Missouri's attorney general sued a natural gas company Monday over the explosion of a home in a small town that killed a 5-year-old boy, accusing the utility of violating a state safety law.

West Virginia's Supreme Court on Monday declined to answer a federal court's question in an appeal in a landmark lawsuit over whether the distribution of opioids can cause a public nuisance.

A motorcyclist killed in a May 6 crash had just attended his father's funeral and was riding to "clear his head," according to a GoFundMe for the victim's family.

Two men are charged with assault with a deadly weapon in connection with a fight at Big Ed's Falls of Neuse restaurant on Mother's Day.