The wildfire burning near Flagstaff, Ariz., has claimed more than 14,000 acres and is only 20 percent contained three days after it started, the National Interagency Coordination Center has reported. NICC’s latest Incident Management Situation Report said the Schultz fire, …
A couple of cases related to damages caused by defective Chinese-manufactured drywall have reached settlement in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana. According to a court document signed by Judge Eldon E. Fallon, defendant Knauf Plasterboard Co. (Tianjin) …
Teams of local, state and federal officials are beginning to tour parts of Minnesota to assess the damage left behind by last week’s tornadoes. The teams planned to conduct preliminary damage assessments in seven counties. The preliminary assessments will give …
At least nine collisions have occurred at the railroad crossing where four teenagers died on June 18, according to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. The site near Independence, La., has no crossbars or signal lights and has long …
Investigators believe it was a natural gas explosion that tore apart a suburban Ohio home and damaged at least 20 others, but they’re not sure what sparked the blast. No one was seriously hurt. The family that lives in the …
A Cleveland, Ohio, housing court judge has imposed $13 million in fines on two companies for failing to clean up dilapidated homes. Judge Raymond Pianka imposed the fines on Interstate Investment Group and Paramount Land Holdings, sister companies based in …
Fire destroyed a shopping plaza in suburban Indianapolis, Ind., with thunderstorm lightning suspected as the cause. The fire at the plaza in Carmel was reported about 1:30 a.m. on June 22. It gutted the some 10 stores in the plaza, …
The widow of a World Wrestling Entertainment performer who died in a 1999 stunt says she’s suing the Connecticut-based company and its leaders, including Republican U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon. Martha Hart said McMahon, who stepped down as WWE chief …
State and local fire officials expressed concern Monday about a new law that legalizes a limited number of consumer fireworks in Rhode Island, saying they didn’t have enough time to review the measure before it passed and that it could …
The chairman of the Maine Workers Compensation Board says he’ll no longer be involved in a case over how much hospitals may charge employers that pay medical bills for injured workers. The Sun Journal of Lewiston says Paul Dionne has …