Liberty Mutual has filed paperwork with securities regulators detailing its plan to sell over 64 million shares of stock of its Agency Corp. division as part of an initial public stock offering (IPO) that could bring in up to $1.17 …
Federal workplace safety officials have been called in to investigate the death of a Connecticut worker killed by a falling tree. Police in Simsbury say 24-year-old tree worker Luke Stetson of Windsor Locks was about 30 feet up a tree …
A steel beam collapsed at a Yale University construction site, killing one person and injuring three others. New Haven, Connecticut mayor’s office spokeswoman Jessica Mayorga says four people were trapped when the beam fell Monday morning. Yale-New Haven Hospital spokesman …
A northwestern Pennsylvania man has been jailed on charges he set fire to a duplex after police say he was arrested after returning to watch the blaze. Nobody was hurt in the fire set about 6:15 a.m. Saturday in Meadville, …
Amid a battle to reshape the nearly $400 million obesity drug sector, Abbott Laboratories faces a critical test Wednesday over whether its controversial diet pill should remain on the U.S. market, despite heart risks. The Food and Drug Administration is …
A Florida judge said Tuesday he would hear arguments Dec. 16 on a lawsuit by 20 U.S. states seeking to block President Barack Obama’s overhaul of the U.S. health care system. U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson, who is weighing a …
An Upstate New York woman who suffered substantial injuries in a car crash has been charged with insurance fraud for allegedly lying to investigators about being details of the single-vehicle accident. Heidi Laviolette, of Troy, broke her ankle, fractured a …
Hurricane Ike is long gone but hundreds of Galveston County residents are still waiting for funds earmarked for repair and reconstruction of homes damaged or destroyed by the disastrous storm. Sept. 13 was the second anniversary of the storm that …
A fire that swept through an Ohio apartment building on Sep. 12 has left the 17 families who live there looking for other places to stay. Fairfield Fire Chief Don Bennett says no residents were hurt in the fire in …
At least 14 people were killed Monday when a plane owned by Venezuela’s state-run airline Conviasa with 51 people on board slammed into the yard of a steel mill, officials said. Four on board were reported missing. The ATR-42 plane …