A large explosion and fire that took the lives of two workers at the Bayer CropScience plant in West Virginia last August was caused by a thermal runaway reaction during the production of an insecticide. The event likely resulted from …
A coastal wildfire spread early Thursday toward one of the busiest tourist stretches in South Carolina, burning dozens of homes and forcing hundreds to flee in the middle of the night. No injuries were reported. Police banged on doors to …
Israeli authorities extradited Moshe “Sanny” Assoulin of Sherman Oaks, Calif., pursuant to a California warrant for his arrest for insurance fraud, grand theft and identity theft and a federal warrant for possession for sale of MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy. …
The Supreme Court appeared divided Wednesday over whether a Connecticut city’s decision to scrap a promotion exam for firefighters because too few minorities passed violates the civil rights of top-scoring white applicants. As is often the case with closely fought …
Shell Oil Co, the Sierra Club and a Texas environmental group have agreed Thursday to settle a federal Clean Air Act lawsuit against Shell’s Houston-area refinery and chemical plant. Under the proposed settlement, Shell promises to cut pollution from malfunctions …
Miranda Roofing in Omaha, Neb., has been fined more than $148,000 by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for alleged violations of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act. OSHA announced that it cited the …
Three insurance companies have agreed to pay $15 million to settle a long-standing lawsuit over the sale of long-term care policies in Missouri. The settlement covers 1,669 people who bought policies from Jacksonville, Fla.-based American Heritage Life Insurance Co. and …
A coalition of insurers, public officials, risk experts, builders and conservation groups introduced a blueprint of policy changes and common sense actions that could reduce economic losses from future storms and rising sea levels by as much as half along …
Missouri senators have scaled back an effort to force people to get car insurance by limiting how much uninsured drivers could collect in court. A bill increasing the penalty for creating a fake insurance card received preliminary Senate approval on …
An advocacy group criticized Oklahoma legislative leaders on April 21 for what it described as a host of bills that help the health insurance industry at the expense of consumers. Dr. Rene McNall Knapp, who specializes in treating children with …