Two men are in jail for allegedly touching off two dozen Long Beach neighborhood fires — including 14 during a five-hour period. Surveillance video and bragging led to the arrests of Caldrin Benitez and Juan Alvarez. The 22-year-old men allegedly …
Arson investigators said a wildfire that destroyed more than 80 homes in and around the town of Paradise last month was intentionally set. Joshpae White, a spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, said investigators have ruled …
In addition to blaring sirens and screeching weather-radio alerts, residents in Glenpool, Okla., will now have another way of learning about approaching tornadoes: they will get a telephone call. The City Council has approved a contract with Media Weather Innovations …
Louisiana state fire investigators have ruled that a fire at the home of Monroe city marshal candidate Chris Handy was arson. Ric Abbott, arson investigator with the state Fire Marshal’s Office, said the fire city is still under investigation and …
After the Great Flood of 1993, thousands of properties in flood plains around the Midwest were bought out by the government. Now, weeks after the latest massive flood, buyouts are again being considered in at least five states: Missouri, Iowa, …
A preliminary estimate of damage from the tornado that struck Rolla, Norht Dakota last week now tops $1 million. Rolette County Tax Director Diane Schwandt expects that estimate to grow. Schwandt says property owners are finding more damage as they …
The National Flood Insurance Program owes the federal Treasury more than $17 billion from hurricane-related losses and has been unable to set aside enough money to meet catastrophic losses that could arise in the future, congressional investigators said in a …
Ohio businesses that aren’t paying insurance bills to cover injured workers can expect a visit from the state. The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation said July 16 that it is creating a compliance unit to pursue businesses with lapsed workers’ …
A couple’s homeowner’s policy does not cover alleged negligence by the wife for not preventing her husband from sexually abusing a child, a divided Wisconsin Supreme Court said July 17. The unnamed child and the child’s mother sued the woman …
The state Department of Health reports that a ninth Tennessean has been sickened by the salmonella outbreak linked to tainted tomatoes. Officials said July 16 that a resident of Anderson County became ill but has since recovered. The federal Food …