A New York judge has given a green light to a class action suit filed by a group of Long Island homeowners worried about toxic leaks from a renowned research laboratory. Suffolk County homeowners say past leaks of chemicals from …
State health officials say an 11-year study of two autoimmune diseases in South Boston found a higher-than-expected number of cases of scleroderma and lupus among white women, but failed to find an environmental link. The state launched the study in …
The nine fire deaths in Starkville on Dec. 28, including six children ages 6 and under, at the Academy Crossing apartment complex is the worst fatal fire to strike Mississippi in modern history and could cause the state to rise …
A global scarcity of scientific research on using nanotechnology in foods means food safety authorities are unable to properly regulate products that may be beneficial or harmful, a British science panel said on Friday. The science and technology committee of …
Morgan Hill, Calif., residents William and Paula Quenneville were arrested Jan. 11 for non-compliance of workers’ compensation insurance requirements. The husband and wife were each booked into the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office on $20,000 bail, the California Department of …
Paul Davis Restoration announced it has completed a seven month fire restoration project at student housing Building 109, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay. The building is one of the University’s original residential apartment buildings. It was built in 1970. …
A federal grand jury has indicted a Keokuk, Iowa, man on charges of intentionally burning an Illinois grocery store he had just bought to collect insurance money. In the indictment, the panel also charged the man’s alleged accomplice, who is …
A federal judge has sentenced a Hayward, Wis., man to seven years in prison for burning down his bar and collecting more than $250,000 in fraudulent insurance money. A jury found 40-year-old Philip Lathrop guilty in March of one count …
A trucking firm that shut down three days before Christmas, stranding drivers around the country, has filed for bankruptcy liquidation. The filing by Arrow Trucking Co. followed by hours the filing of a suit by Alliance Bank Inc. of Ogden, …
Efforts to ban the use of cell phones while driving in South Bend, Ind., school zones aren’t yielding many violations. Records from the city clerk’s office show 13 of the tickets, which carry $75 fines, were written between August and …