Two former University of Rhode Island students have settled a lawsuit that accused them of causing the death of another college student who was crushed by a bus during a night of drinking in Newport five years ago, a lawyer …
A judge has ordered the federal agency that regulates coal mining to strengthen rules designed to make the nation’s 38,000 underground coal miners safer by creating better-trained rescue teams. U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Judge …
Some Iowa legislators have a message for cell phone users: stop talking or texting while driving. A measure being considered in the Legislature would fine drivers $30 if they used their phones while behind the wheel. “It doesn’t make sense …
Ohio State University argues it’s not responsible for the death of a Pennsylvania freshman pinned by a dormitory elevator in 2006. In a court document filed this week, the university says in response to a lawsuit that Andrew Polakowski’s own …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has revised its outlook on Los Angeles-based Mercury General Corp. and units to negative from stable. S&P also affirmed its ‘A-‘ counterparty credit and senior unsecured debt ratings on Mercury General, as well as its …
Texas State Representatives Rafael Anchia, Dr. John Zerwas and Dr. Mark Shelton have filed HB 531 that determines the percentage of premium dollars that health insurance companies must spend on direct medical care, as opposed to non-medical costs like profits, …
Massachusetts’ maple syrup producers say December’s ice storm is ensuring a not-so-sweet sugaring season that will drive up retail prices. Massachusetts Maple Producers Association Executive Director Thomas McCrumm tells The Recorder of Greenfield that production is expected to drop 20 …
A Vermont pilot is accused of falsely reporting that his own plane had crashed at a northern New York airport. The Clinton County Sheriff’s Department says 59-year-old Nicholas Santo of South Burlington was flying his Cessna on Jan. 30 when …
Police in a Philadelphia suburb say a 19-year-old woman accused of arson was caught on a surveillance camera singing, “The fire department is going to be mad at me.” Police say Amanda Gessner touched off 7 blazes in trash and …
Insurers such as Zurich and Farmers have announced they are sending catastrophe response teams to Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas, areas pummeled by severe weather earlier this week. Especially hard hit by a cluster of tornados on Feb. 10 was Lone …