A Virgina woman who was shot and wounded by her estranged husband after he killed her sister has filed a $65 million lawsuit against the BJ’s Wholesale Club where the crimes happened. Karen Phillips was an employee at the Chesapeake …
The state is appealing the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s denial of assistance to governments in 13 northern Indiana counties hit by flooding earlier this year. Department of Homeland Security spokesman John Erickson says individual residents who applied for aid have …
The owner of a southwest Virginia coal mine where a worked was killed Tuesday had been cited 48 times for safety violations since 2005, according to state documents. The violations at the Wise County mine included seven for failure to …
People seeking genetic testing to learn if they are predisposed to serious diseases would not have to fear losing their jobs or their health insurance under anti-discrimination legislation the Senate was to vote on Thursday. H.R. 493, within sight of …
A newspaper says federal inspectors are reporting 49 areas of concern at Merck & Co. Inc.’s vaccine plant in Montgomery County. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that it obtained an unpublished report on the findings of FDA inspectors who spent 30 …
A 60-acre Superfund site in Old Bridge, New Jersey is set for cleanup after more than two dozen companies reached an agreement with the state to cover the cost. Under the settlement announced Wednesday, about $20 million that 31 companies …
New York City officials have ordered a $4 million review of dangerous construction activities after more than a dozen deaths this year. Less than a day after the announcement, a construction worker was seriously injured after falling from a scafffold …
Just ahead of swimming season, the Minnesota Senate on Wednesday, April 23rd, embraced new safety standards for more than 4,000 pools at health clubs, parks, apartment buildings and hotels. It is a response to an ultimately fatal injury 6-year-old Abigail …
Only hours after New York City announced plans to ratchet up scrutiny of construction dangers, a construction worker was seriously hurt in a 25-foot plunge off a scaffold at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, authorities said. The worker fell …
A Monroe, Conn. woman is suing her husband, claiming he caused her to lose an eye when he threw a carrot at her during an argument. The lawsuit filed by Pamela Vecsey claims that when she and her husband, 48-year-old …