Despite shaking a large swath of Southern California, a magnitude-5.4 earthquake was not the “Big One” that scientists have long feared. Still, it rattled nerves, causing people to vow to step up their emergency preparations. The quake, which rocked the …
Although this new suburb of 80,000 people was just a few miles from the epicenter of a 5.4-magnitude earthquake, the city withstood the shaking with almost no damage at all. If a quake had to hit somewhere in densely populated …
West Virginia’s medical malpractice insurer will pay a total of $3 million to five people who sued a former West Virginia osteopathic surgeon for malpractice. The plaintiffs were patients of Dr. John King at Putnam General Hospital. Their malpractice lawsuits …
The federal government approved a disaster declaration to cover the losses Big Island farmers have suffered as a result of volcanic smog (vog), from Kilauea, Hawaii. The move will allow Big Island farmers to apply for low-interest emergency loans, U.S. …
Senator Tom Harkin says more than $10 billion in disaster aid, including $182 million for a new federal courthouse in Cedar Rapids, has the backing of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Harkin says not all of the money is earmarked for …
Authorities in eastern Idaho say a series of wildfires in recent years, including the largest so far this year, may be the work of arsonists. Power County Sheriff Jim Jeffries says he is now looking for help from the public …
An insurance company’s attorney suggested during a sworn deposition that former Mississippi U.S. Sen. Trent Lott urged witnesses to give false information in a Hurricane Katrina lawsuit, according to court records. The implication was made last week during a deposition …
Fire gutted a historic building in Oacoma, S.D. and officials believe the blaze was the work of an arsonist. The Lower Brule Agency House was extensively damaged and 26-year-old Gabriel Willrodt of Chamberlain was apparently arrested within a couple of …
Lightning strikes during a Georgia thunderstorm caused nine reported building fires in Gwinnett County, including a severe house fire. Capt. Tommy Rutledge says the Gwinnett County fire department moved to its emergency operations plan July 29, calling for assistance from …
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued more than two dozen people on a charter fishing boat off the North Carolina coast after a fire broke out on the vessel. Lt. Cmdr. Eric King of the U.S. Coast Guard base in Charleston …