A federal appeals court invalidated a California law Thursday that allowed heirs of Armenians killed in the Turkish Ottoman Empire nearly a century ago to seek payment on the life insurance policies of dead relatives. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court …
Some childhood lead poisonings in Maine last year came from an unusual source — lead dust tracked into the family car. Government health officials said the six cases are the first ever attributed to lead dust on childhood safety seats. …
Nearly one out of every three Alabama state employees has health risks like high blood pressure and obesity, with some on the brink of a health catastrophe, wellness screenings have revealed. The State Employees’ Insurance Board screened 28,593 — or …
State and federal officials say homeowners shouldn’t worry about radioactivity from Chinese drywall. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Florida Department of Health to test drywall samples for phosphogypsum, or calcium sulfate. …
The state of Michigan has filed insurance claims with insurance carriers for all three vehicles involved in a tanker explosion that destroyed an overpass on Interstate 75 north of Detroit. Michigan’s attorney general is representing the Michigan Department of Transportation …
A nonprofit group has begun accepting donations to rebuild the Georgia Theatre, which was gutted by a fire in June. The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation says the money will be used to pay contractors for construction, architectural and engineering …
West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin believes the parties in a dispute over the state’s home rule experiment are close to resolving their differences. Manchin spokesman Matt Turner says meetings recently convened by the governor that brought the West Virginia Insurance …
Hurricane Bill brought rain and heavy winds to eastern Canada Sunday after pounding the U.S. East Coast with heavy seas that killed two people. A seven-year-old girl died in a hospital after she was pulled unresponsive from the sea by …
A massive wildfire tore through outlying suburbs north of Athens early Sunday, destroying homes and forcing thousands to flee in dramatic overnight evacuations, Fire Service and local officials said. The fires near the capital raged for a third day, blackening …
The owners of five horses found dead in a central New York field say the animals likely were killed by a lightning strike during a violent storm earlier this week. John Rancich says he found the horses lying in a …