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All lanes of Interstate 15 in Hesperia remained shut down Monday night as crews battled a bridge fire ignited by a welder’s torch. The fire was reported around 1:30 p.m. at the Ranchero Road overpass construction site, according to the San Bernardino County Fire Department.

A Virginia county wants to limit gatherings at the homes of individuals and the measure, which is being considered by the Fairfax Board of Supervisors, is a lawsuit waiting to happen, a Fairfax County supervisor said. A report today from Watchdog.org explained that the zoning changes would limit “group assembly” at residences to 49 people a day. And such gatherings …

Las Vegas police officers took part in a graphic event aimed at encouraging teenage girls to “choose purity” or risk their lives. Officer Regina Coward, president of the Nevada Black Police Association, said her church, Victory Outreach Church, asked her to create a community event to promote abstinence. Coward told teens Saturday at a North Las Vegas conference center that …

More and more kids are landing in the emergency room for injuries from baby gates. Researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital find nearly 2,000 children are treated each year for injuries related to the gates . While most injuries are not serious, more than 60 percent of the children injured are younger than 2, and they are often injured falling down …

NORTHGLENN, Colo. – A small plane crashed into a home north of Denver, Colorado Monday afternoon, causing the house to catch fire. The crash was reported just before 4 p.m. The pilot was able to drop out of the cockpit and call 911. He was being treated at the scene. No one was home at the time of the crash, …

The search for missing 8 year old Relisha Rudd hit another road block. A group of volunteers, who call themselves “The Relisha Rudd Task Force,” found bones in Kenilworth Park on Sunday.

A Colorado woman is recovering after being stranded in her car for five days after crashing off a rural highway south west of Denver. Passersby who happened to stop on scenic US Highway 285 near Fairplay spotted the car about 80 feet below in an aspen grove. They hiked down to the vehicle and called authorities.

Eddie Andreini, a veteran stunt pilot was killed after his vintage civilian airplane crashed onto the tarmac during an air show at Travis Air Force Base in California on Sunday, forcing a shutdown of the show.

An accident at a Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus in Rhode Island left nine acrobats in critical condition Sunday afternoon. Authorities stressed that the injuries were not life-threatening.

With California in the grip of persistent drought, officials in the coastal city of Santa Barbara are thinking about firing up a desalination plant that has been in storage for more than two decades. The city built the plant in the 1990s during the last drought, but activated it for only three months after heavy rains eliminated the need for …

Foursquare is now splitting its main app into two distinct apps–one for local search and another for checking in. Unarguably the check-in feature gets most of the revenue for the Foursquare, and separating it from the main app is probably putting more competition in the market of local search. It is unclear whether the users would be loving the new …