Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick Lynch is defending a multimillion deal struck with DuPont Co. last year that dropped the company from the state’s lawsuit against former lead paint manufacturers. DuPont agreed to pay $12 million in exchange for being …
Traffic surveillance cameras set up along two of Syracuse, New York’s busiest highways may help doctors save lives. The cameras will provide emergency room doctors at Upstate Hospital with real-time views of crash scenes and firsthand information they hope will …
Passengers in the United States coped with heightened security at airports Thursday after authorities in London uncovered a terror plot aimed at airlines traveling from Britain to the U.S. American Airlines canceled six Thursday flights between the United States and …
The most powerful typhoon to hit China in five decades raged across its southeastern coast Thursday, claiming at least 83 lives as it capsized ships, destroyed buildings and forced 1.5 million people from their homes. Typhoon Saomai, with winds up …
San Diego, CA – San Diego-based Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, Inc., one of the nation’s largest privately held general insurance agencies, and its wholly owned subsidiaries, including Cypress Point – Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, Inc., announced Spectrum Equity Investors, a …
Alabama Agriculture and Industries Commissioner Ron Sparks has established a toll-free hot line for state farmers who need disaster assistance. Many Alabama farmers still dealing with the effects of Hurricane Katrina are now suffering because of drought. Some farmers also …
A Jacksonville, Fla. tree service business owner has been arrested after the electrocution of one of his employees and charged with workers’ compensation fraud, first degree, for failure to provide workers’ compensation insurance, according to Tom Gallagher, Florida CFO. Due …
A Sacramento Superior Court judge has decided to reject the insurance industry’s request for an injunction against auto insurance rate regulation reforms in California, but the legal challenges will not end immediately. Shortly after the ruling by Judge Loren E. …
E. coli infections among people attending a conference in Ogden, Utah, in June are believed to have come from lettuce provided by a Wendy’s restaurant, health officials said. The CORE Academy conference held June 27-30 at Orion Junior High School …
More than 160 deaths blamed on California’s recent heat wave prompted officials to begin a study of the impact of extreme heat and global warming on the health of Californians. The state Department of Health Services announced it received a …