Disasters

A 14-year-old boy who was hit by a car while riding his bike near Faribault has died.
Arkansas flash floods kill at least 16 people
Floodwaters that rose as swiftly as 8 feet an hour rushed into a remote Arkansas valley early Friday, killing at least 16 people, many of them campers who became trapped by a devastating wall of water. Dozens more were missing and feared dead.
The defense lawyer for a Minnesota man imprisoned for a fatal crash involving a Toyota says his original attorney made serious mistakes in his original trial.
A fatal crash on Interstate 94 in Woodbury this morning caused traffic to back up for miles, but authorities said lanes have since reopened.
New oil numbers may mean more environmental damage
With each new look by scientists, the oil spill just keeps looking worse.
One worker remains hospitalized, and two others were treated and released, following a minor explosion at a Minneapolis chemical plant this morning.
Two companies were fined following a state OSHA investigation into the deaths of two truck drivers at a Twin Cities fertilizer distributor.
The ban on deepwater petroleum drilling in the Gulf of Mexico is being challenged by a Louisiana oil services company that claims the federal government has not shown justification for the shutdown.
BP: More oil-collecting help converging on Gulf
Help is on the way to bolster the work being done to contain the crude spewing from the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, including a tanker from the North Sea that will provide an important assist, the point man for the government's response to the disaster said Wednesday.