The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released a draft report that calls for a better, if limited, flood-protection system in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Cedar River swamped the city in 2008, covering 10 square miles. The city’s existing system …
A flood-control project in the works for more than 20 years should be completed next year, removing 1,500 properties from Sioux Falls, S.D.’s’ flood plain, a city official said. Once the flood-control measures are in place, probably by the end …
A New York firefighter who climbed down into a manhole to try to rescue a worker apparently overcome by fumes has died along with the man he tried to save. Tarrytown village officials identified the victims as firefighter John Kelly …
An early morning fire has destroyed several businesses in a Connecticut shopping center. Firefighters in Montville were called to the Oakdale Plaza on Chapel Hill Road shortly after 1 a.m. Tuesday. The fire is contained and no injuries are being …
The New York Giants have been sued by a woman and her husband who claim she was attacked by fans during a New York Jets game played at Giants Stadium last year. Michelle Munoz says she attended the Sept. 20 …
BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico was not caused by a single factor but by “multiple companies and work teams,” according to the oil giant’s internal investigation. BP’s report concludes that a sequence of failures involving …
An explosion ripped through a major Mexican refinery Tuesday, killing one worker and pushing gasoline and diesel prices higher on worries state oil monopoly Pemex will have to import more fuel. Pemex, the world’s No. 7 crude producer and a …
Natural disasters are tending to kill fewer people but climate change may add to the toll by unleashing more extreme weather and causing after-effects such as disease and malnutrition, experts say. Better warnings of cyclones or heat waves and an …
NextImage Medical Inc. has acquired SelectMRI, a wholly owned subsidiary of MSC Care Management (MSC), a care management company serving postdischarge and post-injury workers’ compensation patients. Under the terms of the agreement, NextImage Medical has acquired 100 percent of the …
Oil giant BP said it is providing $10 million to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support a study of potential public health issues relating to the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster and other spill-related health research. The $10 …