A report from Risk Management Solutions states that the current rash of bushfires in Australia is “one of its worst outbreaks of wildfires ever, with whole towns almost completely destroyed and over one hundred people so far reported dead. The …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has lowered its counterparty credit rating on Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG) to ‘A-‘ from ‘A’. S&P also placed its ratings on HIG and its operating subsidiaries (collectively referred to as Hartford) on CreditWatch with …
The scenario is frightening: Hundreds of thousands of Kentuckians, many in far-flung rural areas, left in dire circumstances by a major natural disaster. Cut off, they have no electric power, no way to call for help and all roads are …
Talk about a drop-in. A 6-point buck surprised an Oakland County, Michigan family when it smashed through a picture window into their home. The Detroit News reports the deer was bleeding when Keith Luke found it in the study of …
On a June night two summers ago, Debra Rabideau-Stevens tried to break up a fight between two women at a northern Wisconsin tavern. The husband of one of the women grabbed her wrist, snapping it in two places. Four operations …
Gov. Jay Nixon has asked President Barack Obama to declare 22 Missouri counties as major disaster areas, a move aimed at speeding recovery for regions hit hard by last week’s ice storm. The request also seeks a waiver of some …
A federal judge said Friday he will soon decide the fate of a disputed multimillion dollar plan to clean up a Tiverton neighborhood contaminated with blue soil laced with arsenic and other toxins. Lawyers for about 150 residents asked U.S. …
Melting snow may be to blame after part of a roof collapsed at a theater in Erie. A restoration company was called to stabilize the Warner Theatre after Saturday’s partial collapse. Officials say a mound of snow behind a low …
New Jersey’s volunteer firefighters may soon have to pass a physical before suiting up. A state Senate committee on Monday will discuss a bill that would let local governments and fire districts require a “physician’s certificate” from their volunteer firefighters. …
A Massachusetts state police trooper says in a lawsuit against the maker of the Taser that exposure to the electroshock weapon during a seminar bent a surgical screw in his leg. James Foley of Grafton is seeking $1 million in …