Crews continue to clean up after strong storms knocked down trees and cut power to thousands of people in South Carolina. Some of the worst damage was in the foothills. At North Greenville University, officials said strong winds Monday evening …
The mother of a 14-year-old girl who died in a swimming accident in Warwick, Rhode Island, has notified the city that she plans to file either a lawsuit or an insurance claim. Tiffany Martinez of East Providence was swept off …
Rhode Island state police say they arrested a man this week whose blood alcohol level was 0.491 percent — the highest ever recorded in Rhode Island for someone who wasn’t dead. Stanley Kobierowski was taken to a hospital, put in …
An east Alabama man has started serving a 10-year prison sentence for a rash of church arsons in two counties earlier this year. Russell County District Attorney Buster Landreau on July 22 said 21-year-old Geoffrey Tyler Parquette of Smiths agreed …
The state of Vermont’s Click It or Ticket seat belt campaign is paying dividends for transportation and public safety programs. The state is receiving $3.7 million from the federal government as a seat belt bonus. During the latest seat belt …
After Hurricane Dolly unleashed a fury of damaging winds and wicked rain on the U.S.-Mexico coastline and diminished to a tropical storm, widespread flooding along the populous Rio Grande Valley became the top concern Thursday. Dolly, the first hurricane of …
An accelerating U.S. consumer shift from sport utility vehicles and pickups to more fuel-efficient cars should reduce rollover, but safety experts worry a lighter fleet poses serious risks despite air bags, anti-collision systems and other advances. “Shifting to smaller vehicles …
Allstate Corp, the largest publicly traded U.S. home insurer, said on Wednesday net income plunged in the second quarter, hit by the highest level of second-quarter catastrophe losses in its 77-year history. Catastrophe losses for the quarter rose more than …
Insurance holding company W. R. Berkley Corp. reported net income for the second quarter of $80 million, compared to $191 million for the second quarter of 2007. Second quarter results showed the combined ratio was 93.2% and the paid loss …
Iowa Gov. Chet Culver said July 22 that state officials have identified $1.2 billion in flood damage that hasn’t been met by disaster aid, and he’s asking Congress to move quickly to provide more assistance. Culver pointed to the federal …