California high school evacuated as authorities respond to explosion; no injuries reported

October 8th, 2009 Student grazed in head by bullet at NY high schoolSOUTHOLD, N.Y. — Authorities say a high school student sitting in a Long Island classroom was grazed in the head when a bullet went through a window.

September 19th, 2009 Homes evacuated as wildfire burns in CaliforniaTEMECULA, Calif. — Authorities say they have stopped the progress of a wildfire in Riverside County but not before it destroyed 12 structures and forced the evacuation of about 30 homes.

September 19th, 2009 Homes evacuated as wildfire burns near TemeculaTEMECULA, Calif. — Authorities say they have stopped the progress of a wildfire in Riverside County but not before it destroyed 12 structures and forced the evacuation of about 30 homes.

September 2nd, 2009 Report: Chemical explosion kills 18 in ChinaBEIJING — A chemical explosion in eastern China killed 18 people and injured 10 others on Wednesday, state media reported. The blast occurred about 4 p.m.

August 29th, 2009 Weak SC earthquake rattles communitiesSUMMERVILLE, S.C. — The U.S.

August 25th, 2009 Calif. school still closed after pipe bomb attackSAN MATEO, Calif. — A Northern California high school remains closed a day after a 17-year-old boy armed with a chain saw, sword and explosives detonated two pipe bombs.

August 25th, 2009 Ex-student arrested in California school explosionSAN MATEO, Calif. — A 17-year-old boy with a sword and homemade pipe bombs attached to his body was arrested Monday after he detonated two of the bombs at a Northern California high school and was tackled by a teacher, authorities said.

August 24th, 2009 Ex-student arrested in San Mateo school explosionSAN MATEO, Calif. — A 17-year-old boy is under arrest after police say he detonated an explosive at a California high school.

August 24th, 2009 2 workers hurt in downtown DC electrical explosionWASHINGTON — Authorities say an explosion in an electrical vault in a busy section of Washington, D.C., has sent two workers to the hospital with injuries. D.C. Deputy Fire Chief Ken Crosswhite says the two men were contract employees working in an outdoor electrical vault when there was an explosion in downtown D.C.'s busy Dupont Circle area.

July 15th, 2009 Fire breaks out on roof of Dallas high-riseDALLAS — A fire broke out on the roof of a high-rise apartment building west of downtown Dallas on Wednesday, but no serious injuries were reported. The fire erupted in an air conditioning unit on the top of the 11-story Indigo apartment tower, sending thick plumes of black smoke into the air that could be seen for miles.

July 15th, 2009 French explosion kills at least 2PARIS — Local authorities say an explosion at a petrochemical plant in eastern France has killed at least two people and injured five. An official with the local governor in Moselle, 210 miles (340 kilometers) east of Paris, says the explosion occurred Wednesday at a plant in Carling/Saint-Avold.

June 10th, 2009 Teens in Holocaust museum heard shots, evacuatedWASHINGTON — The mother of a Massachusetts teenager says students on a school trip to the U.S. Holocaust Museum heard several gunshots before they were evacuated from the building.

June 9th, 2009 2 missing, 20 hurt in NC Slim Jim plant collapseGARNER, N.C. — Officials now say only two people are unaccounted for after an explosion at a Slim Jim meat products plant in North Carolina.

May 6th, 2009 NY school evacuated after boy's bathroom suicideROCHESTER, N.Y. — A high school student with ammunition and homemade explosives in his locker used a sawed-off shotgun to kill himself in a campus bathroom while classes were in session, forcing police to evacuate the school while they checked to see if the shooting was part of a more sinister plot.

April 29th, 2009 Dozens reported injured in California bus crashSOLEDAD, Calif. — Authorities say a tour bus has crashed in central California, injuring dozens of passengers.