From ice storms to tornadoes, from floods to wildfires, Oklahoma has amassed $21 million in disaster debt the past two years while enduring a record number of deadly catastrophes that have destroyed roads, bridges and other public facilities, paralyzing communities …
A Harrison, Ark., construction firm with work sites at Clinton should pay $63,000 in penalties for exposing employees to hazards in trenches, OSHA said Feb. 18. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration said it proposed the penalties for Henley …
A Texas woman whose son was killed when a helicopter headed to an oil platform crashed in the Gulf of Mexico is suing two companies in the death. Gayle Spikes filed a lawsuit against helicopter transportation company Rotorcraft Leasing Co. …
A woman who helped recruit patients to undergo unnecessary surgeries as part of a $154 million medical insurance fraud has pleaded guilty to 22 charges. Sue Nanda, 40, of Costa Mesa, Calif., entered her plea in Orange County Superior Court. …
Relatives of a worker trampled to death in a crush of post-Thanksgiving bargain-hunters at a New York Wal-Mart have filed court papers indicating they intend to sue Nassau County and its police department. A notice of claim — the first …
A Connecticut woman whose 200-pound chimpanzee mauled and disfigured her best friend is vulnerable to a costly civil lawsuit, while the state also could face legal trouble for failing to take action, legal experts said Friday. Travis, a 14-year-old chimp, …
Authorities hunting for arsonists behind a string of fires in a small, Southeastern Pennsylvania steel town made two arrests within hours of each other. Roger Leon Barlow Jr., 19, and Mark Gilliam, 20, were arrested Thursday in connection with the …
The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday ordered a district court to lower the amount of damages awarded to a University of Iowa fraternity over a secretly recorded audiotape used to punish it for an alleged hazing violation. The Supreme Court …
A gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in northern China on Sunday, killing at least 74 miners and trapping dozens, state media said. It was the country’s deadliest coal mine accident in more than a year. China’s mines are …
New Jersey’s Supreme Court has denied a drive-by shooting victim’s attempt to have her car insurer reimburse her under uninsured motorist coverage. Camie Livsey was leaving a grocery store in Irvington four years ago when she was shot. Witnesses saw …