The White House has approved Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry’s request for a major disaster declaration for the Jan. 28 ice storm. Under the declaration issued March 5, 25 counties will receive public assistance for expenses related to response to and …
The company that made a 1983 recording of what became one of the New Orleans Saints’ most popular cheers has filed a trademark suit against the state and the team. NFL Properties LLC, which deals with National Football League trademarks, …
The Estrella Family Creamery of Montesano, Wash., has recalled a production of Old Apple Tree Tomme cheese. The company says the cheese may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The organism can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, …
The California Department of Insurance announced it will be implementing a 6 percent licensing fee rate reduction on July 1, 2010, including the fees paid by more than 300,000 liensed insurance agents, brokers and adjusters. The cost of renewing a …
Sacramento resident Joseph A. Torrez has been convicted and sentenced on March 4 to 240 days in the Sacramento County Jail, five years probation and ordered to pay more than $26,365 in restitution to State Farm Insurance Co., the California …
An earthquake, initially measured at magnitude 6.0, struck eastern Turkey early this morning, March 8, centered in the Province of Elazig. A report from Risk Management Solutions indicates that the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) placed the quake’s “fixed focal depth …
Police in New Jersey may soon have to note whether a driver was distracted before having an accident. A bill approved by an Assembly committee last week requires officers to check a box describing the type of distraction. The list …
New Hampshire fire officials say a house explosion that killed an elderly Manchester man last year was caused by a gas leak inside the home. Eighty-five-year-old Joseph Byk was killed on Feb. 24, 2009, when the house exploded and caught …
A Michigan school district accused of not doing enough to prevent the harassment of a student has been ordered to pay $800,000. Hudson Area Schools, in Lenawee County near the Ohio border, was sued by the parents of a young …
A historic metal forge that made ashtrays for the ill-fated German airship the Hindenburg and did custom work for Walt Disney has been destroyed by a fire. Saturday’s fire at the Wendell August Forge workshop and gift shop is believed …