State police in northwestern Pennsylvania say they’re investigating a car accident that left a man in an Ohio hospital and his friends possibly facing criminal charges for falsely telling police he fell down some steps. Police have not charged anybody …
New Jersey hospitals may soon be required to make public more detailed information on medical errors. A state Senate committee was to meet Monday to discuss a bill that requires the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services to …
An ash pond at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s coal-fired plant in New Johnsonville is getting a close look from officials. The Tennessean reports that TVA, the nation’s largest utility, is reviewing how it deals with coal ash after a massive …
An attorney for Zach Scruggs, who along with his once-powerful lawyer father was convicted on a charge related to a judicial bribery conspiracy, says his client was not late reporting to a halfway house in Tupelo. Cal Mayo of Oxford, …
Mercury Insurance has extended and expanded its relationship with Mitchell International Inc. to provide claims processing solutions. Under terms of the deal, Mercury will migrate to Mitchell’s next generation physical damage claims processing solution, WorkCenter, which includes total loss valuation, …
A slate of bills targeting online sexual harassment and related electronic crimes have advanced in the New Jersey Legislature. Among the 10 bills approved Thursday by the Assembly’s Judiciary Committee was a measure that proposes a range of penalties for …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has placed its ‘BBB-‘ counterparty credit rating on Max Capital Group Ltd. on CreditWatch with positive implications following the company’s announcement that it will merge with IPC Holdings Ltd., a leading provider of property catastrophe …
Tulsa, Okla., firefighters have contained a blaze in a building housing a fertilizer business at the Port of Catoosa. Tulsa fire Capt. Michael Baker said flames were brought under control by Saturday evening at Agri-Nutrients. Baker says no injuries were …
A federal prosecutor told jurors that a chemical company knew for years that its mining operation in a small Montana town exposed residents to asbestos, but the company hid the risks from workers and government regulators. W.R. Grace & Co. …
A jury has begun deliberating the charges against a man accused of setting a 2006 wildfire that killed five federal firefighters in southern California. Riverside County district attorney’s spokesman John Hall says jurors got the case against 38-year-old Raymond Lee …