Federal mine inspectors issued more than 200 orders temporarily idling mines until they fixed serious safety problems uncovered during a five-month inspection blitz, the Mine Safety and Health Administration said. Inspectors issued 2,660 citations during inspections at 111 mines across …
The Atlantic region can expect one more major hurricane this autumn and the northeast U.S. coast still faces double the average risk of getting hit, Weather Services International (WSI) said Tuesday. The Massachusetts-based private forecaster predicted the six-month Atlantic-Caribbean storm …
A Kentucky man accused of strangling his wife is poised to claim excessive caffeine from sodas, energy drinks and diet pills left him so mentally unstable he couldn’t have knowingly killed her, his lawyer has notified a court. The trial …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has assigned its ‘BBB+’ senior unsecured debt rating to W.R. Berkley Corp.’s (WRB) proposed issue of $300 million of 5.375 percent senior unsecured notes, which are due in 2020. “WRB will use the net proceeds …
Toyota Motor Corp. has settled what is widely regarded as the most serious lawsuit of the hundreds of claims the automaker faces. The company has agreed to settle the suit brought by relatives of four family members killed in a …
The Atlantic hurricane season is in full swing as it continues to produce named storm after named storm. The latest in the parade, which has been forming almost constantly off of the Cape Verde Islands over the last 6 weeks, …
Insurance damage estimates from the Fourmile Canyon fire that burned from in September now totals more than $200 million, making it the most expensive wildfire in the state’s history, according to the Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association. The Fourmile Canyon …
The Texas workers’ compensation state average weekly wage for dates of injury from Oct. 1, 2010, through Sept. 30, 2011, is set at $766.34, the Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation announced. The maximum weekly benefit rates for …
The latest in a series of small earthquakes in eastern Oklahoma County has not caused any damage. The Oklahoma Geological Survey says the 4.0 magnitude quake occurred about 5 p.m. on Sept. 19, KWTV reports its was centered about five …
Missouri transportation officials say fatal accidents involving trucks and commercial vehicles has dropped roughly 50 percent in five years. The Department of Transportation says Missouri had 88 commercial vehicle accidents resulting in fatalities in 2009. That was down from 173 …