A study of teen fatality rates by an insurance company shows Tennessee remains one of the deadliest states for drivers in that age group. According to the study conducted by Allstate, Tennessee ranked sixth in the nation for driving deaths, …
Exxon Mobil Corp. within two days will pay $470 million in court-ordered interest on the punitive award for the 1989 Valdez oil spill, nearly ending all legal wrangling over the disastrous tanker grounding, an attorney for the spill plaintiffs said …
A measure enacting a minimum residential building code around Tennessee has been signed by the governor. Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen pushed for the bill and signed it last week. It takes effect July 1. Under the law, local governments in …
A leaking dam in Letcher County that hadn’t been inspected by Kentucky’s state regulators for more than a decade points to a larger potential problem in eastern Kentucky, dam safety officials said. There are likely thousands of old sediment ponds …
The U.S. Supreme Court overruled President Barack Obama’s high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor Monday in an important race discrimination case, but the White House remained confident she would be approved. The court’s 5-4 ruling held that the city of New …
Sempra Energy’s San Diego Gas & Electric Co will pay insurers $686 million to settle claims related to wildfires that blazed through San Diego county in October 2007. Wildfires devastated California in 2007, burning more than half a million acres …
A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a-” to CastlePoint Florida Insurance Company with stable outlooks. “CFIC is a newly formed insurance company that received a certificate of authority from …
An earthquake measured at 3.6 on the Richter scale hit Garfield County in northwestern Oklahoma on Friday. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake occurred about 4:23 p.m. It was centered seven miles east-northeast of Covington, 10 miles southeast of …
Although two juries have sided with BNSF Railway Co. in separate lawsuits claiming chemicals in a railroad tie plant in Central Texas caused cancer, dozens of similar lawsuits will go forward, an attorney said. Jurors deliberated less than two hours …
When derailed freight train cars carrying ethanol burst into flames just 50 miles from her Chicago suburb, killing a motorist who tried to flee, Barrington Mayor Karen Darch saw her worst fears realized. “This is exactly the kind of thing …