STAFFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Fire Chief Jack Johnson was standing outside a home under renovation near the Jersey shore in the neighborhood where residents had reported a strong smell of natural gas Tuesday morning.
The rotten-egg smell of the substance added to odorless gas to warn people of a leak hung heavy in the air and was beginning to permeate the Stafford Township homes.
Johnson, fellow firefighters, police officers and gas company workers were going house to house, asking people to evacuate as a precaution while workers looked for the source of the leak. Read More...
As the mayor of Milwaukee signed a resolution Monday to help curb reckless driving incidents, Police Chief Jeffrey Norman stood behind him at the news conference.
Norman implored Milwaukee residents to drive safely and legally, adding that the police department was addressing the issue but couldn’t “do this work alone.”
But shortly after Norman left the news conference, a dump truck crashed into his SUV, according to local media reports. The driver of the truck rear-ended Norman’s vehicle when trying to switch lanes at a red light, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. Read More...
Explore More In 1989, when Cheryl Diamond was 3, she used to hang out with the Japanese mafia.
A group of yakuza met in the lobby of the hotel where her family lived in Tokyo, and she introduced herself by toddling over to them and doing a handstand.
“I thought they looked interesting,” said Diamond, now 34, who visited the consortium of gangsters whenever she could. “They sort of adopted me. Read More...
