Federal mine-safety officials have cited an eastern Kentucky coal mine after a miner’s video showed some mine seals were cracked and leaking water. The video, shot by miner Charles Scott Howard inside the Cumberland River Coal Co.’s Band Mill No. …
Firefighters across Nevada braced for fierce winds Wednesday as they struggled to contain scores of wildland blazes burning across the state. Red flag warnings issued by the National Weather Service forecast dangerous fire conditions and gusty winds that could hamper …
Hawaii auto insurance companies are dropping their Hawaii rates as local traffic accidents and claims fall. Insurance Commissioner J.P. Schmidt said the state has approved rate reductions for four major carriers in Hawaii during the past several months. “Insurance companies …
The California Supreme Court has ruled that a signed liability waiver is useless in protecting a government entity from gross negligence and only good in protecting against ordinary negligence, which could have implications for recreational programs throughout the state. In …
The Louisiana State Police reported that detectives with its Special Crimes Unit arrested three individuals on July 17 who are thought to be part of an identity theft ring operating in the Baton Rouge area. State Police detectives received information …
Oklahoma City, Okla.-based Sonic Restaurants Inc. is seeking more than $750,000 in a lawsuit against Osram Sylvania Inc. claiming that lighted signs at some of the company’s drive-in restaurants have been damaged by electrical shorts, fires and other problems. In …
A 26-year-old woman has been accused of hiring men to set fire to her public housing apartment in Reserve, La., for $20,000 in insurance. After the men allegedly torched two other apartments by mistake, the renter hired someone else who …
Five manufacturers of the herbicide 2,4-D have denied claims made in a suit by a group of 82 cotton growers in northeast Arkansas who say the companies’ products harmed last year’s crop. The lawsuit filed June 1 in the Eastern …
The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, in its first meeting with a board chairman who pledged openness and transparency, closed its public session Tuesday before a promised discussion of leaks in Big Dig tunnels. “I don’t want to go into details here …
The Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Reinsurance Association (WCRA) and the Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Insurers Association (MWCIA) filed suit Tuesday (July 17) against American International Group Inc. (AIG) to recover more than $100 million in damages for fraudulent actions and violations of …