The latest bulletin, issued at 5:00 a.m. AST by the National Hurricane Center in Miami, notes that Hurricane Danielle has weakened slightly, with “maximum sustained winds near 85 mph, 140 km/hr. with higher gusts.” The storm is presently a category …
Ed Note: The original version of A.M. Best’s ratings report, which appeared on the IJ web site on August 17, contained an error in the financial figures, wrongly listing a £700,000 loss as £700 million. The article below is the …
A pizzeria owner in Johnson City, New York who allegedly paid employees under the table to avoid workers’ comp insurance has been arrested for insurance fraud, according to the New York State Insurance Department reported. Authorities say Claudio Carpentieri, 50, …
A second wrongful death lawsuit has been dismissed against the owner of a hotel in Independence, Wis., that burned in February 2009, killing three men. The Winona Daily News reports the lawsuit was dismissed after a “minor” settlement with building …
Indiana lawmakers say the state’s driver education program isn’t working, citing a fractured system administered by three separate agencies and statistics that put the program’s usefulness in doubt. Public affairs director Sarah Meyer of the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles …
An investigation into what some officials say was the biggest fire in Boston in decades is getting under way. About 170 firefighters from across the city battled the nine-alarm blaze that razed a vacant warehouse in the city’s Roxbury neighborhood. …
Food and Drug Administration chief Margaret Hamburg, beset with an egg-and-salmonella food safety challenge, said Monday the agency must move from a reactive to preventive enforcement strategy. Giving a series of network interviews in the wake of some 1,300 salmonella …
Crews are launching a $60 million project to remove industrial waste buried beneath more than 200 homes and other buildings in a Connecticut neighborhood. The five-year cleanup project started Monday in Hamden’s Newhall neighborhood. Environmental officials say it’s the largest …
State and local authorities in Indiana will be paying closer attention to railroad safety violations this week. Gov. Mitch Daniels has declared the seven days beginning Sunday as rail safety week in the state. The group Indiana Operation Lifesaver, state …
Victims of identity theft are most often targeted via burglary, stolen wallets and pilfered identifications, according to a new survey on identity fraud. In some 76 percent of all cases of identity fraud reported by Travelers customers, burglary, stolen wallets …