywhere from $404 million to $1.1 billion over two fiscal years, the state’s Legislative Auditor’s Office said Thursday.
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Republican state lawmakers Thursday rejected a proposal that would require many Louisiana businesses to provide paid sick leave to their workers, in a debate heightened by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
PORT ARTHUR, Texas (AP) — An unmarked police vehicle stolen in Louisiana was used in two attempted armed robberies in Texas that ended with the suspect being shot and killed by a man he tried to rob, authorities said.
