A storm in Washington’s Columbia Basin that left up to six inches of hail on the ground damaged crops in the region. Russell Dingman, a farmer, said emerging wheat heads were “filleted” by the hail June 23, some of which …
In the roughly seven weeks since a texting-while-driving ban began in Ohio’s capital city, officers have ticketed 13 motorists for allegedly violating the ban. In five of the cases in Columbus, the drivers were ticketed only for texting; one case …
The site of a grain elevator collapse that killed two workers in central Kansas was inspected June 25 by federal safety officials, though authorities have not determined what caused the accident. Two grain bins collapsed the previous day at the …
The Louisiana Recovery Authority’s board ended its multibillion dollar rebuilding work on June 24, nearly five years after Hurricane Katrina roared ashore. The LRA board of directors – a volunteer board largely chosen by the governor – devised the plans …
With Tropical Storm Alex skirting the east coast of Mexico and heading north, if residents along the Texas Gulf Coast are thinking it’s a good time to purchase flood insurance from the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) they are out …
A noted Connecticut fertility center has been reprimanded and fined by state regulators after it accidentally transferred a patient’s embryos to another woman with the same last name. The Center for Advanced Reproductive Services at the University of Connecticut Health …
North Carolina will issue temporary one-time pyrotechnic licenses to operators instead of the new standard three-year licenses to meet high demand around the July 4th holiday. The Legislature quickly passed and the governor signed legislation last week authorizing Insurance Commissioner …
A Prince George’s County Circuit Court jury found the state of Maryland and a truck driver liable Thursday for roughly $2 million after the August 2007 death of an inmate who was killed while picking up trash along Interstate 495. …
The owner of a Pittsburgh-area construction firm will spend three years on probation, including six months’ house arrest, for willingly violating federal workplace safety rules that contributed to a worker’s death in August. Forty-four-year-old Christopher Franc had previously been fined …
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. and the families of three men involved in a 2000 accident in which one of them died have settled a lawsuit. The Mississippi Supreme Court last week dismissed the lawsuit. The court noted its order …