Stories tagged "toll"

Suzanne Steeplton had worked for the Florida Transportation Bureau (FTB) for 36 years. She was always on time, would work weekends and holidays when asked, and always had a smile on her face. She was the perfect employee; until now.

Death toll of listeria outbreak in Canada rises to 9

The American tollbooth is sliding toward oblivion as the nation moves toward pay-to-drive highways that don't accept cash.

South Africa has given fresh figures on the numbers of people killed and displaced by the wave of attacks on foreigners over the past two weeks.

Military helicopters dropped food and medicine to Chinese earthquake survivors who remained cut off Wednesday in remote mountain villages behind roads clogged by landslides. The official death toll rose to nearly 15,000...

ONE by one by one, the mothers have brought their brain-damaged soldier sons here to Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, hoping against all odds for a miraculous awakening.

From the Golden Gate Bridge to the New Jersey Turnpike, the nation's toll booths are getting dramatically more expensive to drive through.

Scientists are serving up extra helpings of research these days showing why parents must keep an eye on their children's weight. Experts have known for years that hauling around extra pounds takes a huge toll on children's health.

Nine American soldiers were killed in the first two days of a new American drive to kill al-Qaeda in Iraq fighters holed up in districts north of the capital, the U.S. military said Wednesday.

More women veterans are returning home in need of treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder or military sexual trauma.