Emergency Recordings Show Chaos of Deadly Texas Floods August 25, 2025 By Claudia Lauer, Gene Johnson, Jamie Stengle and Mark Thiessen Cries for help came from the pitch-black woods, from rooftops and from attics that shifted unsteadily as the water rose....
Highlights of Reports on Deadly 2023 Hawaii Wildfire April 22, 2024 By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Rebecca Boone and Claudia Lauer More than half a year after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century burned through a historic Maui...
Construction Workers Had Little Warning as Baltimore Bridge Collapsed. Why? April 5, 2024 By Claudia Lauer and JAKE OFFENHARTZ In the moments before the cargo ship Dali rammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge and sent it crumbling into...
Mother of Disabled Girl Allegedly Raped Sues Pittsburgh School District, Starbucks January 26, 2024 By Claudia Lauer The mother of an intellectually disabled girl who was allegedly led from school grounds by three male students and sexually...
911 Calls From Maui Capture Pleas for Stranded, and Those Caught in Fire’s Chaos January 23, 2024 By Rebecca Boone, Claudia Lauer and Lindsay Whitehurst The day after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century destroyed a seaside community on Maui, the barrage of 911...
Family Alleges Negligence, Discrimination in Lawsuit Over Autistic Prisoner’s Death October 20, 2023 By Claudia Lauer Eleven days after 57-year-old Anthony Talotta arrived at a Pittsburgh jail, he died from what his family says was a...
Road Safety Strategy Offers Hope for Redesign of Philadelphia’s ‘Corridor of Death’ June 1, 2022 By Claudia Lauer Just one more step and the stroller would have been on the curb. The thought haunts Latanya Byrd years after...
Penn. Catholic Dioceses Sued For Disclosure of Abuse Allegations October 1, 2018 By Claudia Lauer Parents of children in the Roman Catholic Church and survivors of sexual abuse by clergy have filed a lawsuit against...
Pennsylvania Catholic Dioceses Sued Over Disclosure of Abuse Allegations September 20, 2018 By Claudia Lauer Parents of children in the Roman Catholic Church and survivors of sexual abuse by clergy filed a lawsuit Monday against...
Police Cars Sledgehammered in Dallas Substation Parking Lot February 7, 2018 By Claudia Lauer A man walked into a downtown Dallas police substation parking lot with a sledgehammer, broke windows and windshields, and caused...