A Palatine man is charged with reckless homicide for a hit-and-run on I-80/94 in June that killed a driver who was changing a ...

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A trailer loaded with fireworks erupted in flames along a Tennessee interstate Saturday night, sending pyrotechnics shooting across the roadway and forcing authorities to temporarily shut down traffic ...