A state official says remnants from a hurricane last fall and a massive ice storm earlier this year caused more than $1.2 billion in damages in Kentucky. Kentucky Public Service Commission executive director Jeff Derouen says winds from remnants of …
Georgia fire officials say a blaze that destroyed a Clayton County church was caused by arson, and a $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest. The Calvary Church in Morrow burned to the ground when it …
A federal judge in Louisiana has ruled that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ failure to properly maintain and operate the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet MRGO was a substantial cause for the flooding of part of the New Orleans-area during Hurricane …
One worker was killed and another was seriously injured when a crane collapsed at an industrial building in south Louisiana. The Terrebonne Parish sheriff’s department says 30-year-old Heath Perkins, of Montegut, was pronounced dead at a local hospital less than …
A Nebraska appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit from a former Union Pacific Railroad worker who claims the company should have better protected her from West Nile virus. Vivika Deviney contracted the disease in 2003 after being bitten by mosquitoes …
A Connecticut jury has awarded $15 million to automobile repair shop owners in their lawsuit accusing an affiliate of The Hartford Financial Services Group of unfair trade practices. The Stamford Superior Court jury this week found in favor of the …
The family of a South Carolina man killed when another man drove his Maserati into a home has settled a civil case for $3 million. The Greenville News reported that a probate judge has approved the settlement between Greenville businessman …
Ford, Subaru and Volkswagen lead the insurance industry’s annual list of the safest new vehicles, according to a closely watched assessment used by car companies to lure safety-conscious consumers to showrooms. The Virginia-based Insurance Institute for Highway Safety awarded its …
About 40 people have died after being inoculated against H1N1 pandemic flu, but investigations so far show the fatalities were not caused by the vaccine, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. The U.N. agency reaffirmed that the pandemic vaccine …
A would-be New York firefighter died after collapsing during training because he was singled out to repeat a dangerously grueling exercise without oxygen and other basic rescue equipment, his widow said in a $10 million lawsuit filed Tuesday. Jamel Sears …