The Jesuit order has been sued by 43 Alaska Natives who say they were sexually abused as children, and mounting evidence shows that known pedophile priests were sent to the Fairbanks, Alaska, Diocese for decades, a lawyer said. Jesuit institutions …
Eddy County, N.M., farmers and ranchers are eligible for disaster assistance from the federal government. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., said farmers and ranchers in the southeastern New Mexico county can apply for low-interest emergency loans from the Farm Service Agency …
Spending to stomp out wildfires could be reduced by training and rewarding homeowners to practice fire-safety defense, Montana lawmakers said as they presented several bills intended to cut costs. The bills could force insurers to offer discounts to homeowners living …
In a lawsuit pending in Wayne County Circuit Court arising out of the demise of the Detroit-based OmniCare, a once-large HMO servicing Medicaid recipients, several major Detroit area hospitals are seeking $75 million in damages from United American Healthcare, the …
An international pilot study involving the Toronto General Hospital (TGH), a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto, and other hospitals from around the world, has found that using a Surgical Patient Safety Checklist significantly reduces surgical complications and …
Nebraska has fallen out of the mainstream when it comes to smoking-related laws, but that could change. Thirty-seven states have passed laws requiring that all cigarettes sold in their states be fire-safe. Nebraska is not among them, but the state …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has lowered to ‘A-‘ from ‘A’ its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on German life insurer Nuernberger Lebensversicherung AG and P/C insurer Nuernberger Allgemeine Versicherungs-AG, the core operating entities of Germany’s Nuernberger …
Oklahoma State Sen. David Myers has filed Senate Bill 348, aiming to deter vandals from damaging and destroying property owned by counties in the state. Myers, R-Ponca City, said the state’s counties spend thousands of dollars each year replacing and …
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal announced that the state and parish are breaking ground on a three-mile, $6.9 million stretch of the Morganza to-the-Gulf Hurricane Protection System in Chauvin. This project is designed to provide a storm surge barrier for the …
Increased enforcement on the state’s roadways by Louisiana State Police troopers has led to a decrease in the number of fatal crashes, injury crashes, and even minor property damage crashes, the LSP says. State Police Troop A wrote more citations …