Officials in Oregon’s Hood River County say a man who had scaled one of Mount Hood’s most challenging routes has died after being hit by falling rock.

The elderly fear breaking a hip when they fall, but a government study indicates that hitting their head can also have deadly consequences: Brain injuries account for half of all deaths from falls.The study by the Centers for Disease Control and...

Alcohol was a factor in the death of a 25-year-old man who fell down a stairwell at Turner Field during the game between the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets.Justin Hayes of Cumming, Ga., suffered head injuries Wednesday night and was taken to Grady...

A 2,000-foot television tower that was once the second-tallest structure in the world collapsed Friday while workers were restringing guy wires, knocking two Little Rock-area television stations off the air.One person suffered a minor injury when the...

An overhead NBC television camera mounted on wires collapsed onto the turf during a timeout in Sunday night’s game between the New Orleans Saints and Seattle Seahawks, causing a 10-minute delay.The Saints had just called timeout with 11:24 remaining in...

Residents from the Twin Cities to the southwestern corner of Minnesota and into Iowa reported seeing a flaming object shooting through the sky Wednesday, and experts said they may have been watching a meteor.Shortly after 2 p.m., people across the Twin...

For more than 40 years, visitors to this tourist town have gazed upward to a fiberglass likeness of 19th century tightrope walker Charles Blondin occupying not only his fabled wire, but his place as Niagara Falls’ most famous funambulist.This summer,...