U.S. inspections of overseas pharmaceutical plants would increase and regulators would gain new recall power under proposals unveiled by Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday. Representatives Henry Waxman, Frank Pallone, John Dingell and Bart Stupak said they …
China, India and Indonesia are likely to face much higher losses from natural disasters in coming decades as their economies grow faster than their capacity for disaster prevention and relief, a new report has forecast. That means more foreign investment …
Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide reports that Typhoon Fanapi made landfall on the east coast of Taiwan on Sunday morning, September 19 (0:00 UTC). The storm, which had been a Category 3 typhoon for several days, weakened slightly just …
Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell filed an action against several Transocean entities in federal court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on Sept. 14, 2010, seeking declaratory relief against Transocean in association with the Deepwater Horizon Gulf spill. The complaint …
After backing out of a plea deal, the former director of aviation at New Orleans’ Louis Armstrong International Airport and his wife have been indicted on charges they tried to profit from a bogus insurance claim after Hurricane Katrina. The …
An Ohio man has been indicted on a federal hate crimes charge in what authorities say was a racially motivated arson at a church with a mostly black congregation. The two-count indictment against 23-year-old Ronald Pudder of Conneaut, who is …
A Texas panel on Sept. 17 declined to clear fire investigators of professional misconduct for determining that arson caused a 1991 fire that killed three girls and led to the conviction and execution of their father. Instead, the Texas Forensic …
Flooding that struck Iowa State University in August caused up to $50 million in damage and other costs, but the school started fall classes on time and won’t have to replace any of the major campus facilities that sustained damage, …
A southern Indiana jury has awarded $23.5 million to a family whose lawsuit alleged that pesticides sprayed in their apartment afflicted two children with severe neurological problems. The Floyd County jury’s verdict came 14 years after Todd and Cynthia Ebling …
Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell says she is appealing the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s decision to deny financial aid for Fairfield County communities hit by a June tornado. Rell announced Friday that she is providing FEMA with additional information not …