A Connecticut driver who’s serving a manslaughter sentence for striking and killing a 14-year-old boy is suing the victim’s parents, blaming them for their son’s death because they allowed him to ride his bike in the street without a helmet. …
Authorities say a wind-driven fire has scorched more than 100 acres of hay on a northern New York farm. Fire officials in the town of Rutland, just east of Watertown, say Sunday night’s blaze is believed to have been sparked …
A state police fire marshal says simultaneous fires in southwestern Pennsylvania at two properties owned by the same family are suspicious. Investigators are trying to determine whether there is a connection between the fires that destroyed a sawmill and a …
Five rooms at an Atlantic City casino were damaged this weekend when workers accidentally broke a sprinkler head in one room. No one was hurt in Saturday night’s incident in the Havana Tower at the Tropicana Casino and Resort. But …
Complaints about Internet crimes have reached a milestone. On Nov. 9, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) logged its 2 millionth consumer complaint alleging online criminal activity. The IC3, a partnership between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime …
Property/casualty insurers will have some extra time to comply with new Medicare and Medicaid liability claims reporting requirements. The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it will delay the implementation of …
Green Bay Fire Department officials are preparing to reduce inspections on 3,000 buildings with good safety records to save money. The Green Bay Press-Gazette reported that the plan is to reduce inspections from twice a year to once a year …
Frances Moore, of Moravian Falls,. N.C., an insurance agent and owner and operator of Fran Moore Allstate Agency, has been charged with 14 counts of insurance fraud, according to officials. Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin and his criminal investigators allege that …
U.S. regulators appear to be increasing their scrutiny of product risks after cases like the bitter debate over the diabetes pill Avandia, industry executives and experts said this week. The Food and Drug Administration imposed severe restrictions on GlaxoSmithKine Plc’s …
In a white clapboard house on a quiet street in Berry Hill, a six-month marathon effort to save dozens of flood-damaged musical instruments remains a daily labor of love with the goal of salvaging Nashville’s best-known industry from near disaster. …