The government is scrapping plans to change workplace noise standards after business groups and lawmakers complained about the costs. The announcement Wednesday from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration comes a day after President Barack Obama told agencies to go …
State police say a western Pennsylvania woman jailed on unrelated charges has confessed to hiring a neighbor to torch her house, though no money changed hands because she never collected on an insurance claim. State police say 52-year-old Kitty Reno …
Florida’s attorney general said this week that she wants more responsiveness from the administrator handling a $20 billion Gulf oil spill claims fund. Republican Pam Bondi told journalists at The Associated Press’ annual legislative meeting that eliminating delays in responses …
Accounting firm Ernst & Young LLP is moving a lawsuit by New York’s attorney general over its audits of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. to federal court from state court, saying the case depends on questions of federal auditing standards. Ernst …
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will seek help from Detroit automakers next week on his campaign to combat distracted driving. While he has pounded the bully pulpit, held high-profile media events and facilitated a limited texting-and-driving ban over the past …
The California Department of Insurance has announced that Deanna R. Salazar, 53, entered an agreement to plead guilty to two felony counts of investment/securities/mail/tax fraud. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Western District of North Carolina, Charlotte Division, is prosecuting …
Relatives of two teachers shot and killed during a faculty meeting last year at the University of Alabama in Huntsville have filed lawsuits claiming school administrators’ failure to follow safety rules contributed to the mass slaying. The lawsuits, filed in …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued Greenstar Mid-America LLC 10 serious and 10 other-than-serious citations after an inspection found that workers processing trash were not protected against hypodermic needle sticks and other hazards at …
The likelihood of significant Red River flooding has risen in North Dakota and Minnesota, the National Weather Service said in its latest outlook for the river that has overflowed the past two springs and sent officials and residents in the …
The U.S. Geological Survey has recorded a 2.6 magnitude earthquake near Wellston in central Oklahoma. No injuries or damage is reported. The U.S.G.S. reports the quake was recorded at 8:53 p.m. on Jan. 18 about two miles southwest of Wellston …