A garbage truck that got stuck in a sinkhole with exposed utility lines led to a large portion of downtown Omaha losing power for several hours Thursday while workers removed the vehicle.

In Bengaluru’s Koramangala area, it wasn’t protests or complaints that spurred civic authorities into action but a broken wooden chair placed over a sinkhole. The chair, reportedly placed by ...

SUPPORT HIS DRUG HABIT. IN CHEROKEE COUNTY, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT A TANKER HAULING SODIUM HYDROXIDE OVERTURNED THURSDAY BECAUSE OF A SINKHOLE. YOU SEE THOSE IMAGES ON YOUR SCREEN ...

Jewel Rodgers, daughter of Heisman winner Johnny Rodgers, has been selected as the fifth state poet in Nebraska history. The ...

Jimmy Carter was a president, humanitarian and Nobel laureate. He was also a painter, woodworker and poet. His artistic work was a key element of his private life, and helped ...

Laurel: Trinity Weimer, a St. Francis University student, received a guitar for Christmas, donated by the Luke Patton ...

But drones and a few brave souls who lowered themselves into places untouched since dinosaurs roamed the Earth have revealed new treasures - and turned China’s sinkholes into a tourist attraction.

Mothers who return to work after their baby is born risk causing serious damage to the child's prospects in later life, researchers revealed yesterday. Such children are more likely to do worse at ...

On record and stage, Abba exemplified all that was fun and exhilarating in pop music. And leading the chorus in a string of worldwide hits was the distinctive, mellow voice of Frida Lyngstad, 'the ...

In July 2002, Forest Service officials announced that a shift in the limestone cavern beneath the sinkhole had caused the water level to drop. Within a month, it had drained almost dry but has filled ...

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